The six possible rivals of FC Barcelona in the Copa del Rey round of 32

In the present season, the Glass of the King will keep the format premièred in the past, conditioned also by the Supercopa of Spain​. The teams participants in this last tournament -that will take place the next week- have remained exentos of the two first rounds coperas and will join to the competition from dieciseisavos of final, round that will contest to only party of the same way that the previous.

In this way, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Athletic Club of Bilbao and Real Sociedad -the four teams that will be in Andalucia the next week to play the Supercopa of Spain- will be presents in the draw of dieciseisavos of final of the Glass of the King that will celebrate this same Friday to the 13:00 hours (peninsular schedule Spanish) and that will offer 'FCBN' in direct.

Culés, merengues, lions and txuri-urdines already know his possible rivals and are all teams of Second Division B. Cornellà, UD Ibiza, Navalcarnero, Córdoba, Penya Sportive and Alcoyano will be the possible crosses of the teams participants in the Supercopa of Spain, remembering the circumstance that the meetings will contest to only party in the stadiums of the team of lower category.

Of these six possible rivals for the Barcelona, the two that have not been matched with the 'supercoperos' will receive equally to rivals of First Division. Until the moment, including the four exentos of the two first rounds, four teams of LaLiga Santander have remained deleted: the Athletic of Madrid, the Celtic of Vigo, the Getafe and the Huesca.

It is necessary to remember that, in spite of that the majority of the parties of dieciseisavos of final of the Glass of the King go to contest the days 16 and 17 January, FC Barcelona Real Madrid, Athletic Club of Bilbao and Real Sociedad will play his parties between the days 20 and 21 precisely so that they do not coincide the dates with the ones of the Supercopa of Spain.

The Barça, to recover the throne

The FC Barcelona keeps on being the 'king of Glasses' and pretends to recover the throne of the competition, that the past season escaped in quarter-finals after falling against the Athletic Club of Bilbao in Saint Mamés with an unlucky goal of Iñaki Williams in the final stretch. The culés, that this season will have complicated to litigate by LaLiga Santander, will need to go up to the train of the Glass of the King to give solidity to the project of Ronald Koeman.