The FC Barcelona will play this Saturday at night the first important title of the present campaign. It treats of the Glass of the King in front of a rival that will not put the at all simple things: the Seville. The Andalusians gave a big fright to the Barcelona in the last duel contested between both and arrive to the very unsuspecting meeting.
Ernesto Valverde, technician of the Barcelona team, arrives to the party with pending accounts, so much with the Glass of the King as with the Seville. The Txingurri lost a final of the tournament copero in front of the FC Barcelona, in that then trained by Luis Enrique, and lost a final of Europe League against the Seville when it was trainer of the RCD Espanyol.
Revancha Against the Seville
The bitter memory of the year 2007 is difficult to erase for Ernesto Valverde. It directed to the RCD Espanyol and confronted in the final of the Europe League to the Seville of Juande Ramos. The sevillistas advanced twice by mediation of Adriano Correia and Kanouté, but the blanquazules never left to believe and empataron in both occasions: the second of them, in the extention and with a player less.
However, the destination saved him a hard reverse to the current technician of the FC Barcelona: it would lose the final in the penaltis. "I have played a European final against the Seville and lost it. It is clear that it is a special party for me", remembered the Txingurri in press conference. Now it has the opportunity of desquitarse against the same rival.
Revancha Of the Glass of Rey
In the year 2015 arrived to the final of the Glass of Rey being technical of the Athletic Club, but topó with a FC Barcelona that would finish with the dream of the Basques winning by 1-3 in the Camp Nou. A soberbia performance of Leo Messi would leave to the lions and to Valverde to a step of the glory. Training to the that then went his rival, the technician extremeño will treat to take his vendetta particular with the competition.
"Never I thought that put us in that final was a miracle. It was a difficult situation because the Barça was to a very high level and on played in his house. It was an opportunity irrepetible. Have arguments to be champions and the Seville also. Always it is necessary to know that it can lose because then, when they come badly given, do not know to give him the turn", ensured this Friday, remembering this final.