A second chance

It would seem that back in the month of July, when we know the calendar of the upcoming season, the Copa del Rey competition is not even secondary but tertiary.

Ok, let's except maybe Bilbao where the Cup is a rite, a legend, maybe a pain but always a source of illusions.

In the rest there are times that one would say that it is even somewhat annoying, uncomfortable and unprofitable for all those who go through European competitions and have big dreams in the League.

You know, these are the summer weeks in which the Leagues are won, the European competitions and their money are preferential objectives and no one dares to insinuate that things could go wrong.

Well, I rectify and apologize for the distorted view that only observes, and listens to, the Champions League and only looks at the first four places in the First Division League, forgetting football, all football, which is included in that which seems only necessary for that matches can be held every weekend or perhaps every Tuesday and Wednesday so that all of this can be included in the televised package.

So that it is monetized and generates a decisive part of the economic rights that allow big teams to be so big.

It would be said that the Copa del Rey is that competition that constitutes a financial lifeline for clubs from the First or Second Federation, up to the Second Division, because the presence of one of those so-called great teams can generate a box office, again economic resources, that balances the budget, guarantees the contracts signed in June and may even allow some adventure in the form of signings in the winter market.

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It would seem that this hypothetical financial injection has deprived us of a pure draw from the beginning of the competition that could provide, for example, with two First Federation teams playing the cup semi-final and guaranteeing the presence of football that balances to find the best schedule for their matches among the avalanche of great European games every weekend.

But we have decided, perhaps with great success, perhaps with a flight of dreams, that we change this option for the lottery of the confrontation against one of those so-called greats that allow us to have the TV idols in the stadium for all purposes. week and, why not, dream about the machada and defeating any soccer Goliath.

It would seem that this uncomfortable competition in July becomes every year the lifeline for those teams immersed in the turbulent waters of the weekly League and that find in midweek local football a space where they can forget the league and European penalties, and the option of being able to dream of going far, why not to the final, to turn gray seasons into unforgettable beacons of light that shine forever.

It would seem that the Copa del Rey is the prize, perhaps a consolation prize but a prize nonetheless, with which the so-called big teams can conclude that the season has not been so bad and that their full museums house a new trophy, a new plot for a suffering and worn-out story.

It would be said that the Copa del Rey is that recovery exam that, once passed, becomes the greatest and best achievement of the entire course and the one that justifies a quiet vacation after a celebration trip that seemed impossible in the month of January. and unattainable.

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