Probable Lineups
4-4-2
4-3-3
Probable Lineups Statistical Comparison
Goals
31.4
Average Age
30.9
180.7
Average Height (cm)
180.8
* Values in brackets (x) are overall player statistics in Copa del Rey.
Missing Players
Athletic Club
Barcelona
| Player | Reason | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Peru Nolaskoain | Out |
| Player | Reason | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Neto | Out | |
| Philippe Coutinho | Out | |
| Ansu Fati | Out |
Team News
Athletic Club
Barcelona
- Yuri and Yeray both returned to training this week for Athletic Club and should form part of a four-man defence.
- Unai Vencedor and Dani Garcia are expected to be Marcelino's first-choice pairing in the middle of midfield.
- Alex Berenguer and Oscar de Marcos should double up down the right-hand side for Los Leones.
- Gerard Pique has been passed fit recently and is expected to make a start this weekend at centre-back.
- Ronald Koeman is expected to go with a 4-3-3 system, with Frenkie De Jong featuring in midfield.
- Ousmane Dembele and Antoine Griezmann should feature in the front three for the Blaugrana after some better recent form.
If this was Real Madrid's trophy, someone would definitely have said "where are barka boys now?" and another inevitably reply "they're in the cave jajaja".
First trophy of many for Pedri, Moriba, Mingueza, Araujo, Dest, Fati. Congrats boys, now let's get the double!
Athletic Bilbao lost 2 Copa del Rey finals in the space of 2 weeks. One of them to their biggest rivals. This will go down as one of the greatest humiliations in the history of football.
@splint3r Since they won against Maradona in his last game for Barcelona in 1984, Bilbao have never won it again and lost 6 finals since, Maradona cursed them.
@splint3r What's even more interesting is that Bilbao played 3 finals this season, which I'm guessing it's the most in their history.
First trophy, the second is coming...when even spanish franco federation couldnt cheat.
Champions!!!! Brilliant second half, Messi doing again in a championship game what Ronaldo can't even dream of. Bilbao went out to hack and pray for set pieces, and got taken to school, even with a ref who is an admitted Real fan
@1974cruyff against one of the best defending spanish team which beat Real easily this year
@1974cruyff 2 goals, 2 pre assists, 1 disallowed assist, at least 2 wasted brilliant key passes etc.
Koemans first trophy.
Bilbao have collapsed Barca 4-0 up.
Barcelona had played well and need to score more goals tonight...................fcb dna is in our blood.
this game is a snooze fest
@LeChiffre must be a Bilbao fan, lmao
............won't be able to score goal at last*
Barca think they will pass and pass the ball in-between them and increase their Possession score but I know the climax. They will conceive a Goal (maybe Penalty for Lenglet Man before 90 min) and can't will any more. Probably will loss the final.
@SagorSrkian How do you conceive a goal?
@splint3r well mama goal and papa goal sleep together and they conceive a baby goal
@SagorSrkian this comment aged well
Seems Bilbao are playing for a 0-0 then penalties.Its down to Barca to dominate even more in the 2nd half.Dembele needs to come on.
Another lost final
@nceshNcero genius
Why this matich is not presented on the front page sammary ?
@MSNTREBLETREBLE because apparently English 4th division is more important
Bilbao will just defend with 10 men behind the ball for 90 minutes.If Barca score they could hit 2 or more goals.
Starting XI confirmed, Mingueza and MATS vs Pique and Lenglet. Barca defense gonna have a lot of trouble defending against both Bilbao and deadly duo Pique-Lenglet.
@GioMonaldo don't forget mats near post, he is a big threat as well
@tonystarKK come to think of it, MATS is sometimes a big threat to himself.
@GioMonaldo true
This game is at Seville.
1-3
Apparently the English fourth division is worthy of the main page, but the final of the Copa del Rey isn't? Even for an English site, WTF?
@andrew7taylor Ditto.
Lionel Messi sends autographed jerseys to Sinovac, helps secure 50,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine for South American footballers. #####LoveYouLeo
If Barca don't win this trophy, Koeman's goose is cooked.
Barca raises the first trophy this season
@CrazyBarcaFan00 And then the title to complete the Double.