The raffle of round of 16 of the Copa del Rey, held this Saturday at the site of the Spanish Football Federation, made a Villarreal against Real Madrid as the star dish of this round, a league duel that will take place this Saturday.
Also the Ceuta he took the ‘fat’ of the draw when he was matched, in the first duel of the draw, with FC Barcelonaas vice president of Ceuta Mohamed Chaid who got the ball from the Catalan team.
The Legscurrent champion, is paired with OsasunaThe Athletic with the I raised and the Athletic Club, with the spanish.
The matches of this eighth will be played in a single match next Wednesday January 18 as the official date, although there will be matches on Tuesday 17th and Thursday 19th, in all likelihood.
Teams that advance from this round will play in the quarterfinals, scheduled on the season calendar for Wednesday, January 25. This will be the last tie to be played single party, because the semifinals (February 8 and March 1) will be played in a double game.
Let’s remember that in this round of 16 VAR will not be used either in the qualifying matches, technique that will be used in the quarterfinals, semis and of course the finals.
A meeting, that of finalscheduled for Saturday May 6with the The Charterhouse Seville as the designated venue, unless this decision is subject to any last-minute changes.
These are the pairings that the draw held this Saturday brought:
Ceuta-Barcelona
Lift-To. Madrid
Sporting Gijón-Valencia
Alaves-Sevilla
Betis-Osasuna
Villarreal against Real Madrid
Real Sociedad-Mallorca
Athletic Bilbao-Spain
Source: La Verdad
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