Cadiz lost 2-1 to fourth-division club Arandina, becoming the second topflight team in Spain eliminated in the second round of the Copa del Rey.?(Football News)
Copa Del Rey 2023-24: Fourth-Division Club Arandina Eliminate Cadiz In Second Round
Fourth-division club Arandina secured a 2-1 victory over Cadiz to eliminate them from the second round of Copa Del Rey 2023. Earlier, Barbastro beat Almeria 1-0. First-division club Granada was eliminated in the first round
Copa Del Rey football match between Cadiz and Arandina
Copa Del Rey football match between Cadiz and Arandina
Cadiz's elimination on Thursday came a day after Almeria fell 1-0 to fourth-division club Barbastro.
Jorge Pesca scored a 65th-minute winner for Arandina. The club based in Aranda de Duero, a small city in northern Spain, had never advanced past the second round.
It was the 13th game in a row without a win for Cadiz, which sits in 16th place in the Spanish league, three points from the relegation zone. It advanced in the first round of the Copa with a win on penalties against fifth-division club Badalona.
First-division club Granada was eliminated after being disqualified for fielding an ineligible player in the first round.
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Last-place Almeria lost Wednesday to remain with only one victory in 17 matches in all competitions this season — against third-division club Talavera in the previous Copa round. Cadiz has only two wins in all competitions this season, and none since September.
Three top-tier clubs advanced past lower-division teams on Thursday — Girona defeated Orihuela 5-2, Athletic Bilbao beat Cayon 3-0 and Celta Vigo got past Sestao River 2-1.
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