2023-05-27 21:36:48
Jordi Blanco, correspondent in BarcelonaReading: 3 min.
He Barcelona Athletic of Rafa Márquez, who beat Logroñés by the minimum (1-0), and the Real Madrid Castilla by Raúl González, who won by the same result on his visit to Algeciras, they will meet in the first round of the play-off for promotion to the Second Division. The first leg will be played on Sunday June 4 at the Johan Cruyff stadium and the tie will be decided the following week at the Alfredo Di Stéfano.
The two subsidiaries fulfilled the expectation in the last league day of the First Federation (the third category of Spanish soccer), the merengue team maintaining the third position above Deportivo de La Coruña and the Barça team not being able to move from fourth place to the draw Castellón on their visit to Real Sociedad B.
This will be the first confrontation as coaches between Márquez and Raúl, who as footballers met in eight games with Barça y Real Madrid between 2004 and 2010, with a balance of four victories for the Mexican, a draw and three wins for the Real Madrid player.
It will be the second time that the two subsidiaries face each other in a promotion to the Second Division. In the previous one, in 1998, they met in the final and the winner was Barça, who won the first leg in the now-defunct Miniestadi 5-0 (with a goal from Puyol) and won once more in the second leg, which was played at the Santiago Bernabéu, by 0-2. In that Barça squad, the current first team coach Xavi Hernández stood out, as well as Puyol or Gabri, who also played in the first team. Esteban Cambiasso and Mista were playing in the Madrid subsidiary at that time.
Throughout history, the subsidiaries of Barcelona and Real Madrid have faced each other in 38 games, with 17 victories for the meringues and 13 for the blaugranas, ending the remaining eight games in a draw. Apart from that promotion tie in 1998, all the matches were in the League, in the Second Division, and a Cup tie (third round), in January 1975, which was resolved with Barça qualifying, which they won 2-0. in the first leg and lost 3-2 in the second leg.
The winner of the tie between the two subsidiaries will face the winner of the one between Celta B and Eldense, achieving promotion to the Second Division whoever wins that final tie. At the moment the two promoted teams, the champions of each group, are Racing de Ferrol and Amorebieta, while the other two playoff ties will face Real Sociedad B with Alcorcón on the one hand and Deportivo de La Coruña and Castellón on the other (a duel between two historical). The winners of each crossing will also face each other in the final crossing.
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