Madrid and Barça will both be confident of winning the Spanish cup, but may well have to beat their bitter rivals to do so.
Real Madrid and Barcelona will find out their opponents in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey in Wednesday’s draw, with the prospect of El Clásico looming large in either the last four, or the final itself.
As ever, the two clubs will be desperate to add to their own trophy hauls, in addition to stopping their bitter rivals from doing so.
2024/25 Copa del Rey draw: teams, date, time
Madrid, Barça, Atlético Madrid and Real Sociedad are the four teams in the hat and still in with a chance of lifting the cup.
The draw for the semis is on Wednesday, February 12, beginning at 7am ET.
How to watch the 2024/25 Copa del Rey semifinal draw
There’s absolutely no need to go anywhere, as you can watch the draw right here. The RFEF (Spanish Soccer Federation) will be pulling names out live on their YouTube channel.
Copa del Rey semi-final format and schedule
Unlike the rest of the competition, the semifinals are played over two legs, the first of which will take place in the midweek of Wednesday, February 26. There is a lengthy break until the return legs, which are scheduled for the midweek of Wednesday, April 2.
The 2024/25 Copa del Rey final will be played at La Cartuja in Seville on Saturday, April 26.
Barcelona are the most decorated team in the history of the competition with 31 victories, the last of which came in the 2020/21 season.
Surprisingly, Real Madrid are not next on the all-time list. Los Blancos are behind 24-time winners Athletic Club on 20 triumphs, with their most recent win coming in 2022/23.
Atlético Madrid, the fourth most successful team, will be hoping to win the Spanish cup for the 11th time, while Real Sociedad are chasing only a third victory. The Basque club do, however, have recent experience of lifting the trophy, which they did in 2019/20.
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Barcelona is the only team that knows us very well, either they are at their low or best we always face them knowing that they can surprise us anytime. we respect them though we can't admit openly