MArcelino Garca Toral likes himself in the Copa del Rey, despite the bitterness of the two consecutive defeats in the 2021 cup finals against Real Sociedad, in the one postponed from the previous edition, and against Barcelona. Discounting those two duels, the statistics of the Asturian coach are outstandingand in the last 13 qualifying matches he has added 10 wins and 3 draws, with a balance of 7 wins and 2 draws during his time at Athletic.
The technical manager of the lions has only suffered one elimination in a two-legged phase en route to the final since the 2017-18 season, overcoming 13 rounds and failing only in the semi-final of the 2017-18when Valverde’s Barcelona won 1-0 in the first leg and 0-2 at Mestalla.
That defeat at the Camp Nou is one of the only three defeats he has conceded in the opposition field, the last one being in 2018-19, in the first leg of the quarterfinals against Getafe de Bordals. A goal from Jorge Molina in the 77th minute put Marcelino’s Valencia against the ropes, who managed to solve in a rough second leg.
Now, they meet again for the third time. Bordals is, along with Luis Enrique, the only coach who has won him two games in the Copa del Rey, because in addition to the commented in the Alfonso Prez Coliseum, the coach from Alicante was the first who made him bite the dust at homewhen at the head of Alicante, then in Second B, he beat Recreativo de Marcelino with two goals in extra time, which would end up being promoted to First Division.
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