Copa del Rey - 1/16-finals
Alcoyano 1-3 Real Madrid
Finished
Alcoyano: 66' Dani Vega (El Ghezouani M.)
Real Madrid: 39' Militao E. (Rodrygo), 77' Asensio M. (Hazard E.), 79' Isco
Match Info
Kickoff: 05-01-2022 21:30 CEST
Competition: Copa del Rey - 1/16-finals
Referee: Vega A. C. (Esp)
Venue: Estadio El Collao (Alcoy)
Lineups
Starting Lineups
Alcoyano: Anton J., Blanco C., Carbonell P., Casanova J., Dani Vega, El Ghezouani M., Escudero A., Ferriz P., Jose Juan (G), Lillo, Miranda F.
Real Madrid: Alaba D., Camavinga E., Casemiro, Diaz M., Fernandez N., Hazard E., Lunin A. (G), Marcelo (C), Militao E., Rodrygo, Valverde F.
Substitutes
Alcoyano: Abad T., Garcia I., Garcia J., Gonzalez R., Jona, Juli, Mataix M. (G), Revert V., Sanchez A., Stopajnik T. (G)
Real Madrid: Asensio M., Ceballos D., Fuidias T. (G), Gonzalez P., Isco, Kroos T., Lucas, Marin R., Pineiro del Alamo D. (G), Vallejo J.
Coaches
Alcoyano: Parras V.
Real Madrid: Ancelotti C.
Match Events
| Minute | Event |
|---|---|
| 90+5' | The referee checks his watch and blows his whistle to signal the end of this match. |
| 86' | Carlo Ancelotti has decided to introduce fresh legs, with Daniel Ceballos (Real Madrid) replacing Rodrygo. |
| 86' | The referee stops play so that a substitution can be made and David Alaba trots off the pitch and is replaced by Jesus Vallejo (Real Madrid). |
| 84' | Javier Anton (Alcoyano) shoots from the edge of the penalty area. The ball travels towards the bottom right corner, but Andriy Lunin easily deals with the threat. |
| 80' | Vicente Parras decides to make a substitution. Pablo Carbonell will be replaced by Victor Revert (Alcoyano). |
| 80' | The substitution is prepared. Javier Garcia (Alcoyano) joins the action as a substitute, replacing Dani Vega. |
| 80' | A yellow-coloured card is received by Rodrygo (Real Madrid). |
| 79' | GOAL! A terrible mistake leads to a goal. The defender ends up losing possession, allowing Isco (Real Madrid) to pick up the ball before slotting it into the back of the net to make it 1:3. |
| 78' | Carlo Ancelotti has decided to make a change. Isco (Real Madrid) replaces Eduardo Camavinga. |
| 78' | The manager has decided to make a substitution and Eden Hazard walks off the pitch |
Athletic Bilbao vs FC Barcelona
Venue: Juan Martínez Munuera
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez
Line-up Barça: Ter Stegen, Lenglet, Pique, Mingueza, Busquets, Pedri, De jong, Alba, Dest, Messi, Griezmann
Bench Barça: Araujo, Dembele, Braithwaite, Trincao, Roberto, Umtiti, Pena, Moriba, Tenas
Line-up Bilbao: U. Simon, de Marcos, Alvarez, I. Martinez, M. Balenziago, Alex Berenguer, D. Garcia, U. Lopez, I. Munian, I. Williams, Raul Garcia
Bench Bilbao: Jon Morcillo, Unai Nunez, Mikel Veska, Ezkieta, Lekue, Berchiche, Villalibre, Capa, Vencedor.
Match Events
0'- Kick-off!
4' - Off the inside of the post! Fantastic ball from Busquets over to Messi who finds himself in a great position, he pulls it back to De Jong whose first-time shot hits the left inside post!
20'- Good opening 20 minutes, Barcelona with fluid passing and creating openings.
26' - Great play between Mingueza and Messi, Mingueza makes a great forward run, finds Messi. Messi dinks it over to Mingueza who heads it back to Leo, Leo's shot is blocked preventing an almost certain goal.
40' - Yellow Card, Dani Garcia.
45'+ 1' - Half-time.
46' - We're back!
48' - HUGE SAVE BY SIMON! Messi plays through Dest who squares it to Griezmann, but Griezmann's sliding effort is saved by the diving legs of Simon!
52'- Pedri's shot from outside the box is saved well by Simon.
54'- Loose ball inside the box drops to Busquets whose shot is saved by Simon.
60' - GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAL! GRIEZMANN SCORES THE OPENER! De Jong's low cross finds Griezmann who finishes first time!
62'- NUMBER TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!! DE JONG SCORES!!!! Alba's first time cross finds an on-rushing De Jong for number two!
67' - THREE GOALS THREE GOALS THREE GOALS WHAT A GOAL BY MESSI!!!
70' - NUMBER FOUR! THE FLOOD GATES HAVE OPENED. MESSI'S BRACE, ALBA'S ASSIST. WHAT A NIGHT
90' +2' - FULL-TIME. Ronald Koeman's Barcelona get their first trophy.
Statistics
| Barça | Bilbao
:--: | :--: | :--: GOALS | 4 | 0 Attempts | 14 | 7 On target | 8 | 1 Offsides | 2 | 1 Corners | 4 | 4 Fouls | 13 | 13 Yellows | 2 | 0 Possession | 77 % | 23%
Since their last Copa del Rey trophy in 1984, they lost the 1985, 2009,2012, 2015, 2020* and 2021 finals.
*They played the 2020 final in April 2021 against Real Sociedad, losing 1-0.
Athletic Club de Bilbao is one of the biggest clubs in Spain. Many would put them as the third biggest club historically, but at the very least they are in the top four. They are a gigantic institution with 8 La Liga-titles and 23 Copa del Rey to their name, with a state-of-the-art stadium and a huge fanbase. But despite this, they have picked up the unflattering tag of "Spain's biggest losers" since their last period of genuine success in the 1980's.
In the 1983/83 season Athletic Club won a La Liga and Copa del Rey double, a huge success. It brought incredible scenes of hundreds of thousands of people out celebrating on the streets of Bilbao, and at that time you would be hard to find anyone predicting that they wouldn't win another big title for the next 37 years and counting.
Let's go through the finals they have played in and lost since that wonderful campaign:
1984/85 Copa del Rey: The start of the curse. Athletic loses the final to 2-1 Atlético de Madrid
2008/2009 Copa del Rey: A 4-1 defeat to Pep Guardiola's sextuple-winning Barcelona side
2011/2012 Copa del Rey: Marcelo Bielsa's thrilling Athletic-side are comfortably swatted aside by Barcelona, with the final score being 3-0
2011/2012 Europa League: In the same season, Bielsa's Athletic experienced another heartbreaking final defeat. Once again they lost 3-0, this time to Atlético de Madrid
2014/2015 Copa del Rey: Ernesto Valverde's side tries to go one better but once again comes up against a formidable Barcelona and loses comfortably 3-1
But nothing could prepare them for what was to come this season, with Athletic Club having reached the Copa del Rey-final two years in a row, but due to covid the 19/20 edition had been postponed for a year.
2019/20 Copa del Rey: Athletic don't even turn up to the biggest Basque derby that has ever been played, Real Sociedad wins 1-0 but the scoreline doesn't reflect just how little Athletic offered in this match
2020/21 Copa del Rey final: Still in mourning from losing the derby final, Athletic barely compete and allow Barcelona to run out comfortable 4-0 winners.
In summary, Athletic is a club that many people admire. The fact that they are the 3rd or 4th most successful Spanish club and one of 3(Barcelona, Real Madrid and Athletic Club) to have never been relegated from the top flight whilst using only players trained in Basque academies is a remarkable achievement. Many would say that they punch abov
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Alcoyano vs Real Madrid
Match Info
Kickoff: 05-01-2022 21:30 CEST
Competition: Copa del Rey - 1/16-finals
Referee: Vega A. C. (Esp)
Venue: Estadio El Collao (Alcoy)
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Players Sidelined
Last matches: Alcoyano
| Date | Competition | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 18.12.21 | Primera RFEF - Group 2 (Spain) | Linense 1 : 0 Alcoyano |
| 15.12.21 | Copa del Rey (Spain) | Alcoyano 4 : 3(3 : 3) Levante |
| 11.12.21 | Primera RFEF - Group 2 (Spain) | Alcoyano 0 : 1 Costa Brava |
| 04.12.21 | Primera RFEF - Group 2 (Spain) | Albacete 2 : 0 Alcoyano |
| 01.12.21 | Copa del Rey (Spain) | CD Badajoz 0 : 3 Alcoyano |
Last matches: Real Madrid
| Date | Competition | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 02.01.22 | LaLiga (Spain) | Getafe 1 : 0 Real Madrid |
| 23.12.21 | LaLiga (Spain) | Ath Bilbao 1 : 2 Real Madrid |
| 20.12.21 | LaLiga (Spain) | Real Madrid 0 : 0 Cadiz CF |
| 13.12.21 | LaLiga (Spain) | Real Madrid 2 : 0 Atl. Madrid |
| 08.12.21 | Champions League (Europe) | Real Madrid 2 : 0 Inter |
Head-to-head matches
| Date | Competition | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 21.01.21 | Copa del Rey (Spain) | Alcoyano 2 : 1(1 : 1) Real Madrid |
| 28.11.12 | Copa del Rey (Spain) | Real Madrid 3 : 0 Alcoyano |
| 01.11.12 | Copa del Rey (Spain) | Alcoyano 1 : 4 Real Madrid |
TV Channels
Sport 2 (Cze), Arena Sport (Cro), Arena Sport (Svn), BTV Action (Bul), COSMOTE Sport, DAZN Deutsch, Sport 1 (Hun), Sport TV (Por), Telekom Sport (Rom), Tivibu Spor, TVP Sport, Ziggo Kanaal 14, Ziggo Sport Docu, Ziggo Sport Select
Copa del Rey - 1/16-finals
Alcoyano 1-3 Real Madrid
Alcoyano: 66' Dani Vega (El Ghezouani M.)
Real Madrid: 39' Militao E. (Rodrygo), 77' Asensio M. (Hazard E.), 79' Isco
Match Info
Kickoff: 05-01-2022 21:30 CEST
Competition: Copa del Rey - 1/16-finals
Referee: Vega A. C. (Esp)
Venue: Estadio El Collao (Alcoy)
Lineups
Starting Lineups
Alcoyano: Anton J., Blanco C., Carbonell P., Casanova J., Dani Vega, El Ghezouani M., Escudero A., Ferriz P., Jose Juan (G), Lillo, Miranda F.
Real Madrid: Alaba D., Camavinga E., Casemiro, Diaz M., Fernandez N., Hazard E., Lunin A. (G), Marcelo (C), Militao E., Rodrygo, Valverde F.
Substitutes
Alcoyano: Abad T., Garcia I., Garcia J., Gonzalez R., Jona, Juli, Mataix M. (G), Revert V., Sanchez A., Stopajnik T. (G)
Real Madrid: Asensio M., Ceballos D., Fuidias T. (G), Gonzalez P., Isco, Kroos T., Lucas, Marin R., Pineiro del Alamo D. (G), Vallejo J.
Coaches
Alcoyano: Parras V.
Real Madrid: Ancelotti C.
Match Events
| Minute | Event |
|---|---|
| 90+5' | The referee checks his watch and blows his whistle to signal the end of this match. |
| 86' | Carlo Ancelotti has decided to introduce fresh legs, with Daniel Ceballos (Real Madrid) replacing Rodrygo. |
| 86' | The referee stops play so that a substitution can be made and David Alaba trots off the pitch and is replaced by Jesus Vallejo (Real Madrid). |
| 84' | Javier Anton (Alcoyano) shoots from the edge of the penalty area. The ball travels towards the bottom right corner, but Andriy Lunin easily deals with the threat. |
| 80' | Vicente Parras decides to make a substitution. Pablo Carbonell will be replaced by Victor Revert (Alcoyano). |
| 80' | The substitution is prepared. Javier Garcia (Alcoyano) joins the action as a substitute, replacing Dani Vega. |
| 80' | A yellow-coloured card is received by Rodrygo (Real Madrid). |
| 79' | GOAL! A terrible mistake leads to a goal. The defender ends up losing possession, allowing Isco (Real Madrid) to pick up the ball before slotting it into the back of the net to make it 1:3. |
| 78' | Carlo Ancelotti has decided to make a change. Isco (Real Madrid) replaces Eduardo Camavinga. |
| 78' | The manager has decided to make a substitution and Eden Hazard walks off the pitch to be r |
Athletic Bilbao vs FC Barcelona
Venue: Juan Martínez Munuera
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez
Scoreline: 0-4 win, Messi (x2), Griezmann, De Jong
Line-up Barça: Ter Stegen, Lenglet, Pique, Mingueza, Busquets, Pedri, De jong, Alba, Dest, Messi, Griezmann
Bench Barça: Araujo, Dembele, Braithwaite, Trincao, Roberto, Umtiti, Pena, Moriba, Tenas
Line-up Bilbao: U. Simon, de Marcos, Alvarez, I. Martinez, M. Balenziago, Alex Berenguer, D. Garcia, U. Lopez, I. Munian, I. Williams, Raul Garcia
Bench Bilbao: Jon Morcillo, Unai Nunez, Mikel Veska, Ezkieta, Lekue, Berchiche, Villalibre, Capa, Vencedor.
Match Events
60' - GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAL! GRIEZMANN SCORES THE OPENER! De Jong's low cross finds Griezmann who finishes first time!
62'- NUMBER TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!! DE JONG SCORES!!!! Alba's first time cross finds an on-rushing De Jong for number two!
67' - THREE GOALS THREE GOALS THREE GOALS WHAT A GOAL BY MESSI!!!
70' - NUMBER FOUR! THE FLOOD GATES HAVE OPENED. MESSI'S BRACE, ALBA'S ASSIST. WHAT A NIGHT
90' +2' - FULL-TIME. Ronald Koeman's Barcelona get their first trophy.
Statistics
| Barça | Bilbao
:--: | :--: | :--: GOALS | 4 | 0 Attempts | 14 | 7 On target | 8 | 1 Offsides | 2 | 1 Corners | 4 | 4 Fouls | 13 | 13 Yellows | 2 | 0 Possession | 77 % | 23%
