Getafe finally broke through at the Estadio Municipal de Lebrija on 29 October, and Mangala did it with a right-footed shot from outside the area that gave them the lead for the first time in the Copa del Rey first-round match. Antonio Lebrón could only watch the ball go in as the finish curled in close to the post.
That goal mattered because it changed a match that had been tight and tense from the start of the 19:00 kickoff. The game had stayed level until then, and the strike shifted the weight onto Lebrijana in a knockout tie they were already chasing at home. It also gave the Getafe bench a moment it greeted with great anger, a flash of relief after a passage in which the visitors had been trying to force the issue without much room.
The context is simple: this was live first-round Copa del Rey coverage, built around what happened inside the match rather than a full wrap. Getafe had already seen a winger from Gambia send a shot from outside the area straight to Lebrón, while Lebrijana were still looking for openings of their own. Drammeh had dribbled past several opponents to create a one-on-one chance before a Lebrijana midfielder stopped the move, and later De los Ríos almost connected with a lateral free kick in the six-yard area.
Even after Mangala’s opener, Lebrijana did not disappear from the game. Letacek blocked a powerful shot from the edge of the area, Sebas Salazar’s run into the box was cut out, and Antonio Lebrón later made another save when a Getafe centre-back met a Kiko Femenía corner with a header. The pattern was clear: Lebrijana kept pushing late, but Getafe kept finding the sharper moment, and the unanswered question from there was whether that first decisive goal would be enough to settle the tie.
For readers following the Copa del Rey, that is what makes the next phase of the match matter: Getafe had the lead, Lebrijana had the momentum of a home side still pressing, and the result still had to be earned rather than assumed. The opening goal changed the balance, but it did not end the fight.
