The Sestao River has eliminated Espanyol in the Copa del Rey, in the extension, in an epic match (4-3)

The Sestao River eliminated Espanyol in the 2026-2027 King's Cup and qualified forthesecond round of the tournament on Tuesday in Las Llanas after defeating his opponent 4-3 in the extension. They played in the rain and were spectacular and very emotional; Adrián Carrión, Andoni Ugarte, Ander Laka and Jon Rojo scored the goals that gave Hector Urquia's team the ranking.

In this context, in Las Llanas, Espanyol advanced on the scoreboard in the sixth minute thanks to Marcos Fernández; but the fans of the Sestao River saw a great first part of their team, since before the break the Biscayan team turned the result upside down.

The left-handed team was very solid in the second half and Espanyol barely had a chance to draw, so in the 89 minute, referee José Luis Munuera pointed out a controversial penalty, Roberto sent it to the nets and forced the extension.

In the extension, Gabriel Moscardó scored 2-3, in a good shot, in the 96th minute, but very soon after Ander Laka scoredthe third goal of the Sestao River, head. Inthe last few minutes, Iru, making a big stop, avoided another goal of Espanyol, and in one of the last moves came the goal that decided the playoff: Jon Rojo scored under sticks and the madness broke out in Las Llanas.

The result of the qualifier has also led to the dismissalof coach Manolo González by Espanyol, as announced by the Barcelona club shortly after the end of the match.

On Tuesday, too, another Basque team, the Tudelano, competed in the Ciudad de Tudela, but the Navarro team had no choice against the Zaragoza, which was defeated 0-4 by the team trained by Ibai Gómez, who scored the four goals in the first half, two by Joaquín Delgado, two by Pau Sans and two by Hugo Pinilla.