Athletic will meet its first rival in the 2021-22 Cup today. The draw for the round of 32 will be held in the Federation starting at 12:30 pm with the four teams that will compete in the Super Cup in the bass drum, Real Madrid, Atlético, Barça and the rojiblanco team itself.
The draw will be held, “exceptionally, behind closed doors” due to the poor evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the agency led by Luis rubiales.
This tie will be played in the first week of January 2022 again as a single match. The set of Marcelino will be paired with one of the four teams that are active in the First RFEF and that have passed the previous round, Rayo Majadahonda, Linares, Alcoyano and Atlético Baleares, or with Mancha Real, from Second RFEF, which gave the real surprise of the day yesterday eliminating Granada (1-0) in their field.
The Second Division teams that remain in the competition are Girona, Zaragoza, Fuenlabrada, Leganés, Sporting, Ponferradina, Valladolid, Cartagena, Eibar, Almería and Mirandés.
The rest of the First teams that enter the draw are Valencia, Mallorca, Celta, Espanyol, Rayo Vallecano, Sevilla, Real Sociedad, Elche, Villarreal, Osasuna, Cádiz and Betis. The Verdiblanco team, which visits San Mamés on Sunday in the corresponding league match on matchday 18, needed extra time to eliminate Talavera (2-4), who play in the same group of the First RFEF where Bilbao Athletic is.