Barcelona will take on Atletico Madrid in the semi -final of Copa del Rey, while Real Madrid is confronted with Real Sociedad in the other Final Four Clash after Wednesday's draw.
The semi -final is played over two legs, where Barcelona Atletico organizes in the first stage at the end of February and then to Madrid Reizen for the return match in April.
The draws are three meetings between the parties in just over a month, with the Hansi Flick team also visiting the Metropolitano in Laliga on 16 March.
Atletico came to overcome this season in their only match against Barcelona, in which the late strike by Alexander Sorloth earned his side a 2-1 triumph over their competition divisions.
However, Barcelona has won six of their eight Copa del Rey semi -finals against Atletico, through the last three tires against them, and was able to win four for the first time in the competition.
The last time the two parties met in the Copa del Rey, was back in 2017, with Barcelona 3-2 on aggregated after a 1-1 draw in the second stage in which Sergi Roberto, Yannick Carrasco and Luis Suarez were all sent .
75% – @fcbarcelona, who have won six of the eight Copa del Rey semi -finals against Atlético de Madrid, the last three tires versus “Colchoneros” made progress and can win four for the first time in the competition. Stellar. #Fcb #copadelrey pic.twitter.com/wucxx2jgcq
– Optajose (@Optajose) 12 February 2025
Madrid will now have a home advantage in the second game against Sociedad, with the first stage played at the Anoeta Stadium.
Although Sociedad will be seen as underdogs in the draw, they are the only team that scored four goals in the Bernabeu in the Copa del Rey in the last 65 years.
They did this for the first time in a 4-0 win in the semi-final second stage of 1998, after that 22 years later with a 4-3 triumph in the quarterfinals of the competition.
But the draw has left the possibility of a Clasico -final between Real and Barcelona, something that has not happened for more than ten years.
The two rivals have confronted each other 18 times in the Copa del Rey, with a real lead with 11 wins, including a 2-1 win in the 2014 showpiece match in Valencia.
However, Barcelona has had the recent lead in rivalry, this season really in their two meetings.
Flick's silk defeated Los Blancos 4-0 in Laliga in October before he lifted the supercopa de Espana in January after a fascinating 5-2 victory in Saudi Arabia.
It is also the first time that Laliga's top three, Madrid, Atletico and Barcelona, have all reached this phase since 2014, when Sociedad was also the fourth team in the last four.
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