LA NUCIA FC has been eliminated from the Copa del Rey (King’s Cup), Spain’s equivalent to the FA Cup. The local team made a historic Copa del Rey debut, meeting Merida on December 19th in the qualifying round. The match was a historic one for the team as this is its first season in the Segunda B league and the Merida away match was the first time that La Nucia has played in the Copa del Rey in almost 25 years of existence. As before, the match was not televised by any channel and local La Nucia supporters were unable to follow the match in a live transmission. Although the local team looked more comfortable in extra time, they missed two goal occasions and finally had to face a penalty shootout where Merida made fewer mistakes than La Nucia to win 3-2.

Source: The Local January 14, 2020 09:22 UTC