Elche-Madrid, Betis-Sevilla and Athletic-Barça, in the second round

The Cup draw distributed more jackpots throughout the cities of Spain than the Lotería del Niño. Real Madrid will visit Elche; Barcelona, ​​Bilbao; and Atlético, San Sebastián. These are three of the knockout knockout crosses of the tournament. Although one of the star duels will be the Sevillian derby between Betis and Seville. This round will be played on the 15th, 16th, 19th and 20th. It will still be sudden death, nothing back and forth. Everything to a game.

The Cup is starting to get uphill. The sixteen surviving clubs are mostly (13) from the First Division, which has forced the draw to have five duels between teams of the highest category. And the result has been a bomb. In addition, there were also two second teams alive and barely a real ‘giant killer’ against professional clubs. Atlético Baleares. The revelation team title is won in the KO tournament after eliminating two teams from LaLiga Santander. They beat Getafe 5-0 in the second round and beat Celta 2-1 in the round of 32. It is the only team outside of the two categories of professional football that continues to challenge the greatest. Now he will have to face a team of great tradition in the Cup, Valencia. The ches come from beating Cartagena 1-2.

Although this tie is The only game will be played on two dates, as it will be held at the same time as the Spanish Super Cup. This prevents Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Athletic and Atlético from playing their cup matches next weekend (January 15 and 16) and will be held on Wednesday January 19 and Thursday 20.

The whites, who carried out their revenge a year later, eliminated Alcoyano 1-3 in the round of 32. Taking one more step in their intention to conquer a title that has resisted them since 2014, the last time they won it and that Carlo Ancelotti also trained them at that time. In this round, he will visit Martínez Valero to meet Elche.

Xavi’s men started the Cup with a scare, since they saw how Linares got ahead and had to come back, with controversy, to go to the next round. In the second round he will reissue the last Cup final, as they will face off against Athletic. Who did take the Cup seriously and did not speculate was Atlético, who endorsed a resounding 0-5 at Majadahonda to go to the round. Now they will face each other with Real Sociedad.

The only two Second Division teams that are still standing are Girona, which eliminated Osasuna 1-0, and Sporting, defeated the reigning champion of the Europa League 2-1. The Catalans will face Rayo Vallecano, a revelation team in Primera this season; while the Asturians will face off with Cádiz.

Eighth pairings

Atlético Baleares – Valencia

Girona – Rayo Vallecano

Sporting – Cádiz

Elche – Real Madrid

Real Sociedad – Athletic

Betis – Seville

Athletic – Barcelona

Mallorca – Spanish

Dates of the qualifying rounds of the Copa del Rey 2021-22

Eighths: January 15-16 (January 19 for Super Cup participants).

Rooms: February 2nd.

First leg of the semifinals: February 9.

Round of semifinals: March 2nd.

Final: April 23rd.