The Real Spanish Federation of Football (RFEF) has announced of official form that Benito Villamarín will be the stage of the final of the Glass of the King the next day 25 May. In this way, it will be in the stadium of the Real Betis Balompié where play the final of this annual competition in a decision that has known to months seen of the party.
Like this it has commented it Alfredo Olivares, member of the RFEF. "For the first time it decides the final with a lot of months of antelación to be able to prepare everything of the best possible way, explaining all the requirements regarding security, fan zone, hospitality", manifested, on the decision taken on the headquarters of the final of Glass.
The another big candidate to be the enclosure of the last party of the competition copera was Mestalla, but finally the duel, of the that still desconocen his participants, will be in Andalusian earths. This decision has some negative effects and other so many of positive, between which find the save the controversy that generates to take the decision depending on the teams.
In this tessitura has found the FC Barcelona in the numerous occasions that has asked Santiago Bernabéu that, casually, always is in works by these dates. The prejudiced by this decision can become the fans, since Benito Villamarín is in Andalucia and, if the members of the final are teams very north of the peninsula, to the fans expects them a long trip to attend to the enclosure.
The Barça, to the edge of the KO
In spite of the idyll that the FC Barcelona has in the Glass of Rey, this time goes it to have very complicated to be able to contest the final. In the party of gone of the quarter-finals, the ones of Ernesto Valverde lost by 2-0 and remained to the edge of the elimination. It will touch to trace back in the Camp Nou, looking for the gesta, to go on in the competition.
It is necessary to remember that to the FC Barcelona knows it to him with the nickname of 'Rey of Glasses', and is not casualidad since it is the team that more times has conquered the tournament (30 championships in 40 finals contested). The attainments coperos culés leave quite far to the Athletic Club (23 trophies), to the Real Madrid (19), to the Athletic of Madrid (10), or to Valencia (7), the following in the list of winners of a historical competition.