Unión Deportiva Ibiza and Athletic de Bilbao are measured in a duel of Round of 32 of the Copa del Rey, at Can Misses Municipal Stadium in Ibiza. This duel takes place days after the bulk of the matches in this round were played because the Basque team participated in the Spain Supercup.
He did it with great success. The team of Marcelino Garcia Toral, who has recently taken the reins of the ‘lions’, signed a dream week in the tournament played in Andalusia. He Athletic it was proclaimed super champion of Spain after defeating with just a few days to spare Real Madrid and Barcelona, so he arrives with a lot of morals to this meeting.
He Athletic, precisely, debuts in this Copa del Rey without having completed their participation in the last edition of the competition. The Basques have pending the final against Real Sociedad, which was postponed by the coronavirus pandemic and which aims to be played throughout this season once the health situation improves.
Until then, the people of Bilbao come to the game with their great success in the Super Cup taking the witness of a very irregular season in LaLiga Santander. This led to the removal of the technician Gaizka
Garitano last January 3. He Athletic It was twelfth before the start of the week-long day this week, which has already played because it fell 2-3 against Barça a few days ago in the debut of Marcelino leading the team.
However, the good image left in that match and the two victories against the two greats in the Super Cup have revitalized a Athletic what do you know you have in the Copa del Rey, once again, another great possibility to qualify for a new trophy. Everything happens to defeat Ibiza, since the tie is played in a single match at the home of the lower category team.
The Ibiza is a set of Second B who has reached this meeting after beating the Compostela in the first round and, above all, after thrashing 5-2 to a whole First As the Celta Vigo in the second round. Therefore, the Basques are warned of the danger of a rival in which the arrival of the former president of the Valencia Amadeo Salvo in 2015 it completely changed the entity. Since then, the Balearic Islands have advanced from Preferred Regional until Second B, in which they are the current leaders of the Group 3B. Last year, in fact, they came close to scaring the Barça in this Copa del Rey.
When is Ibiza – Athletic played?
The game is played today, Thursday, January 21, at 19.00 hours
Where to watch Ibiza – Athletic?
The encounter can be seen by DAZN, platform that relays the Copa del Rey. You can follow all the information about the match on the website of Sports world.