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Real

Madrid will face

Athletic

, executioner of Barcelona, in San Mamés

in the quarterfinals of a Copa del Rey that, until the semifinals, will continue to be resolved in a single match.

The white club, champion of the competition on 19 occasions, will thus face one of the great specialists of the tournament (23 titles) and finalist in last season's edition.

Another of the outstanding duels will be the visit

of Manuel Pellegrini 's stimulating

Betis to

Real Sociedad

, who has just eliminated Atlético, also at home. Bordalás

'

Valencia

, meanwhile, will host Sergio González's new

Cádiz

at the Mestalla , third from last in the league. While

Rayo

, who became a finalist 40 years ago, will try to extend their good fortune in Vallecas, where

Mallorca

, Cup champion in 2003, will attend.

The quarterfinal tie will be played on February 1, 2 and 3. This is one of the dates that FIFA, due to the pandemic, reserved for the pending World Cup qualifiers in Qatar. Soccer players from the South American Soccer Confederation (Conmebol) and the Confederation of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (Concacaf) who are recruited by their teams will not be able to participate in the quarter round.

Real Madrid, for example, will lose the Brazilians

Vinicius

,

Rodrigo

,

Casemiro

and

Militao

, in addition to the Uruguayan

Fede Valverde

. While Betis should be left without the Mexicans

Guardado

and

Lainez

, the Argentines

Guido Rodríguez

and

Pezzella

and the Chilean goalkeeper

Claudio Bravo

. Rayo will suffer the absence of the Colombian

Falcao

, while Cádiz will have to suffer the absence of

Arzamendia

(Paraguay) and

Alarcón

(Chile). Mallorca will also have to manage with one of its capital pieces,

Take Kubo

, cited by Japan.

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