The last year’s defending champions, Ernesto Valverde currently holds the cup which they won against Mallorca after beating them during the penalties. the match resulted in being 1-1 with extra time with Mallorca winning 4-2. This victory assured them qualification to current edition as well. During the 16 finals again risking level scores, Athletic defeated Logrones 4-3 in penalties however they went to extra with the score set to 0-0. With Barcelona being the managers as well as recently appointed to be the assistant coaches they managed to win finals against Athletic 2-0. Ernesto Valverde went to state that, tohsi Basque club wished to go against Villarreal for the semi finals of the super cup.
Athletic being the holder of the record of the most with 24 trophies, the only team with a higher score is Barcelona with an astounding one of 31 trophies. Bilbao team however has a point to be proud of as they have not lost over the last ten games of the Copa del rey with a total of four draws and six wins.
The lower division teams doies survivors them and the lower division Osasuna also did not face issues during the three rounds. They first thrashed got they were first defeated while facing Chiclana but then ended up with Ceuta beating them 5-0, before doing the same with Tenerife scoring 3-2. Their best performance however was during the years of 2004 during the finals season.
Previously, Osasuna were knocked out after suffering a 0-2 defeat from Real Sociedad in the Round of 16. It should be mentioned, the club has lost only twice over the last 13 Copa del Rey matches, making it to six wins and five draws. Meanwhile, Osasuna lost away 0-1 to Atletico Madrid in La Liga.
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