US international Danny Szetela made his Racing Santander debut in a scoreless Copa del Rey draw at Málaga on Wednesday night.

The midfielder started and was replaced on 66 minutes by Gonzalo Colsa as the Verdiblancos kicked off their round of 32 tie with a road share. During his time on the park, Szetela completed 20 passes and executed a pair of stealing tackles.

Racing had several chances to break the deadlock, with Mohammed Tchité narrowly missing the target and Jordi denied by a stunning Francesc Arnau save.

The teams will reunite for the second leg in Santander on January 2nd.

Line-ups
RAC - Fabio Coltorti; Ayoze, Ezequiel Garay, Oriol, Sergio Sánchez, Aldo Duscher, Jordi López, Danny Szetela (Gonzalo Colsa 66'), Ivan Bolado (Pedro Munitis 58'), Serrano (Christian Fernandez 79'), Mohamed Tchité

MÁL - Francesc Arnau; Raúl Gaitán (Gerardo 55'), Hélder Rosário, Jesule, Jesús Gámez, Álvaro Silva, Vicente Valcarce, Javier Calleja, Sandro, Stevan Stošić (Apoño 62'), Nabil Baha (Roberto Peragón 25')