The Real Madrid already knows to his rival in the eighth of final of the Glass of Rey. The combined merengue attained to classify for this phase of the tournament the past Saturday when winning with solvency to the Arandina (1-3) with goals of Joselu in the minute 54, Brahim Díaz in the 55 and Rodrygo in the 90+1. Now it will have to confront to the Athletic of Madrid was, in a derbi that sure that will give a lot that speak.
The draw, initially programmed for the 13:00 h in the living room Luis Aragonese, was postponed until the 18:30 h because of the postponement of the duel between the Villarreal CF and the Unionistas of Salamanca. This last crossing, by the way, has given one of the surprises of this tournament, since it has fallen deleted the 'Yellow Submarine'. After this, the destination have determined that merengues and 'colchoneros' measure in a duel that, according to the calendar, will carry out the 17/18 January in the Metropolitan.
The destination has wanted that two squares with an evident rivalry and that already confronted in the first wheel of LaLiga 2023/2024, with a victory incontestable of the ones of the 'Cholo' Simeone (3-1) and are very near to measure strengths in the Supercopa of Spain in Arabia, cross in what it promises to be, at least by names, the most attractive commitment of this phase of the tournament.
The numbers of the Athletic duel-Real Madrid in the Glass of Rey
This clash will put face to face to two of the most successful clubs in the history of this tournament, that traces back to the year 1903: the Real Madrid, with 20 championships, the most recent obtained in 2023, and the Athletic, with 10 lauros, the last of which traces back to a decade backwards, in the year 2013.
Voucher recalcar that, along his historical and traditional rivalry, these squares have measured in a total of 26 eliminatory along all the editions of the Glass of Rey, excluding this last. The most recent party was in the past edition of this contest, where the picture of Chamartín imposed to the 'rojiblancos' (3-1) with annotations of Rodrygo, Karim Benzema and Vinícius Junior. This victory topped the superiority of the whites on the Athletic in statistical terms, imposing up to now, in 15 opportunities, contrasted by the 11 of the 'colchoneros'.
Nevertheless, the perspective for the Athletic of Madrid is a bit more alentadora when it treats of meetings in eighth of final of the Glass of Rey. Of the seven times that have confronted in this instance, the 'Indian' have won in four occasions, being the most recent in the season 2014-2015, when the eliminatory still played to double party and the 'colchoneros' went out victorious with a marker of 2-0 in the gone and a tie 2-2 in the turn.