La Real will begin a new edition of the Copa del Rey in a month, but for this the club will have to know who its rival will be in the first round. On Thursday, October 10 at 1:00 p.m., the Spanish Football Federation will hold the draw for the first round in Las Rozas.
110 teams will be present in the draw, with the exception of the teams competing in the Spanish Super Cup (Barcelona, Real Madrid, Athletic and Mallorca) and the current champion of the First Federation, Deportivo de La Coruña, which will be added as the draw progresses. rounds.
In the draw, there will be 55 matches with teams from various categories, from the First Division to territorial teams. In the case of Real, the rival will probably come from one of those territorial teams, since the draw seeks the opportunity to pit the lower category teams against the higher category teams.
One day before the draw, on October 9, it will be known that ten territorial teams advance to the first round of the Copa del Rey, since they must first pass a previous qualifying round. As there are 16 First Division teams in the draw, it is possible that no territorial team will play against Real. In that case, the next category would be the four semifinalists of the Federation Cup, and in the hypothetical case that the txuri urdin team does not find a dance partner among those teams, Real’s rival will be one of the eight teams of the Third Federation.
Once the draw is finished, it will be decided on what day the first round matches will be played, which will be between October 29 and 31. The 55 winners, together with Deportivo de La Coruña, will have to wait for a new draw to see who they will play against in the second round of the Copa del Rey scheduled for December 4.
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