Alavés qualified for the round of 16 of the Cup after eliminating Valladolid from the First Division

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Alavés qualified for the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey this wednesday 4th of january after beat Valladolid 1-0 in Mendizorroza the match corresponding to the round of 16 of the tournament. In this way, the albiazul team will be in the round of 16 draw that will take place on Saturday, January 7.

The match began with controversial actions that marked the start. The pucelanos claimed a penalty on the first arrival in the area of ​​the Israeli Shon Weissman and After five minutes the referee sent off Zou Feddal for protesting, which forced Pacheta to rethink his drawing, changing David Torres for Juan José Narváez. But without time for the people from Valladolid to settle in, the first local goal arrived: Mamadou Sylla adjusted a low shot in the strain of the post (1-0) at 11 minutes after picking up a rejection in which a hand from the visiting defense was claimed.

Later, Alavés had a chance in the boots of Anderson Arroyo and some approximation more than together with his defensive pressure, left the Pucelano squad without resources, which was close to drawing with a shot from Gonzalo Plata after half an hour that touched the post by Jesus Owono.

At the restart, Abde Rebbach was on the verge of extending the lead on a counter, but his shot ran out of force when it passed Sergio Asenjo and the visitors’ defense collected the ball before it slipped into the goal. It was the first warning from an Alavés team that entered the second half very well, without letting the pucelanos get into the game in the always dangerous first minutes.

Mamadou Sylla was the protagonist in several counter-attacks by the Basques, who repeatedly caught the back of a Valladolid team that was more and more focused on the tie, although without danger for Jesús Owono in the first 20 minutes of the second half.

Alavés did not sentence, and Valladolid pressed on in the final stretch. However, the team from Vitoria remained firm in defense, withstood the rival’s attacks, and the victory remained in Mendizorroza (1-0).

Data sheet:

1 – Alaves: Owono; Javi López, Sedlar, Laguardia, Arroyo (Tenaglia, min.46); Toni Moya, Balboa (Sevilla, min.46), Rober (Benavídez, min. 84); Abde (Rioja, min.75), Jason (Guridi, min.65), Sylla.

0 – Valladolid: Asenjo; Luis Pérez (Plano, min.65), Javi Sánchez, Feddal, Rosa (Kenedy, min.72); Malsa, Kike, Iván Sánchez (Fresneda, min.65); Silver, Narváez (Torres, min.10) and Weissman (Guardiola, min.65).

Goals: 1-0, m.11: Sylla.

Referee: Ortiz Arias (Madrid Committee). He sent off the visiting Feddal in minute 5. He yellow carded the locals Balboa (min.28), Arroyo (min.31) and Sevilla (min.86) and the visitors Malsa (min.41), Pérez (min. 61) and Silver (min.86).