MADRID, Jan. 20 (SportsFinding) –
The duel between Sevilla and Levante will be the most attractive of the matches of the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey that open this Tuesday and in which there will also be a duel between two champions such as Zaragoza and Mallorca, and between two runners-up as Recreativo de Huelva and Osasuna.
A total of 18 teams of LaLiga Santander, 6 of LaLiga SmartBank and 8 of Second Division B will face this week the corresponding matches of this qualifying round, which will once again be a single game and with the lowest category team at home.
In Ramón Sanchez-Pizjuán (9:00 p.m.) one of the two crossings between First teams will be experienced, which will measure Sevilla with Levante, with favoritism for the Spanish team, quite solid in its stadium.
Sevillistas and their fans have in recent years a good tradition that they will try to keep before the 'granotas', which will surely make the domestic tournament prevail and make rotations to try to surprise.
Lopetegui will surely bet on the same and will give minutes to the less usual, among them an En-Nesyri who could enjoy his first title after having a few minutes in the Santiago Bernabéu, where Sevilla left disgusted with the arbitration proceedings.
The Argentinian Éver Banega could also start from the beginning, who will not play the weekend for sanction, in order to form a competitive team that will make the fans forget the two consecutive league setbacks against Villarreal (1-2) and Athletic (1- 1), although Levante already made it difficult in the first round of the League, falling 1-0 in the 86th minute.
For its part, Levante arrives at this copera event after sweating the classification in the previous round against Jaén and suffering a setback at home against Alavés, which has not complicated his situation on the table, where he still has a mattress of points with the descent. Bardhi will be the only casualty on a list in which Vezo returns.
In addition, Tuesday cupbearer will also leave the tie between two champions of the 'KO' tournament such as Zaragoza, winner of six titles, and Mallorca, champion on one occasion, that faces will be seen in La Romareda (19.00).
The team that trains Víctor Fernández has not passed this round of sixteenths since the 2012/13 campaign, when he reached the quarterfinals, and will be rested after not playing the weekend in Miranda for a weather that could also mark the duel butcher with vermilions.
For its part, Mallorca arrives with reinforced spirits to this event after beating Valencia (4-1) in Son Moix this Sunday so it will have much less recovery time for its players, so it is likely that Vicente Moreno will bet by several substitutes and unusual in his eleven as the Japanese Take Kubo, Pedraza or Xisco Campo.
At the same time they will measure the Recreativo de Huelva, one of the survivors of the Second B, and Osasuna, a tie that brings together two finalists of the Copa del Rey since the 'Dean' lost the decisive match in 2003 against Mallorca and the 'rojillo' that of 2005 against Betis.
Jagoba Arrasate's team arrives at the event after a goalless draw against Valladolid in LaLiga Santander, which already extended the streak to five if they won in the league competition, and will surely reserve their best men for the important duel of the end Weekend against Levante. This will try to benefit the Huelva team, eleventh in Group IV of the Second B and that in its previous two qualifiers against Hercules and Fuenlabrada has not fit.
– SCHEDULE OF THE SIXTEEN END OF THE KING'S CUP.
-Tuesday January 21st.
Recreativo de Huelva – Osasuna 19.00.
Real Zaragoza – RCD Mallorca 19.00.
Sevilla FC – Levante 21.00.
-Wednesday, January 22.
Ibiza – FC Barcelona 19.00.
Elche – Athletic Club 19.00.
Tenerife – Real Valladolid 21.00 hours.
Badalona – Granada 21.00 hours.
Girona – Villarreal 21.00 hours.
Logroñés – Valencia 21.00 hours.
Real Sociedad – RCD Espanyol 21.00 hours.
Unionistas – Real Madrid 21.00 hours.
-Thursday, January 23.
Ebro – Leganés 19.00 hours.
Mirandés – Celta 19.00.
Badajoz – Eibar 21.00.
Rayo Vallecano – Real Betis 21.00 hours.
Cultural Leonesa – Atlético de Madrid 21.00 hours.