The team of choice will play against an elite team on November 12 if they beat Melilla CD tonight, also in the sixth category
Electricians, mechanics, deliverymen and masons are putting on their boots tonight (Sánchez Luengo, 8 p.m.) to make history in the modest CD Algar, the sixth category squad that is ninety minutes away from playing a Primera in the Copa del rei. None of the footballers of this club of choice makes a living from football, they are daily workers and dream of meeting a giant from Spain.
To do this, the team from Algar must defeat Melilla CD, another Preferential team. A 90-minute final that is rewarded with a visit from a top club. The draw is on Monday 24 and Real Madrid, Barcelona, Betis and Valencia are exempt from participating in the Spanish Super Cup, to be played in Saudi Arabia in January.
If CD Algar wins tonight, it could be linked to a European team like Atlético de Madrid, Sevilla, Real Sociedad or Villarreal; or against one of the other Primera clubs: Elche, Espanyol, Getafe, Mallorca, Athletic, Cádiz, Osasuna, Almería, Celta, Valladolid, Rayo Vallecano or Girona. That draw would be on November 12 or 13, initially at the Cartagonova stadium.
A historic event for the small Cartagena deputation of El Algar. And a dream for the Algarian players, who don’t make a living from football and don’t earn millionaire salaries either. All parts of the staff have their jobs and are hard workers in the society. Starting with the coach, David Bascuñana, who is a delivery boy; and goalkeeper Diego Segado, a local police officer in La Unión.
Jorge Valero is an electrician, Nono is an accounting consultant, Hafid is a waiter, Ray is an adversary, Charaf is a mechanic, Juan Acosta is a bricklayer and Moghli is a shop assistant. There are also sports instructors, metal carpenters, grocers, students, teachers, accounting consultants and physical trainers, among other professions. The president, José Ángel García Pellicer, is connected to the world of hospitality. CD Algar was a subsidiary of Efesé for two seasons and before the arrival of Paco Belmonte had economic problems.
The football team of the Cartagena deputation of El Algar will play the most important game in its history tonight. There are 8,444 inhabitants in this city, less than the number of Efesé subscribers, according to the last municipal census of 2022. Today everyone has the opportunity to cheer on CD Algar, who is 90 minutes away from a First Division team in the Copa del Rey.
The Algarian club has sent about 500 tickets. But the prediction is that people cheer up at the last minute and the capacity is around a thousand spectators, such as in promotion stage matches to Third. The box office opens one and a half hours before the match, at 6.30 pm. Tickets are worth 10 euros. Additional stands have been installed.
The team from Algar has high hopes for this draw against Melilla CD. Passing the round could end the season without any economic problem. The current budget is approximately 35,000 euros.
Source: La Verdad
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