He demanded a lot from him, forced him to take out his best men and fought him face to face until the end. He ended up locking him up near the Owono area. Terrassa, from the Second RFEF, put Alavés on the ropes, who ended up losing time with changes and calling time at the Olímpic. However, everything was in vain to prevent logic from prevailing. Terrassa said goodbye to the Copa del Rey with its head held high.
Against a First Division rival you can’t make mistakes. He won’t forgive you. Terrassa suffered it firsthand. Only once did the Egarense team make a mistake in defense and they paid for it with their elimination. Alavés took advantage of a gift, which puts them in the pot for the next round.
The teams were still testing each other when the visiting goalkeeper, Owono, took a long shot looking for the back of the defense. It seemed that the delivery was not very dangerous and that Jordi Palacios had the play under control but the winger did not get it right, he hesitated between controlling and clearing and did neither of the two things. From behind, Xeber Alkain appeared to steal the ball and beat Marco Pérez over the top.
The goal hurt Chus Trujillo’s team, who, stunned, were about to concede the second. Marcos avoided it by putting his fists on Alex Sola’s shot. But as the minutes passed, the locals digested the 0-1 score, stretched and realized that they could hurt the Vitorians. Jordi Cano, the hero of the tie against Albacete, sent a cross-xut to the crossbar, winger Gil tried his luck and even John Neeskens dared from afar.
Terrassa had lost their fear and this was even more noticeable in the second half, where the public also believed in a possible tie that would take the duel to extra time. Pol Sánchez ran into Owono before leaving his place for Aythami Perera, Terrassa’s number 9. Meanwhile, Luis García Plaza did not trust anything and for the last twenty minutes he brought in the scorer Kike García, Ianis Hagi, one of this season’s signings, and Luis Rioja, the skilled winger.
Twice Aythami headed the ball but Owono always responded, just as he caught Jordi Cano’s left footed shot. The goalkeeper despaired both with his saves and with his continuous waste of time against a Terrassa that put a lot of heart into him.
Alavés suffered and sweated to avoid the same fate as Almería, who were eliminated by Barbastro, also from the Second RFEF. The bottom of the League – seven points from safety – could not overcome Franc Carbonell’s header before half an hour. Rayo did pass, who did not score until the 89th in Yecla, and Real Sociedad (0-1 in Andratx).
