He Valence asked the RFEF the postponement of their first round match of King’s Cup, who measures them Parla School, for the DANA. The club announced in a press release its decision to request a change of date, because it is impossible for it to travel to Madrid, due to communication cuts between the province of Valencia and the capital. Thus, the match between Che’s team and the modest sixth category team is unlikely to be played this Wednesday, as planned.
“Valencia asked the RFEF to postpone the match that the team had planned to play tomorrow in Madrid against Parla Escuela. The Club considers this to be the most appropriate measure due to the serious consequences of the DANA that we are experiencing in the province of Valencia, in Recommendations to avoid travel and interruptions in communications with Madrid», Indicates the press release published on social networks by the Valencian team.
The match was scheduled for this Wednesday, at 9:00 p.m., But the weather conditions make it very difficult for Rubén Baraja’s team to travel to the municipality of Madrid. There they should be measured at Parla School, a team from the First Autonomous Community of Madrid, from the sixth category of Spanish football.
From the club they declared that the serious consequences that the DANA in the province of Valencia make this request “the most practical measure”. The storm caused significant damage to infrastructure in the Levant, leading to the cutting of communications with Madrid.
He @valenciacf asked the @rfef the postponement of the match that the team had planned to play tomorrow in Madrid against the @ParlaEscuela.
The Club considers that this is the most appropriate measure due to the serious consequences of the #DANA that we live in the… pic.twitter.com/uPAqvkx6GK
– Valencia CF (@valenciacf) October 29, 2024
In addition, an alert has been active since Civil defense which warns of heavy rain in the Valencian Community. He was also asked to “avoid any type of travel” throughout the province, due to the heavy rains on Tuesday. This is not surprising since DANA has already reported a death in the municipality of Masanasa, in addition to several people missing between the provinces of Valencia and Albacete.
The Cup, in danger because of DANA
The club does not believe it will be able to travel to the Spanish capital, due to the storm which is severely affecting Levante. Valencia, moreover, does not consider it the most appropriate thing to undertake its journey before Spoke, south of the Community of Madrid, to compete in the first round of the Copa del Rey.
For this reason, the club asked the Federation to postpone the match. The match was scheduled for Wednesday, but it will not be played due to the harsh consequences of the DANA. The dispute over other Cup matches in which teams from the Valencian Community participate, as well as that of Albacete, also remains unresolved.
He Levant stressed that climatic conditions “They prevented the team from going to Santiago this Tuesday”since they are measured at Pontevedra also Wednesday. He Elche must go to Coria (Extremadura), the Castellón in Águilas (Murcia), the Eldense in El Paso (La Palma), the Orihuela in Langreo (Asturias), the Hercules in Ejea de los Caballeros (Zaragoza) and the Manis receives Getafe.
