OFFICIAL: The Athletic-Barça Round of 16 game changes date

The Athletic Bilbao achieved to trace back to the Athletic of Madrid in the semifinals of the Supercopa of Spain, and ensure like this his ticket to the final of this Sunday in front of the Real Madrid. With so many of Yeray Álvarez and Nico Williams, the 'lions' voltearon the result in front of the team of the 'Cholo' Simeone (1-2), those who kept up in the marker by only 15 minutes. Now, the classification of the rojiblancos means a change of plans for the Barcelona.

The blaugranas already are of return in Catalonia and find preparing the party of eighth of final of Glass of the King in front of the group of Marcelino García, those who will remain, like minimum, until next Monday in Saudi Arabia. With this in mind, the commitment between Catalans and Basques has been postponed for the Thursday 20 January, a day later of the initial programming. The duel is programmed for the 21:30 hours and will be available through 'Mediaset' and 'DAZN'. The rest of schedules for the eighth also are already confirmed.

The crash between the Barça and the Athletic is a Classical of Glass. Both institutions are the most winning of the competition, and have seen the innumerable faces times, being the last in the final of the past edition. The Barcelona attained to raise the title in this opportunity (0-4), but the ones of Saint Mamés earned 'revenge' in the Supercopa, where imposed to the ones of Joan Laporta in the extention (2-3).

With the victory of this Thursday in front of the Athletic, the ones of Aitor Elizegi prepare to confront to the pointer of LaLiga in the King Abdullah Sports City of the city of Yeda. It will be an enclosed final, and although the Real Madrid shows like a wide favourite, when treating of an only party, any possibility is on the table. The whites also arrived like predilectos in front of the Barcelona, but were demanded to the maximum and hardly attained to carry the commitment.

More time of preparation

The Barcelona will arrive 'cool' for the eliminatory copera in Bilbao. With more than a week of rest, the ones of Xavi Hernández have recovered to many of his lesionados and showed that they are to compete in front of any rival. The incorporation of Pedri, Ansu Fati and Ferran Torres to the team have given him a new dynamics of game to the plantel, and the bet of the technician is the youth. The future paints brilliant, but the next step is to attain advance in the tournament that more times have raised the ones of the Camp Nou.