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BARÇA, FAR SUPERIOR IN THE 'QUARTER-FINALS' VS ATHLETIC

Barça are looking to make good on the precedents against Athletic in the Copa del Rey

Published:24/01/2024 - 02:04h

Updated:24/01/2024 - 02:04h

FC Barcelona is the top winner of the Copa del Rey, with a wide margin as well, and surely their most important rival in this tournament is an Athletic Club that they would like to continue dominating when it comes to the quarterfinals

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This Wednesday, to the 21:30 hours, the FC Barcelona will measure once again to the Athletic Club in the Glass of Rey. And it is that the two more winning teams of the competition will measure again in the tournament designated of the 'KO', being besides the sixth opportunity in that both clubs confront in the quarter-finals, phase in which will be making the crash of this opportunity.

Like this, the Barça will look for to do good some precedents that until the moment have him with four victories and only a defeat in front of the `lions´ when both clubs bump in the instance of the eight better of the Glass. Like this, the culés will try to give the step for the semifinals of the Glass of Rey, remembering that this Tuesday the Real Sociedad already achieved his pass after defeating 1-2 to the Celtic of Vigo.

 

The Barça wants to follow dominating in the quarter-finals

The record between Barça and Athletic in the 'fourth' of the tournament of His Majesty has the goals like one of his main characteristic. Up to now they have been 19 targets of the Barça and 11 of the Basques, by what this Wednesday in Saint Mamés could give a meeting of three, four or five goals between both teams, if it keeps the tendency that has observed until the moment.

Antecedents very wide between Barça and Athletic

The last precedent is of the season 19/20 in which the Athletic attained the victory by 1-0 with a goal in the discount of Iñaki Williams that this Wednesday finally seems that it will be able to be available in spite of his participation in the Glass Africa. It is worthwhile to remember equally that both teams have won more times this competition, 31 titles has the Barça by the 23 of the Athletic.

Thus, it is not of extrañar that have seen the faces in the final in repeated occasions, until ten times to be exact. The first of them was in 1902, which the Basque group imposed by 2-1. Already to general level both teams have played 218 meetings, 10 of them in neutral field, leaving a balance of 111 victories culés, 72 for the bilbaínos and 35 ties.