The athletic club face the turn of the Cup semi-finals Wednesday in Mestalla against Valencia after having successfully solved their last 15 direct qualifiers in short tournaments, 13 in the cup competition and two more in the Super Cup, and the last 8 crosses prior to the final.
The last team that managed to bring down the lions in a cup crossing that was not a final was Sevilla in the round of 16 of the Cup of the 2018-2019 season.
Since then, the rojiblanco team has been first in the Cup final of the 2019-2020 season after eliminating Intercity, Sestao River, Elche, Tenerife, Barcelona and Granada, and then in 2020-2021 by taking down Ibiza, Alcoyano, Betis and Levante.
In the current edition, before now facing the ‘che’ team, they left Atlético Mancha Real, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid in the gutter.
In addition, Athletic has managed to overcome the semifinals of the 2021 and 2022 Super Cup eliminating Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid. In this penultimate round, he also advanced five Cup semifinals (2009, 2012, 2015, 2020 and 2021) and one Europa League (2012).
The last time the Bilbao team was dropped in the semifinals was in the 2004-2005 seasonwhen Betis left him out of the Cup final by winning the penalty shootout at San Mamés.
Source: Eitb
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