Getafe will have to play the Rayo Vallecano derby on January 2 behind closed doors

It is now definitive and there is no option for maneuver. He Getafe The year 2024 will start playing the first match behind closed doors. Specifically, the match against Rayo Vallecano on January 2.

This situation, as we announced last Friday in MD, is the result of the Supreme Court’s November decision that confirmed the closure of the Azulón stadium. Sanction derived from the penalty imposed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation for violent incidents recorded in the match against Tenerife on June 24, 2017. The fourth administrative litigation chamber of the Supreme Court established the total closure of the Getafense fiefdom and also established that it needs to be done before next January 8, 2024.

Because of this, the door is open to a carom that prevents it from participating in the derby with the Vallecano team. And it happened because in Tuesday’s Copa del Rey draw, Getafe came out paired in the only possible rivalry in the First Division and the drawn balls determined that the match would be at the Coliseum.

Something that didn’t happen as Getafe will face Espanyol de Barcelona in this round of 32. Since this is a lower category club, it has to take place at the home of the parakeet team.

This leaves the blue team without a possible date to comply with this penalty because the next two commitments, and the last one this year 2023, are far from the Coliseum. First next Saturday the 16th against Sevilla and then on Tuesday the 19th against Atlético de Madrid at the Metropolitano.

This means they will not play at home again until the aforementioned match against Rayo Vallecano on January 2, six days before the Court’s deadline to apply the stadium closure.

Since this match falls in the Copa del Rey, it is therefore the second day of the recently entered 2024 when Getafe has to play without relying on the support of its fans.