The two giants are no longer there. FC Barcelona, 30-time winner of the national cup (a record), was eliminated Thursday in the quarterfinals of the King's Cup Thursday night by Athletic Bilbao, on the wire, 1-0, like Real Madrid, defeated by Real Sociedad (4-3). The Catalans, in the midst of an internal crisis after the conflict between Argentine star Lionel Messi and French sports director Eric Abidal on Tuesday, were beaten on a goal by the head of Basque striker Iñaki Williams at the very end of the game (90th + 3).
📸 A gol para la historia ⚽️
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Real Madrid ends 21 game unbeaten streak
It is another thorn in the side of Barça, which must compose without its Uruguayan center-forward Luis Suarez, recently operated on the external meniscus of the right knee and absent until mid-May, and without Ousmane Dembélé, who will be soon operated on for a complete rupture of the proximal tendon of the femoral biceps of the right thigh, and for which the period of unavailability will probably be four or five months.
Athletic Bilbao is therefore the last to qualify for the semifinals of the Spanish national cup. The Basques join Petit Poucet Mirandés (Spanish second division), winner of Villarreal Wednesday 4-2, and Granada, who defeated the defending champion, Valencia CF, 2-1 Tuesday. They will especially find there the Real Sociedad, winner of Real Madrid at the end of a crazy match at the Santiago-Bernabeu (4-3), which ended the crazy series of 21 games without defeat for the men of Zinédine Zidane.
🌟 Night of stars at the Santiago Bernabéu
💙 It's too good to be from Real
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The first semi-finals on February 12
The Nordic nuggets Martin Odegaard, a 21-year-old Norwegian player, imperial first scorer (22nd), and the young Swedish center-forward Alexander Isak (20), author of an express double (54th and 56th), were the big craftsmen of the beautiful victory of the "Txuri-urdin" (white and blue, in Basque) against the Merengues, with the fourth and last goal of Mikel Merino (69th). But their exit, associated with the red card addressed to Andoni Gorosabel (90th + 4), almost cost very dearly to the men of Imanol Alguacil, who had cold sweats at the end of the game, seeing the Madrilenians score three goals to reduce the gap (Marcelo 59th, Rodrygo 81st, and Nacho 90th + 3).
The semi-final draw will take place on Friday at 1 p.m. The semi-finals will be played in a round-trip match on February 12 and March 4. The final is scheduled for April 18.
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