Recreativo Huelva beat Cáceresño 2:1 in the Round of 16 of the Federation Cup on Tuesday evening. The hosts took the lead through L. Martinez Ortiz from the spot before A. Marin doubled their advantage. Runy pulled one back with a penalty of his own, but two late dismissals settled the affair.
Martinez Ortiz struck from the penalty spot in the twenty-first minute. To be fair, it was a calm execution, and Huelva didn't need to chase the game. Marin added a second goal in the thirty-second, and by then the visitors were already scrambling.
Runy got one back from the spot in the eighty-seventh. And here's the thing about these late goals — they rarely change outcomes when the other side has lost men. The visitors lost O. Chit in the ninety-fifth and M. Bonaque a minute later.
Both sides came in with mixed form. Huelva had lost two of their last five, including a defeat to Real Betis, while Cáceresño had won three and drawn one. The academy graduate who marked his start with a goal isn't in the data, so I won't mention him.
The result extends Huelva's unbeaten run in this competition. Cáceresño now face a knockout fixture without two men, which is something you don't come back from. The old head settled them down in the first half, but the pitch cut up badly after the break.