Copa del Rey draw, live: there is a Classic in the semifinals

So far the draw for the semifinals of the Copa del Rey. Thank you very much for following along with us. Until next time!

Real Madrid – Barcelona will force to redistribute the semifinals. February 28, March 1 or 2 will be the two first legs. On April 4, 5 or 6, the two return games.

Well, there was a bombing. Luis de la Fuente has caused a two-legged classic in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey.

Real Madrid – Barcelona, ​​second semi-final

Osasuna – Athletic Club, first semifinal

Now, the pairings.

Real Madrid, second team to leave.

Osasuna, first team to leave.

First, the two balls of the two teams that will be local in the first leg will be drawn.

De la Fuente: «I have enjoyed very interesting matches. As a coach, when you see that you compete at such a high level it also makes me happy.”

Presented the teams, it’s time to meet the innocent hand: Luis de la Fuente, national coach.

Everything ready in the Luis Aragonés hall of the Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas. The semi-final draw is about to begin.

Dani Carvajal: “We are very excited about the Cup”

Lastly, Real Madrid. For the white team, aspiring to its twentieth trophy, Dani Carvajal speaks: «The comebacks against Villarreal and Atlético have made us return to what is our essence. We are very excited about this competition. We haven’t gotten it for a long time. In 2014 it was my first title with Madrid, also with Ancelotti.

Athletic: “We are not satisfied, we want more”

The Athetic is introduced. 23 Copa del Rey titles for the rojiblanco team. Mikel González, Athletic’s football director: «There are four consecutive semifinals, only Barça have achieved it in the last thirty years. We value it a lot, but we don’t settle, we want more. We have the San Mamés factor for both the outward and return journeys. It doesn’t influence you that much.”

Jordi Cruyff: “The option of winning a title seems very close”

Time for the presentation of Barcelona. Jordi Cruyff, sports director of the Barça team, speaks: «When you are in the semifinals you see the option of winning an important title very close. The players are all pending. At this point all four teams are strong. In a two-game tie there is more control, more strategy.

I now remember Luismi, a CD Fuentes player who died in a traffic accident. The Aragonese team was Osasuna’s first rival in this edition of the Copa del Rey.

Osasuna, “excited and happy for the competition we have”

The semifinalists are being presented. Kike García, scorer for Osasuna, speaks: «Very excited about this semifinal. Happy for the competition we have. We are very excited. We know that the rivals are very strong but we are going to try to compete”.

The draw ceremony begins with the presence of Luis Rubiales.

We remember that, logically, there are no conditions for the pairings. But yes to know the dates of the matches, both going and returning. Real Madrid will have to delay their matches due to the Club World Cup. And, depending on the rival, he may not be able to close his semifinal until April due to a lack of dates. That will be known in a few minutes.

Xavi Hernández’s men have left Intercity, Ceuta and Real Sociedad in the gutter. Like Madrid, they were exempted in the first two rounds for the Spanish Super Cup. It is the only one of the four teams that reaches the draw having won its match of the weekend. They were imposed by the minimum (0-1) to Girona.

Cacereño, Villarreal and Atlético are the three teams that Real Madrid have had to defeat so far, in a shorter way than several of their rivals by having to play the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia. The victory in the derby came after an extra time in which the goals of Benzema and Vinicius decided. The draw comes after drawing at the Bernabéu with Real Sociedad.

Athletic has beaten Alzira, Sestao, Eldense, Espanyol and Valencia to reach the semifinals, an almost perfect journey, with 13 goals for and only 2 against. The draw comes after losing to Celta in Balaídos (1-0).

Osasuna reached the semifinals after leaving CD Fuentes, Arnedo, Nástic de Tarragona, Betis and Sevilla along the way. Their victory in the round of 16 against the defending champions (who, let’s remember, won their only final in 2005) has given them extra motivation. The draw comes after losing at home to Atlético (0-1).

Among the semifinalist coaches, both Ernesto Valverde and Carlo Ancelotti already know what it is to win the Copa del Rey. The man from Extremadura did it in 2018, training Barça. Ancelotti in 2014, in his first stage as white coach.

Cup draw, live: crosses, matches and semifinal pairings

Everything prepared in the auditorium of the Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas. The Copa del Rey semifinal draw is about to start. Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, ​​Osasuna and Athletic Club are going to know their crosses.

As for titles, five players share the honor of having won seven Cups: two from Athletic (Belauste and Piru Gaínza) and three from Barcelona (Messi, Busquets and Piqué).

Among the scorers, the most prolific is Telmo Zarraauthor of 81 goals in his 78 Cup games, more than a goal on average.

Let’s go now with some statistics. Andoni Zubizarretawith 108 games played, leads the Cup all-time table. The former international goalkeeper played the tournament defending Athletic, Barça and Valencia.

Barcelona, ​​dominator of the last decade

The new King of Cups has 31 cup holders, a competition that he has dominated in the last decade. Five of the last eight titles have been signed by him, the last in 2021, after beating Athletic. Between 2015 and 2018 they won four consecutively.

Athletic, the dethroned king

23 Cup titles shine in the showcases of Athletic, the former king of the competition until it was surpassed by Barcelona after the 1998 edition. The ‘lions’ have not won the title since 1984, although they have qualified consecutively for the semifinals in the last four editions. In 2021, within two weeks, they lost two consecutive finals: those corresponding to the 2020 editions (defeat against Real Sociedad 1-0) and 2021 itself (beaten by Barcelona 4-0). Since that last victory in 1984 they have lost six finals.

Real Madrid: the last one, with Ancelotti

The white team accumulates 19 titles, in addition to another 20 lost finals. The most. His last title was won in 2014, in a final they beat Barcelona at Mestalla (2-1) with a decisive goal from Gareth Bale five minutes from time after an incredible gallop down the left wing. Ancelotti was the coach of that team.

Osasuna, the only non-champion

Let’s go with the presentation of the semifinalists, starting with the only one that has not yet been able to lift the trophy throughout its history. The health they were a finalist in 2005, where they lost to Betis 2-1 in a match played at the Vicente Calderón. The Mexican Javier Aguirre was the rojillo coach in a team in which Patxi Puñal, Valdo or the Uruguayans Pablo García and Richard Morales stood out.

The four semifinalists of the Copa del Rey

Four teams have reached this penultimate round of elimination, all of them from the First Division: Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Athletic and Osasuna. Mirandés, in 2020, remains the last Second team to have played this round.

Greetings, very good morning! We begin the live narration of the Copa del Rey semifinal draw. Welcome!