TI have Copa del Rey The quarter-final draw offered a series of exciting matches to take place from 1 to 3 February. athletic sectionmatch against real Madrid in San Mames being the top choice as they meet in a repeat of the Supercopa de Espana final.
However, some clubs will have a hard time in the draw because the quarter-finals coincide with the South American World Cup qualifiers.
The quarter-finals will continue with a one-match draw from the previous rounds.
On Friday, World and European Championship winner David Villa helped complete the draw, with the results of the quarter-finals breaking down as follows:
- Athletic Club vs Real Madrid
- Real Sociedad vs Real Betis
- Valencia vs Cadiz
- Rayo Vallecano vs Real Mallorca
Headache at the World Cup for Real Madrid and Betis
despues de real Madridwith a 2-1 win over Elche in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey, they will be without their South American internationals in the quarter-finals against Sports due to match clashes with World Cup qualifiers.
White there will be no five players in the cup match, and the other sides will also not get some players. Real Betis there are also several players called to their countries, as well as Vallecano Ray and Valencia.
brazilian quartet Casemiro, Eder Militao, Rodrigo is coming and Vinicius the Younger play two matches for their national team. Moreover, Vera Valverde was called up to the Uruguay national team.
The players will return to Madrid on February 2, the same day that was tentatively scheduled for the Copa del Rey quarter-finals.
Betis also intend to miss a number of players due to their collision with Real Society. Claudio Bravo (Chile), german pezella (Argentina), Guido Rodriguez (Argentina), Andres Saved (Mexico) and Diego Lines (Mexico) were chosen for their nations.
Selected South Americans
First-placed Brazil will play Ecuador on January 27 and will play Paraguay five days later as they look to finish their qualifying group top.
Argentina are currently second in the table, six points behind Brazil. They will play Chile on January 27 and Colombia on February 2, who volunteered Lightning mascot Radamel Falcao.
Lightning will have to rely on other attack options to get through Royal Mallorca without Tiger in the squad.
No alternatives
La Liga Santander clubs have explored every avenue to try to avoid such an outcome, but to no avail.
One of the considerations was to contact the national teams to try and get their players to return to the clubs after only playing the first leg, which would allow them to avoid a second game that clashes with the Copa del Rey.
Luis Rubiales, the president Spanish Football Federation (RFEF)is said to have understood the clubs’ complaints, but insists it has not been possible to find a result that satisfies all parties.