FC Barcelona vs. Athletic Club, in the King’s Cup

Athletic Club will dispute the round prior to the Copa quarter-finals against FC Barcelona, as a result of the draw held on Thursday. At the moment the dates are: 22 December in Barcelona and 5 January at San Mamés, the time has not been decided as yet.

Pablo Orbaiz: ‘It’s a very difficult eliminatory, but we’re going to affront it with lots of spirit and try to turn the tables on the Copa final result’

Andoni Iraola: ‘We’re not very lucky, because in theory there are weaker teams, but we’re going to do our best to try to make it to the next round with the second match at home’

Carlos Gurpegi: ‘We’ve drawn the toughest rival, but I have absolute confidence in our possibilities’.

Eliminatory matches:

1.Valencia-Villarreal
2.Barcelona-Athletic Club
3.Córdoba-Deportivo
4.Betis-Getafe
5.Almería-Mallorca
6.Sevilla-Málaga
7.Real Madrid-Levante
8.At.Madrid-Espanyol

Quarter-finals, 12-01-2011 & 19-01-2011

A- Almería-Mallorca / Córdoba-Deportivo
B- Barcelona-Athletic Club / Betis-Getafe
C- Real Madrid-Levante / At.Madrid-Espanyol
D- Valencia-Villarreal / Sevilla-Málaga

Semi-finals, 26-01-2011 & 02-02-2011

D-C
B-A