The Copa del Rey continues to take shape and speed. In the absence of the children of San Ildefonso singing the Christmas lottery on December 22, Cornellà and Linares have won the Gordo del Fútbol by having to face Atlético and Sevilla in the second round of the Cup, respectively. Nor is the prize that Real Madrid, Barcelona, Athletic and Real Sociedad have, as participants in the Spanish Super Cup, who go directly to the sixteenth without playing. This second round of the Copa del Rey will take place on January 5, 6 and 7, 2021.
All the First clubs have passed to the second round getting off the KO tournament to the most modest. There is no longer any club from Regional Preference and Third Division. Yes, there were Segunda B clubs that challenged and defeated LaLiga SmartBank teams. Those few rebels, who are Portugalete, Córdoba, Las Rozas, Pontevedra and Amorebieta, they will have to face in this new tie to Levante, Getafe, Eibar, Cádiz and Sporting, respectively.
Given the shortage of clubs from non-professional football, the draw has resulted in several clashes between teams from the same division, LaLiga SmartBank: Alcorcón-Zaragoza, Castellón-Tenerife, Fuenlabrada-Mallorca, Málaga-Oviedo and Girona-Lugo. Things are getting serious.
As it happened in the first round, the matches will continue to be a single match and will be played in the stadium of the lower category club, as long as said facilities meet the requirements of the RFEF regulation. In the case of crosses between Second Division clubs, the team whose ball was drawn first will act as host. For now, there will be no VAR either.
Cup second round pairings
First team against a club classified through the RFEF Cup
Las Rozas – Eibar
First Division teams against Second B clubs
Mutilvera – Betis
Alcoyano – Huesca
Winner of Zamora-SD Logroñés (game postponed) – Villarreal
Marbella – Valladolid
UD Ibiza – Celta
Yeclano – Valencia
Cultural Leonesa – Granada
Winner of Poblense-Olot (game postponed) – Osasuna
Linares – Seville
Portugalete – Levante
Cordoba – Getafe
Deportivo – Alavés
Cornellà – Athletic
Pontevedra – Cádiz
La Nucía – Elche
Second Clubs against Second B teams
Socuéllamos – Leganés
Amorebieta – Sporting
Peña Deportiva – Sabadell
Winner of Haro Deportivo – Linense (game postponed) – Rayo Vallecano
Burgos CF – Espanyol
Navalcarnero – Las Palmas
Numancia – Almeria
Second teams facing each other
Alcorcón – Zaragoza
Castellón – Tenerife
Fuenlabrada – Mallorca
Malaga – Oviedo
Girona – Lugo
2020-21 Copa del Rey qualifying dates
Second round: January 6, 2021
Sixteenth: January 16 and 20. The second date, for the participants of the Super Cup
Eighths: January 27, 2021
Rooms: February 3, 2021
Semifinals: the first leg is played on February 10 and the return, on March 3, 2021
Final: April 17, 2021. (Before the final of the Copa del Rey of the 19-20 edition will have to be played between Real Sociedad and Athletic postponed by COVID).