Copa del Rey draw: teams in the semifinals, rules, format, conditions and how it works

There are only four teams left standing. Athletic, Valencia, Betis and Rayo are the four clubs that will be in the pots for the Copa del Rey semifinal draw this Friday. Some with greater suffering than others have managed to overcome the different single-match rounds of the KO tournament. Now, at the gates of being in the final of the Cartuja on April 23, they will have to overcome one more tie, but it will be the old way: a two-legged match.

It will be at 3:10 p.m. this Friday when the first balls will begin to be extracted in the Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas to know the confrontations semifinals of the Copa del Rey. There will be no conditions or privileges. Everyone can play against everyone and the team that is drawn first will act as local. Although in this round both played in front of their fans, that is why this round is kept as a two-legged match. The reason is simple: it would be possible that there were teams that reached the final without playing any game in their stadium.

In this new round, whose The first leg matches will be played on February 9 and 10 and the second leg on March 2 and 3., will be Athletic, Valencia, Rayo and Betis. They come from eliminating Real Madrid, Cádiz, Mallorca and Real Sociedad respectively. Athletic is the only one that has been in all the semifinals of the Copa del Rey since the new format came into existence; for the rest of the semifinalists it is the first time that they have come so far. This new Copa del Rey has become a very difficult tournament for the greatest. Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Atlético and Sevilla had become regulars at these final stages of the KO tournament. For now, only Barcelona last year have managed to lift the title. Madrid and Atlético have never managed to get into the semifinals.

Dates of the Copa del Rey qualifiers 2021-22

Semi-final first leg: February 9.

Semi-final second leg: March 2.

Final: April 23rd.