The worst cup draw ever?

When you ask the president of one of the clubs involved in a draw to actively participate in it too, you're always asking for trouble. But that's what the Spanish FA did when letting Pablo Córdoba, president of Alcobendas Sport, take part in a draw for the promotion play-offs for the Segunda B division â the third tier of Spanish football.

Images released by segoviaaldia.es show Córdoba to be particularly chuffed by drawing Arandina out of the bowl â unusual, considering the second team had yet to be selected. Amazingly enough, that second team turned out to be his own.

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