Copa Del Rey, Round of 32: Barcelona join Real Madrid in next round

Atlético Madrid 1-0 Real Jaén (Atlético Madrid 4-0 Real Jaén aggregate)

3-0 up from the first round, a Raul Garcia goal was enough for Atleti to progress at the expense of their lower-league opposition.

Malaga 0-1 Caraceno (Malaga 4-4 Caraceno aggregate; Malaga go through on away goals)

Real Madrid 3-0 Alcoyano (Real Madrid 7-1 Alcoyano aggregate)

But I’m not in the mood to make the whiny case for why life is so hard for the huge teams with the massive budgets. I’m rooting straight underdog this round, and I don’t care if that means we won’t have as much fun in the final rounds: it means more to the small teams and their fanbases. If the Madrids and Barças of the world don’t care enough about this competition to start their first-stringers until the last two rounds, then I will not dignify them with my interest.

All of this is a tangential way of saying that there aren’t that many good games this week. There might be some exciting games...but none that anyone would go way out of their way to watch. I’ll highlight a couple of them, but mostly I’m going to be watching the third-division sides and praying for another Alcorcón.