The Round of 16 of His Majesty the King's Cup, a round that is spectacular, in its single-match format and in the field of the lower-category rival.
This new competition format encourages surprises, you just have to check that “only” eleven teams of First division are among the 16 participants, with two teams of Second Division B (Alcoyano and Navalcarnero), and up to three of Second Division, as they are Almería, Girona and Rayo Vallecano.
He Barcelona visits Vallecas to face a Lightning that comes from defeating the Elche 2-0. The Blaugrana team suffered in the previous round against the UE Cornellá, which he beat in extra time, despite missing two penalties, a historic event.
He Alcoyano, of Second Division B, achieved a historic victory in the previous round against Real Madrid (2-1), with a comeback that was consummated in extra time, with one less player. The Valencian team will face the finalist of the last edition of the Copa del Rey and the current champion of the Spanish Super Cup, he Athletic de Bilbao by Marcelino García Toral.
The other “Cinderella” of the tournament is the Navalcarnero, which won in the previous round at Eibar by 3-1. Now, they will face the Pomegranate of Diego Martinez, which in the last edition reached the semifinals and lost to the Athletic Bilbao.
The other finalist of the last edition copera, still with the final to dispute for the coronavirus pandemic, is the Real society of Imanol Sheriff, which faces the Real Betis at Benito Villamarín. Both teams saw each other, in addition, this weekend in LaLiga Santander, as they face each other twice in a week.
The other teams that face LaLiga Santander are the Valladolid -Levante, who also faced each other this past weekend in the league competition, in a match that ended with 2-2, played in the Valencia city. In the Cup, the match will be played in the Jose Zorrilla.
The most outstanding match of these Round of 16 is Sevilla – Valencia, between two historical Spanish football. The Seville team starts as a favorite to the stake, since at the moment it is a team of Champions League and is among the top ranked in The league, with a great job from your technician, Julen Lopetegui. The ValenciaMeanwhile, they are in the lower positions of the classification and at the moment they are struggling to move away from the relegation positions, but a single match can surprise, even if the match is played in the stadium Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán.
Schedule of the eighth matches of Copa del Rey
Tuesday, January 26:
Valladolid – Levante, at 7:00 p.m. and DAZN
Girona – Villarreal, at 9:00 p.m. and DAZN
Betis – Real Sociedad, at 9:00 p.m. and DAZN
Wednesday, January 27:
Seville – Valencia, at 7:00 p.m. and DAZN
Almería – Osasuna, at 9:00 p.m. and DAZN
Rayo Vallecano – Barcelona, at 9:00 p.m. on Telecinco and DAZN
Thursday, January 28:
Navalcarnero – Granada, at 7:00 p.m. and DAZN
Alcoyano – Athletic, at 9:00 p.m. by Cuatro and DAZN
Where to see the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey?
All matches of Round of 16 of the Copa del Rey can be seen by DAZN. You can also see the Rayo Vallecano – Barcelona by Telecinco and the Alcoyano – Athletic de Bilbao by Four, both channels of Mediaset. You can follow all the information about the matches on the website of Sports world.