For a more exciting Cup
I read today in several places that a keen team of France, the Quevilly, has qualified for the quarter finals of the Cup of France eliminating one the First like the Rennes. On having read it, I cannot feel another thing that he envies and think that here in Spain, we will attend today and tomorrow to two insipid ones departed back from our Cup. I say that thing about insipid because they are practically divided of step, especially in the qualifying round between Athletic and Racing. Perhaps the Getafe could achieve something historical this night, but it does not look like the most probable thing.
While in countries as England the priority is the fan and the spectacle, here they leave us in a background looking for other interests as the pockets filling. When years ago restored in Spain the qualifying rounds to the only party, it was not taken them in eradicating again. Probably the most important reason was to see like so many and so many top teams of our soccer they were going away to the street to the first of change, include to you Madrid, Barca or Valencia.
The Cup of the King is the ill-treated big one of our soccer for diverse factors. The most important clubs do not strain to the maximum for the parties overdose in his calendar, while the fact that it is played for week it reduces him spectators. Spectators that for insurance we would enjoy more if all the qualifying rounds were going to the only party or were staking the weekends. The teams of the First would save several parties of his inflated calendar and they even might take it seriously.
Anyhow it looks like something so distant that it will be necessary to keep on being content to enjoy other formats like those of England and France. All his qualifying rounds are to the only party, in addition to telling with a participation significantly top to the Spaniard. While here they inform approximately 80 teams (the first, the second, better seconds B and the champions of Third), in England they inform more than 750 clubs, for not speaking of any more than 7.000 that give themselves appointment in the French Cup. In her any team can compete any time they pay the inscription. The above mentioned, what envy.
Photo | Jim Moran
