Euskaraz irakurri: Osasuna – Athletic Club, Kopako finalerdietan
The Copa del Rey faces its final stretch and this Monday the draw was held to publicize the pairings for the semifinals of said competition and that has provided the following qualifiers:
Osasuna – Athletic Club
Barcelona–Real Madrid
The format of this penultimate round of the competition is two-legged, so the sadar and the Santiago Bernabéu will host the first legs, and san mames and the Spotify Camp Nou, the ones back. The Club World Cup dispute in which Real Madrid will be present has forced the Spanish Football Federation to change the dates of these qualifiers. February 28, March 1 and 2 will be the dates scheduled for the first chapter of these semifinals and April 4, 5 and 6 for the second.
Osasuna reach this stage of the competition after eliminating Sevilla in the previous round, in a match that required extra time (2-1). For its part, Athletic had to beat Valencia at home to reach the semifinals (1-3).
in this tie there will be no double value of the goals in the opposite field and, if both teams conclude the two games tied on goals, regardless of whether they are scored at home or away, it will go to extra time.
Three previous clashes between rojillos and rojiblancos
This is the fourth time that rojillos and rojiblancos have met in the Cup, and so far they have all ended favorably for the Bilbao team. The first meeting between Biscayans and Navarrese was in the quarterfinals of the 1955-1956 season. The team from Biscay put the match back on track by winning the first leg played in San Mamés 4-1 and went on to the semifinals after drawing 2-2 in San Juan.
The now-defunct Pamplona field was also the scene of the first leg of the first round of the campaign edition 1960-1961. Osasuna won 1-0 at home with a goal from Shankbut Athletic came from behind in San Mamés with a 2-0 lead materialized by zorriketa and iturriaga.
The last cup tie between Athletic and Osasuna was in the round of 16 of the 2008-2009. After the tie recorded in El Sadar with goals from walter pandiani Y Fernando llorentethe team from Bilbao sealed the pass at ‘La Catedral’ with a 2-0 victory captured by Igor Gabilondo and Ion Velez.
Source: Eitb
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