The draw for the Spanish Cup .. A fiery match for Barcelona in the semi-final
Friday's semi-final draw for the Spanish Cup in football resulted in a fiery climax between Sevilla and Barcelona, while Athletic Bilbao plays with Levante.
The two teams barely booked their cards to the round of four, specifically Barcelona, who achieved a thrilling remontada in front of Granada, transforming his two clean goals until the 88th minute into a 5-3 victory after the extension, while Sevilla put an end to the Almeria adventure of the second degree by winning it 1-0.
The two teams met on the fourth of last October at the Camp Nou stadium in the fifth stage of the league and tied 1-1, knowing that the difference between them is one point in the League, where the Catalan team ranks second with 40 points, compared to 39 points for Seville fourth.
Barcelona and Seville will play three matches over a period of 23 days, in addition to their confrontation in the home and away cup competition on the tenth of February and the third of next March, they will play on the 28th of this year in Andalusia in the twenty-fifth phase of the League.
Barcelona is seeking to reach the final match for the forty-third time in its history, knowing that it is the record holder in the number of titles in the competition with 30 titles, most recently in 2018.
As for the Andalusian team, it aspires to the tenth final match of the competition crowned five times, the last of which is in 2010.
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Bilbao is relatively likely to reach the final for the second time in a row, after the final of last year's edition against Real Sociedad, which was postponed to the third of next April due to the new Corona virus.
Athletic Bilbao, who won the local Super Cup at the expense of Real Madrid (in the semi-final) and Barcelona (in the final), needed a penalty shootout to overcome the hurdle of host Real Betis 4-1 after they tied 1-1 in the original and extra time.
Levante blew a heavy surprise by defeating Villarreal 1-0.
Athletic Bilbao has the second best record in the cup competition, with 23 titles, the last of which is in 1984, noting that it is the most popular of the final 37 times, as it finished the summer 13 times without counting the final of the last version.
On the other hand, Levante won the competition title once, and it was in 1937.
The two first-leg matches will be held on February 10 in Seville and Bilbao, and the return leg will be on the third of next March in Camp Nou and Valencia.
The Olympic Stadium "La Cartuja" in Seville will host the final match on April 17th.
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