Ortelasa beat Gimar 1:0 in the 1/128-finals of the Copa del Rey on Sunday. The match finished with three red cards and one decisive penalty, a result that will keep Ortelasa alive in the competition. By then most people had left the stands.
The first red card came at the forty-minute mark and changed the tone of the game. Gimar had to play with ten men for forty minutes and never really got going. To be fair, they had already lost their shape in midfield.
Ortelasa pressed but could not find the breakthrough. The away side got dragged out of position several times, and the visitors had the game won inside twenty minutes if they had struck.
Then at seventy-nine minutes everything shifted. A penalty was awarded to Ortelasa, and A. Alhambra stepped up to take it. He scored from the spot, and the stadium finally erupted.
Within a minute another red card appeared, this time for L. Alberto, leaving both sides with ten men. The goal stood, and Ortelasa held on for a result they cannot afford another slip on.