Real Valladolid and Elche have had to settle for a goalless draw in the first leg of their last-32 clash in the Spanish Copa del Rey.

Valladolid's Carmona was the first player to set his sights on goal as he unleashed a worrying shot from distance that flew wide of the post in the opening minutes of the game.

In a first half of very few chances, the only other effort of note came from a tame Elche side, with Rodrigues trying his luck from range, only to see his shot lack the quality to test an unmoved Dani Hernandez in the hosts' goal.

The second half of the tie was dominated by Valladolid as they missed a number of chances to take a lead into the second leg, firstly as Jorge Hernandez was denied at the bottom corner, before Zakarya Bergdich was stopped by a sprawling Przemyslaw Tyton.

Elche arguably had a speculative chance to snatch an important goal in the closing stages, but Faycal Fajr was wasteful from a free kick when he shot wide to leave the contest all to play for at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero.