Algar plays against a First Division team in the Copa del Rey

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The team of the sixth category beat Melilla CD (4-1) in front of a thousand people in the Sánchez Luengo

The football team of the Cartagena deputation of El Algar, sixth category, plays in the Copa del Rey against a First Division team. CD Algar beat Melilla CD, also from Preferred, this Wednesday evening in the previous round of this tournament (4-1). This modest club can compete against Atlético de Madrid, Sevilla or Villarreal on November 12 in the draw in Las Rozas. The idea is that it will be played in the Cartagonova stadium.

A thousand people packed the Sánchez Luengo, CD Algar’s charming field. There was an invasion of the field on a night that was already historic for the inhabitants of this Cartagena deputation of 8,400 inhabitants. His team solved the ninety-minute final without a hitch against a knockout CD from Melilla, very tired from an infernal journey by plane and road. The North Africans arrived at 6 PM, two hours before the start of the game.

Local striker Nico Carrasco, a teacher by trade, signed a vital double in the 7th minute to open the score and avoid surprises after the break, making it 3-1 in the 47th minute. went through the Efesé subsidiary, settled the final 4-1; and Ketchup, mythical of regional football, broke the equalizer before half time (2-1).

The game was stopped for half an hour by a solid headbutt between two players; Visiting centre-back Kevin was the worst, he lost consciousness. Another drama in the field of Sánchez Luengo. In 2016, the player Rafa Lorente went into cardiac arrest and was in an artificial coma for several days. And in 2021, 19-year-old Union referee Fernando Alcaraz died during the warm-up. This time, Kevin regained consciousness and was transferred to Santa Lucía Hospital in Cartagena after 30 minutes, when the ambulance arrived, 112 sources reported.

Source: La Verdad

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