The Copa del Rey final between Barcelona and Athletic Club will face the two teams with the most titles in the history of the tournament and they will meet for the ninth time in the match that will define the monarch.
FC Barcelona is aiming for the first title of the season, as is its coach, Ronald Koeman, who wants to make his debut under the leadership of the Barça team, where he arrived at the beginning of this football year to relieve Quique Setién. .
Athletic Club, for its part, will try to repeat the dose to Barça after winning the Spanish Supercup (3-2) last January, while at the same time trying to get rid of the bad taste in its mouth for the 2020. Final Copa del Rey which he lost to Real Sociedad a few days ago.
The team led by Lionel Messi has a favorable balance in the Copa del Rey Final duels against the Basques, with six finals won by two defeats.
Additionally, this title game comes after Valencia cut off their dominance as the club that used to impose conditions on this tournament last year.
The main players are Lionel Messi, who is looking for his 35th title as a player for the Barça team; While for Athletic Club, Iñaki Williams usually hurts the Catalans as he adds 5 goals in 18 games he has faced, representing his highest number of entries against a First Division club in Spain.
So it’s a final between two ‘kings’ because while Barça has 30 Copa del Rey titles, Athletic has 23, making them the most winners in the history of the competition.