HARD SHOCK FOR THE WHITES
Madrid derby! Madrid and Atlético will play a place in the 'semis'
The Royal Spanish Football Federation has announced the Copa del Rey quarterfinal matches. Real Madrid will face Atlético de Madrid in search of the pass to the 'semis'
The Real Madrid will see the faces against the Athletic of Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Glass of Rey. The ones of Carlo Ancelotti will receive to the group of the 'Cholo' Simeone in Santiago Bernabéu between the 24, 25 or 26 January, in a commitment that will be full of emotion because of the big path copera of the two institutions.
The last time that they crossed by Glass was in the eighth of final of the 2015, just a season after the merengues topped champions of Europe precisely in front of the rojiblancos. In this opportunity the eliminatory would be to double party, with the gone in the ancient stadium Vicente Calderón and the turn in Chamartín in the first weeks of January.
The Madrid fell in the first clash (2-0) and would not happen of the tie home (2-2), what concretised a big classification of the Athletic to domicile in front of his eternal rival citadino. However, the actuality of both groups is very different to the one of that then. Both find in the first four places of the table, but the last results of the 'aleticos' have not been beneficial in League.
The ones of the 'Cholo' accumulate an alone victory in the last six clashes of the domestic tournament, taking into account that the triumph occurred in front of the Elche, last qualifier of the table with hardly 5 points. By his part, the whites keep to a party of distance of the peak of the tournament and come to concretise a traced back important in front of the Villarreal in the eighth of Glass (2-3).
First important rival
In fact, the meeting in front of the Real Madrid will be the first in front of a rival of difficulty for the Athletic in Glass. The ones of the Cívitas Metropolitan concretised victories in front of the Almazán, Arenteiro, Real Oviedo and Raise, all members of Second Division and Third RFEF. Of equal form, will be a party of high tension that will put to proof the depth of both staff, taking into account that it will be an eliminatory to only party. Anything can suceder.
