The Athletic of Bilbao closes the Saturday (13:30) against Barcelona on the second leg in order to win the Copa del Rey, has lost by 2020 two weeks in front of Real Sociedad, in a duel between the two most laureates the history of this trophy.
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The Athletic has its second consecutive opportunity to host a 25º Copa del Rey title, while the two have made it to the front of the Real Sociedad in the final of the 2020 Copa del Rey, following the pandemic.
The ‘Leones’ cayeron 1-0 in the first final vasca of the history of the Copa, because now there is a new opportunity to deliver a trophy that has not been won since 1984, exactly against Barcelona.
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“The final step is history”, says the athletic technician Marcelino García Toral, who states that “we are very illusory”.
“We will take this new final against a grandiose club, but with all the motivation and all the tricks”, warned the captain of the ‘Leones’, Iker Muniain.
Since winning the Copa 37 years ago, the Athletic has reached five finals, of which three fought against Barça, all of them lost, the last one in 2015 when it went 3-1.
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Equipos probabilities:
Athletics: Unai Simón – De Marcos, Yeray, Íñigo Martínez, Yuri – Berenguer, Dani García, Vesga, Muniain – Raúl García, Iñaki Williams. Coach: Marcelino García Toral
Barcelona: Ter Steguen – Dest, Araujo, Lenglet, Jordi Alba – Busquets, De Jong, Pedri – Dembélé, Griezmann, Messi. Coach: Ronald Koeman (NED)
Yearbook: Juan Martínez Munuera