On Wednesday, the SD Ibiza SD Ibiza lost 2-1 against Nàstic de Tarragona in the first round of the Copa del Rey as a home team and has quickly said goodbye to the tournament. The red and white team came to this match with great enthusiasm and even had a new shirt specially designed for the competition. However, they faced an opponent of a higher category that from the first moment showed all its potential. The match started badly for the Ibizan team, as 10 minutes into the first half the visitors managed to get ahead on the scoreboard through Sanz. As the minutes went by, the Tarragona team showed that they were of a higher category and after 23 minutes Jiménez put the visitors 2-0 up. The dynamic did not change until the end of the match and Nàstic de Tarragona went to the break with a 2-0 lead. The second half started with much more parity, the visitors lowered their pace and the home team raised it, which made them share the possession of the ball. Although the SD tried in different ways, they could not break the defense of the visiting team, which was well planted in the back of their field of play. With only a minute left in the game, Bengoetxea made it 2-1, filling the Ibizans with hope, but time did not work in their favor. Although the Ibiza team ended up with a few more players due to the expulsion of Montalvo, the truth is that there were no more minutes for anything else and Nàstic de Tarragona got the qualification.
