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The Spanish Football Federation accepts the request of Athletic Club de Bilbao and Real Sociedad to celebrate their postponed matches in the final of the Spanish Cup due to the “Corona” virus, in the presence of the fans.
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The end date has not yet been determined
The Spanish Football Confederation gave its approval to requests from Athletic Club de Bilbao and Real Sociedad to hold their games postponed in the final of the Spanish Cup due to the “Corona” virus, in the presence of the fans.
The teams from the Basque Country met for the first time in the final of the oldest football competition in the country on April 18 at the Olympic stadium “La Cartuja” in Seville, before suspending all football matches in Spain since mid March due to “Corona” “.
A joint statement from the two clubs stated: “After their meeting with the President of the Spanish Football Federation (Luis Rubiales), the two presidents of Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad, the two clubs that reached the final of the Copa del Rey for the 2019-2020 season, agreed to submit a request to the federation for the final with the presence of the fans and officially on a date to be determined by agreement of the three parties. “
The Spanish federation responded quickly, confirming its support for the request of the two clubs, saying in a statement: “The federation fully shares the desire of Athletic Clubs of Bilbao and Real Sociedad to celebrate the final of the Copa del Rey in the presence from fans, when health and sports conditions allow it. “
OFFICIAL RELEASE | The RFEF shares the desire of Athletic Club and Real Sociedad to dispute the Final of the SM King’s Cup when the sanitary and sports circumstances are open to the public and with the presence of both hobbies.
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– RFEF (@rfef) May 4, 2020
The statement emphasized that the federation “will put the necessary mechanisms in place for the Copa del Rey final officially on time, either in 2020 or 2021, but before the end of the 2020-2021 season.”
And UEFA previously announced that qualification for its continental competitions next season should “be based on sporting merit” in the event that local championships cannot be completed.
Sociedad was fourth in the league standings before the competition was suspended, which means it will qualify for the Champions League if it cannot complete. In case the Cup final is not played before the start of the next season, the last qualified seat will be awarded to the European League “Europa League” to the seventh in the ranking “La Liga”, which is currently Valencia instead to be crowned with the Cup title.
While Bilbao X announced in the league that it “never approves” this proposal.
Bilbao won the title of the first edition of the Spanish Cup in 1903, and is the second most crowned club in the competition (23) after Barcelona (30), but the last title dates from 1984. As for Society, it won the title twice in 1909 and 1987.
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