Beijing time in the early morning of January 21, the Spanish King's Cup 1/8 final will usher in a key battle, Barca will usher in the Challenge of basque Lion Bilbao Athletic, currently Barca in La Liga with 8 wins, 8 draws and 4 losses accumulated 32 points in the sixth place, and the top of the table of Real Madrid gap reached 17 points, the competition for the league championship is almost like a moon in the water, this season's weighty championship competition is only left in the Copa del Rey, so Barca this battle is determined to win, otherwise the four are empty and follow, As one of the la Liga double males, the giants are too faceless,
And the opponent Athletic Bilbao team currently has a 4-point difference with Barca in the league standings, and is also powerless to compete for the league title, but it has performed very well in the knockout Copa del Rey, and even Real Madrid is ashamed of itself, knowing that the first three champions of the early days of the Copa del Rey belong to Athletic Bilbao and its predecessor Club Vizcaya, whose 24 wins are significantly ahead of Real Madrid's 19 times, so the Copa del Rey has a huge attraction for Bilbao. Especially in the recently concluded Super Cup, Athletic Bilbao missed the penalty to turn the situation around, lost to Real Madrid 0:2, missed the opportunity to defend the Super Cup, this time facing another giant, must vent their anger,
The two sides met in the first leg of the season 1:1 to a draw, Martinez and Depay respectively contributed, although Biba only 32.7% of the possession, but there is a 16:9 attack, of which the shot is 7:3 to complete the advantage, both sides are more than two hits to the goal frame, it can be said that it is quite fierce, the two sides have met 205 times in history, Barca has an advantage of 102 wins, 35 draws and 68 losses, but the two sides have never lacked stories, as early as the early 80s, Bilbao's GoyeKochea has caused great criticism to Schuster and maradona, the king of the ball, which caused great criticism, but Biba's tough playing style can be seen from this, and after the final in 1984, the two sides fought to make the atmosphere tense, especially the Basque tough guys have always had the characteristics of killing the rich and helping the poor, and the scenes on both sides are also quite hot.
Although Barca has faced Bilbao with a 6:3, 4:0 and other big scores, but Biba has created the most humiliating defeat in Barca's century-old history with a 12:1 counterattack, especially the three meetings in a month last year between the two sides are more distant, although Barca wins more than loses, but in the Spanish Super Cup Bilbao 3:2 overtime to win the championship is a huge blow to Barca, especially the regular time of the flat and let Messi press the whistle to get Barca's first red card, becoming the most topic, the two sides once again tied the beam, Biba also stepped on Real Madrid Barca for the first time to win the title
As a giant, although the performance of the downfall is not good this season, but it is the natural king of the Copa del Rey, its history has won the cup 31 times, its current championship number is slightly behind Real Madrid at 92:93, especially Real Madrid has just taken the lead with the Super Cup, and it is 3:2 to step on its own championship, which is reviving Barca, it is urgent to erase the disadvantage of the number of championships, this battle Bilbao Athletic, there is no way back, coach Xavi needs to use such a championship to prove that Messi left the team, The team is on the right path to recovery,