“La Copa del Rey” In this moment “la Copa del Rey” hasn’t finished yet. Indeed, there are 4 Spanish teams fighting for the cup. “La Copa del Rey”is a cup where teams of first division, second division, top 6 teams of second division B and the best of third division, play against each other. In the first round only the teams of second division B and the best of third division play. They only play one match and the loser team is eliminated. The second round is the same but in it, the winners of the first round are the ones who play, plus the second division and it happens the same as in the first round. In the fourth round –knockout phase– is included the first division and there are two matches to know which is the loser and which is the winner.
From the fourth round until semifinals the teams need to play two matches to pass the following round, but in the final they only play one match, and this match must be played in the same conditions for all the people that want to see it, so they can go. The winner of the cup can play competitions such as UEFA Europa league and the “Supercopa de España de futbol” (against the team that won the season). Now “La Copa del Rey” is in semifinals and only there are still two matches to be played. One match will be played by Valencia and Barcelona (the first round) and MirandésAthletic (the first round) this week, and the next play Barcelona-Valencia (the second round) and Athletic- Mirandés (the second round). The winners of these matches will play the final a month later. XAVI DOMINGUEZ
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