The C.D. Leganés receives this Saturday (20:00) the Sevilla F.C. in the Municipal Butarque Stadium, in a match corresponding to the sixteenths of the H.M. El Rey Cup. The pepineros will try to advance one more round against a Sevillian team that aspires to its sixth cup title.
The C.D. Leganés returns to action after ten days without competing. The pepineros played their last match on January 6th, precisely in the Cup tournament against the U.D. Socuéllamos. The effects of the storm 'Filomena' caused the postponement of the SmartBank League match against U.D. Almería last Sunday, so the blue and white team resumes the official competition in the K.O. tournament.
Leganés arrives at the match after having eliminated the aforementioned Socuéllamos (0-2) with goals by Kevin Bua and Miguel de la Fuente. Before, he had done the same with Ourense C.F. (0-1) thanks to Sergio Gonzalez's goal. Now, for the fourth consecutive season, they will seek the round of sixteen, this time against one of the best teams in La Liga Santander, in a match in which they will not be able to count on the sanctioned Róber Ibáñez.
Sevilla F.C., with the objective of their sixth cup title with old acquaintances
On the other hand, Sevilla F.C. arrives at the meeting in Butarque with the intention of taking a step forward in their aspirations to achieve their sixth cup title. The Sevillians won the trophies of 1935, 1939, 1948, 2006 and 2010, and want to reach the round of 16 to get closer to the final qualifying round. In the first two, they beat the City of Lucena (0-3) and Linares (0-2).
For this, they also announced in the last days the renewal of their coach Julen Lopetegui until 2024. Indeed the technician of the Leganés, Jose Luis Martí, counts on an outstanding Sevillista past, after to have played 206 official parties in four seasons and average in which it obtained five titles. On the other hand, two ex-footballers will return to Butarque in the Sevillian ranks, such as Óscar Rodríguez and Youssef En-Nesyri.
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