Athletic-FC Barcelona in semifinals of Glass of Rey

SEMIFINALS OF GLASS OF REY

The Barça will confront to the Athletic in semifinals of Glass

Published:28/01/2017 - 00:27h

Updated:28/01/2017 - 01:19h

The FC Barcelona already knows which will be his rival in the round of semifinals of the Glass of the King 2016-17. After the draw carried out this Friday in the City of the Football of Brush Them, the Athletic of Madrid will confront to the ones of Luis Enrique

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The draw of the Glass of the King 2016-17 celebrated in the City of the Football of Brush Them has matched finally to FC Barcelona and Athletic of Madrid like rivals in the semifinals of the tournament, after the balls have thrown to film this Friday 27 January in the headquarters of the Real Spanish Federation of Football (RFEF), from the 13.00 hours (Spanish hour).

Again it treated of a pure and hard draw, without heads of series neither teams that could split with any advantage regarding the other. The team of the first ball of each pairing would play the first the first party home and the second was, by what all remained to favour of the luck, that that went him something elusive to the Barça does some weeks when it touched the Athletic in eighth of final and the Real Sociedad in chambers.

The case is that in semifinals of Glass of the King the opponent to beat will be the Athletic of Madrid, by what can not say neither that the culés have had too much luck. The Barcelona will have to play the party of gone in Vicente Calderón on 1 February to the 21.00 hours, and the one of turn in the Camp Nou the Tuesday 7 of the same month and to the same hour, by what will be a light advantage for the culés play the second party in Barcelona. 

The Athletic of Madrid, a demanding rival

In this sense, is not odd that the Madrilenian can put in serious problems to the FC Barcelona in the case that the ones of Luis Enrique are not the sufficiently concentrated, especially in the Calderón, when being one of the most competitive teams of the Spanish competition. The Barça, besides, does not know what is to win them this season, when having empatado in the Camp Nou does some months (1-1) after making a bad party.

Sportive Alavés and Celtic of Vigo were the others teams that could touch him to the FC Barcelona in the draw of semifinals of the tournament, and at the end has been the Athletic of Madrid the opponent chosen to measure to the ones of Luis Enrique.

In spite of everything, the optimism is maximum in the Barça. We remember that the group of Luis Enrique closed to the big the classification against the Real Sociedad, this past Thursday, to the round of semifinals of the Glass of the King 2016-17 with a goleada by 5-2 in the Camp Nou, expanding like this the 0-1 lumbered with during the party of gone contested in Anoeta. Athletic-FC Barcelona, like this as. The luck is thrown.

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