Both
Athletic and Rel Sociedad presidents
were anxious to wait until their fans could attend the big game but the constraints of covid-19 restrictions and a bloated fixture list – Athletic will take on Barcelona in the 2020-21 final in two weeks’ time – have resulted in a behind closed doors encounter in
Seville’s Estadio de la Cartuja
.
Athletic have already tasted cup success this season after seeing off Real Madrid and Barcelona to lift the Spanish Super Cup and
Los Leones
are the second most-successful side in Copa del Rey history with 23 titles from a total of 39 finals contested. Madrid have played the same number of finals on their way to 19 titles
while Barcelona hold the outright record with 30 victories overall and 42 appearances in the final.
Real Sociedad too wil be keen to add to their two cup wins with the
Donosti side champions in 1909 and more recently in the 1986/87 season.