Eight months have passed since the Real got their ticket to the final of the Copa del Rey and seven since the day it was to be played at the Cartuja in Seville. And there is still no definitive date for its celebration, that Real and Athletic decided to go out with the public. The proposal of April 4, 2021, Easter Sunday, still stands, but without being confirmed. The novelty is that according to some media, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has asked the Higher Sports Council that this derby of the Sevillian Copa del Rey final be the first meeting with the public in the stands, something that is beginning to be seen as possible with the announcement of the arrival of the vaccine at the end of this year or early next. The president of the RFEF, Luis Rubiales, sent a letter to his counterpart at the CSD, Irene Lozano, requesting that this meeting be the first without restrictions.
That the final has not been played yet and that it is still necessary to wait another half year is due to the express wish of the presidents of Real and Athletic, Jokin
Aperribay Y Aitor
ElizegiThat this event could be played with the fans in the stands at any cost. In fact, this decision forced UEFA to award the place in the Europa League reserved for the winner of the Copa del Rey to the seventh-placed in the League. The txuri urdin squad did well because it was sixth and qualified for Europe; to Athletic, no.
Another proposal for March
La Real does not know anything about this desire nor does it believe that it is easy to be able to delay the final any longer, at the end of April or May when these information points. Moreover, in their day what they were proposed was to advance it to March, although the calendar does not offer many alternatives. La Real, Athletic and two members of the Federation decided to take the final to April 4 last August because there were not many options either. They were offered a date in December and April 4, and they opted for the latter because the presence of the public was more feasible.
In any case, Irene
Lush He transmitted to the Royal his forecast that the presence of the public in the fields will be progressive since the first vaccines begin to arrive and the curve of infections due to covid-19 falls substantially. This will not happen until well into the year 2021. Thus, it does not seem easy that the La Cartuja Stadium can be full on April 4, although the health improvement is obvious for the spring. It takes a minimum of two months to organize the final and by February the progress may not be so noticeable.