Rival of eighth! The Barça will continue on its way in Glass of the King in Salamanca

The FC Barcelona wants to follow advancing of rounds in the present edition of the Glass of Rey and try add a new title, for the first time from 2021 when they imposed in front of the Athletic Club with an overwhelming goleada. The Barcelona come of two years with painful falls, but this year have the firm intention to claim . In this season, have begun his way in the dieciseisavos of final, with a suffered victory against the Barbastro (2-3) and already is all defined for the dispute of the eighth.

The Barcelona picture has been one of the dieciseis teams that have been in the draw of this new phase of the tournament of the 'KO' and have complained matched with the Unionistas to look for a place in the quarter-finals. The party, that will contest between the 16 and 18 January, will play in Queen Sofia. It remains for defining the schedule of the clash, that probably will know in the next days when the RFEF define the logistics for all the clubs. It is worth it to remember that the eliminatory will play to only party.

The true is that the Barça will have to give a significant pass advance if it wants to surpass the round. Already in the dieciseisavos, with a rival of lower category and playing with the majority of the footballers titled, the ones of Xavi Hernández had a lot of problems to impose and finished achieving a 'adjusted' victory. In eighth, with all what is at stake, have to be able to show a version more convincente that position them like a candidate to win the title.

The Barça, to by his 32ª Glass of Rey

Like this then , the way in the Glass of the King is defined. The blaugrana dream with going back to The Cartuja to raise again a trophy that have achieved in 31 opportunities in the past. The Barça is the team that more times has won it, by in front of the Athletic Club (23) and of the Real Madrid (20), two teams that, without place to doubts, also will look for to top in this season and that have arguments to achieve it.

On the other hand, it is worth it to remember that it will not be until the semifinals that the parties will have gone and turn. Back to the dispute of the eighth, will take place the draw of the chambers, that will contest around 17 January -no rest-, whereas the dates pautadas for the 'semis' are the 7 and 28 February, so that the final contest on 6 April in The Cartuja.