The Real Betis, brilliantly classified for the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey After winning with authority this Wednesday in Valladolid (0-3), he is already very aware of the rival who may fall in luck this Friday in the draw, since he is one of the teams that will play the Spanish Super Cup -Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Atlético or Athletic- the tie, scheduled for January 15 and 16 or 19 and 20, should be delayed for a few days, which could prevent the American internationals from the Betic team -Claudio Bravo, Guido Rodríguez, Germán Pezzella, Guardado and Lainez- contest it, since for January 27 and February 2 (date of the quarterfinals cup) there is scheduled the dispute of qualifying matches in CONMEBOL and CONCACAF for the World Cup in Qatar -as well as the African Cup- , postponed in its day by the Covid.
In the second round, the only determining factor in the draw was that the teams of lower category, as far as possible, would face those of superior in their field, because until the quarter round the draw is not pure. So far only At. Balearic Islands (First RFEF, after eliminating Celta) and the rest are all First, so there may be several clashes between teams of the highest category.
The Spanish Super Cup is played on January 12 and 13 and 16 (the final) in Saudi Arabia, while Real Betis already has League matches scheduled on Tuesday 18 (against Alavés) and Friday 21 (against Espanyol ). The RFEF had reserved the dates of January 19 and 20 for the Super Cup teams to play the eighth of the Cup, but if they have to face First teams they will not be able to do so on those dates, since there is a Santander League match, although they have already played or postponed their games.
LaLiga for then on Sunday, January 30 (the quarterfinals of the Cup are set for Wednesday, February 2) and on that date -or a few days before, on Wednesday 26 for example- those Cup qualifying rounds between Super Cup teams could be played. and First Class rivals, although by then those involved should do it without the internationals who are called by their national teams, in the case of Betis up to five, apart from the casualties due to Covid or injuries, which are currently ten.
In the case of Betis, there are the rest of the First teams with internationals that can be paired with a Super Cup rival. The clubs already made the RFEF see in its day the damage that this calendar could cause them, but it did not respond to their claims.
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