El Industrias Santa Coloma will once again be in the Final Four of the Copa del Rey and will do so after overthrowing the great dominator of this competition. El Bara, champion in seven of the previous 10 editions, fell in the quarterfinals (3-1). The Catalans had not lost in this competition for more than four years. To find their last defeat you have to go back to November 8, 2016, when they fell in the second round against Levante. Previously, only Movistar Inter and Palma Futsal, both two games in the semifinals, had been able to eliminate Bara.
The protagonist of the victory of Industries was Drahovsky, who continues to shine game after game. At four minutes, the Slovak beat Ddac Plana in a heads up. It cost Bara to get into the game and it took almost 10 minutes to create his first chance. And Ximbinha, former of those from Santa Coloma, was in charge of making the tie when finishing off a Dyego cross.
In the second half, Drahovsky again put his team ahead with a cross shot. Bara turned towards the tie, but with just under seven minutes to go, Bruno Petry surprised the Barça goalkeeper with a shot adjusted to the stick. In the final stretch, Andreu Plaza’s men tried it with a goalkeeper-player, but they couldn’t close the gap.
The Industrias Santa Coloma technician highlighted in Esport 3 the victory of his team: “These players deserve everything they do. The League is being unfair to us, we have played better games than today “. And he warned:”We are not going for a walk to the Final Four“.
For his part, Drahovsky, author of two goals, noted: “The man of the match is the team, we fight well and compete well. In the Final Four scam we lacked a bit of luck and now we want to win.”
