THE BARÇA, EXENTO

This is how the crosses of the first round of the Copa del Rey have remained

Published:16/11/2020 - 16:10h

Updated:16/11/2020 - 16:10h

This Monday has celebrated the draw of the first round of the Glass of the King 20-21. FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Athletic Club and Real Sociedad will rid to play it

This Monday in the morning, in the stadium of The Cartuja and with the presence of representatives of the Real Spanish Federation of Football (RFEF) and authorities of the Board of Andalucia, has celebrated the draw of the first round of the Copa del Rey, that will be an eliminatory that will contest in format of only party the day 16 of the next month of December.

The headquarters of each party will determine it the category of each team of the crossing, playing in the field of the team of an inferior category. In the parties in which there are two rivals of the same category, the draw determined the stadium, playing in the one of the club whose ball have gone out first.

In the draw participated 112 teams and the only that did not do it were FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Athletic Club of Bilbao and Real Sociedad, the four participants in the Supercopa of Spain that will remain free to play this first round. We remember that these four teams contest said tournament for having been the two first qualifiers of the past edition of LaLiga and the two finalists of the Copa del Rey.

In the bass drums of the draw of this first round have been present the 16 remaining teams of LaLiga Santander (First Division), the 22 of LaLiga SmartBank (Second Division), 14 teams of Third Division, the four semifinalists of the Glass RFEF, the 10 winners of the eliminatory previous and 46 groups of Second Division B.

The Barça, in spite of not being present in this first round, reenganchará more advance with the aim to recover the title. Until in 30 occasions the Barcelona have heaved with the Glass of Rey, although the past season were deleted in Saint Mamés against the Athletic Club of Bilbao, that later would arrive to a final against the Real Sociedad that still is slope of dispute.

This season, the team of Ronald Koeman will treat to go back to be competitive in one of the tournaments that better gives him historically. In spite of the quantity of sportive and economic problems of the club during the last months, the Dutch technician has achieved that the barcelonismo recover the illusion, seeing to a young and ambitious team that champions a sportive project on a long-term basis.