Athletic de Bilbao and Real Sociedad face the grand final of the Copa del Rey 2020, which could not be played last season due to the coronavirus pandemic. This Basque derby means a lot to both parties both for the opportunity to lift a title and to do so against their regional rival.
The lions, trained by Marcelino Garcia Toral, they also have ahead of the final on the 17th against the FC Barcelona, which corresponds to the final of the Copa del Rey 2021, with which they will live the unique circumstance of playing two finals of the same instance of the competition in just two weeks.
The Athletic Bilbao is he second team most awarded in the Copa del Rey with 23 titles, while the first is Barça with 30 wound. The Real society, meanwhile, has a only Copa del Rey title, the one conquered in 1987 before the Atlético de Madrid on penalties.
In addition, the Bilbao team won the Spain Supercup, where it surpassed Real Madrid in the semifinals and at Barcelona in the final, so he feels capable of repeating the feat again and that they have to take out the historic txapela. In principle, there should be no significant casualties by the Athletic Bilbao, that although it does not bring good feelings in LaLiga SantanderSo far in short tournaments he has been infallible with Marcelino on the bench.
The Royal Society of Imanol Alguacil, meanwhile, look for your second King's Cup and it does so with enthusiasm and the conviction of being an offensive team that has the quality of Mikel Oyarzábal, Mikel Merino, Portu or Alexander Isak. The San Sebastian team will face the Athletic in neutral territory, since the venue of the final of the King's Cup 2020 will be the stadium of The Cartuja of Seville.
The San Sebastian team will not be able to count on for this final Asier Illarramendi due to a muscle injury. Faced with such a situation, Imanol Sheriff you will have to choose between Ander Guevara and Martín Zubimendi to replace him in the center of the field txurri urdin.
The two teams have only met once this season, in the victory in San Mamés of the Royal Society 0-1 against Athletic Bilbao in LaLiga Santander, thanks to a goal from For your in the first minutes, from then on the scoreboard no longer moved and the three points went to Donosti, although a Cup final is completely different.
When will Real Sociedad – Athletic play the final of the Copa del Rey 2020?
The game is played today, Saturday, April 3, at 21.30 hours
Where can Real Sociedad – Athletic watch the final of the Copa del Rey 2020?
The meeting can be seen openly through Telecinco, as well as it can also be followed through the platform DAZN and the channel ETB1 for the Basque Country. You can follow all the information about the match live on the Mundo Deportivo website.