The Copa del Rey returns to La Constitución two years later in a match between Yeclano Deportivo and Granada, a Second Division rival for a Barça team that arrives with great enthusiasm and the victims of Álvaro Martínez, Tiko Iniesta, Pedrosa and Riquelme . Up front they have that of Adrián Hernández to a Granada that is an unknown quantity. His new coach, Paco López, makes his debut after the sacking of Aitor Karanka and the Nasrids come to Yecla with a long list of victims: Miguel Rubio, Melendo, Bodiger, Petrovic, Rochina, Uzuni, Quini, Sergio Ruiz, Torrente and André Ferreira.
Their new coach admitted that they will do their best to win, “because of the Granada shield” and announced that “we are going to bring forward the team that we think is the best given the circumstances.” López described Yeclano as a “very intense” team, in a field with very different characteristics to what the Andalusians are used to.
The Barça team is playing a Copa del Rey match for the fourth time in recent years, an unusual event in the history of local football. Pita García Verdura, with whom the Yeclanos lost 0-5 to San Fernando three seasons ago and 4-2 to Las Palmas the following year.
Source: La Verdad
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