Copa Del Rey

THE MATCH WILL BE ON JANUARY 4

Who is the Intercity? All about Barça's rival in the Cup

Published:23/12/2022 - 17:32h

Updated:23/12/2022 - 17:32h

FC Barcelona will return to the competition on December 31 with an always complicated derby against Espanyol and a few days later will debut in the Copa del Rey against the modest Intercity

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The FC Barcelona has known this Friday to his first in the current edition of the Glass of Rey: the Club of Football Intercity. The Alicante club, that is a member of the First RFEF (Third Division), will receive to a Barcelona team that will try to litigate by all the titles that can in this second part of course and this will not be the exception.

The new project, led by Xavi Hernández in the bench, has confirmed that it wants to add titles this campaign and the Glass is always an option more than interesting for the culés. With 31 titles in his history, the Barcelona club will confront in the dieciseisavos of final to a full team of ex footballers of of The Masia, with until eight players.

If something can describe of big way to the entity of Alicante is: vanguardismo. The institution was founded so alone in 2017 and turned into the first Spanish club that contributes in Stock exchange, something that for example does the Manchester United from does several years. With this philosophy the Intercity has attained four promotions in five seasons until arriving to First Federation, where is in zone of descent (16º with 19 points).

A distinct project

Previous to this the owners of the Intercity struggled in several occasions to achieve administrative promotions. In 2018 they tried to occupy a square in Third Division by means of a fusion with the Novelda, but the Spanish Federation of Football did not approve it by a geographic question. The following summer, after winning the promotion in the terrain of game, treated to do with the vacancy of the Reus Deportiu in Second Division B but the FC Andorra of Gerard Hammered, with a better offer, prevented it.

Something that also stands out of the club is that the Juanfran Torres, ex of the Athletic and canterano madridista, is his sportive vice-president. To arrive until this opportunity to confront to the Barça, the Intercity deleted to the Athletic Cirbonero (0-1) and to the Mirandés (2-0). At present it plays his parties in the stadium Antonio Solana of Alicante, with capacity for 2.500 viewers, although his president Salvador Martí has affirmed that will look for to contest the party in Rico Pérez, stadium of Hercules. "We will speak with the property, with Hercules, because it would be good for all the city", explained.

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