Real Sociedad and Athletic, Real Madrid and Barcelona rivals in Copa del Rey quarters

Real Sociedad and Athletic are the rivals of Real Madrid and Barcelona after the draw for the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey that has crossed Granada against Valencia and Villarreal against Mirandés.

The match between Real Madrid and Donostiarras will be played in a Santiago Bernabéu which will be one of the teams that has best deployed in Primera during the season. It will be a high level test for a squad, that of Zinedine Zidane, which is in good shape.

Barcelona will have to visit the always complicated fief of San Mamés. There, Athletic will try to assert his status as a cupbearer in a match that brings together the two teams that accumulate the most Cups. A requirement test for the new Quique Setién project.

Granada and Valencia complete the last game between 'first' of the quarter round. Both reach this stage after having suffered against Badajoz (in extra time) and Cultural Leonesa (on penalties). The current champion, again away from home, will try to stay alive in the revalidation of the title after a very busy winter transfer market.

Villarreal has been in charge of playing with a Mirandés that is far from being a 'candy. Anduva has already seen Celta fall in sixteenths and Sevilla in the round of 16, and is ready for a new bombing of a club that already accumulates four participations in the quarterfinals of the K.O.

All matches are played in a single match (last round in which this happens), after a pure draw in which, with the exception of Mirandés, the balls that came out first determined the team that played as a local. The matches will be played between February 4 and 6.