He Villarreal was eliminated this Monday in the round of 32 of Copa del Rey in the hand of Unionists of Salamancaa rival of First RFEF which prolonged the curse of the ‘groguet’ team in the tournament.
The Salamanca team, which performs two categories below the Villarrealbecame the tenth team from the lower division to relegate them in the twenty-four seasons in which the Castellón team was in Firstwhich represents about half of the cases.
With this elimination, which came in penalties, it is the sixth time that the Villarrealbeing in First, falls into a team from the third category of our football. The first to remove him was pomegranate who during the 2000-01 campaign were active in the now defunct Second B. Later they did Hercules In the 2002-03 season, the Girona In 2004-05, the Poli Ejido in 2008-09 and Miranda in 2011-12.
Especially painful is the elimination before the Ejido Sports Centerbecause in the first leg of that round of 32 match they fell to a scandalous 5-0 in the field of the Almeria team, which they also did not beat in the second leg.
Furthermore, the Villarreal while he was active in First has also been removed from Copa del Rey of four groups of Second division. It happened to him Valladolid in 2006-07, including Celta Vigo in the 2009-10 season, again with the Miranda in the 2018-19 season and including Sporting Gijón in 2020-21.
How happy the cup is Villarreal came in the 2014-15 campaign where they reached the semifinals of the tournament for the only time in their history so far after eliminating Cádizin Real society and in Getafe. With the Catalan team he didn’t have much of a choice as they lost 3-1 in the first leg and repeated the 1-3 loss in the second leg.
Source: La Verdad
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