Two of the greatest clubs in the history of Spanish football meet in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey. Atlético de Madrid and Athletic Club de Bilbao will be the protagonists of two of the most interesting matches that can be seen this season in our football.
The first leg will be played at the Metropolitano, where Simeone’s men have become stronger this year and hope to obtain a good result for the return leg. It has been a good season for Atlético de Madrid so far, and qualifying for the Copa del Rey final could be one more step towards a great finish.
The Copa del Rey is a good tournament for Atlético de Madrid in recent years. Their most recent championship is the one they won in 2013 at the Santiago Bernabéu against Real Madrid, a perfect setting for an Atlético team that won 1-2 with a goal from Miranda in extra time and attacked the fiefdom of its neighbors in the capital.
How many Copa del Rey finals has Atlético played in its history?
Atlético de Madrid is one of the most successful clubs in the history of the Copa del Rey, the fourth specifically. On 19 occasions the colchoneros have played in the final of the Copa del Rey, despite having not done so for more than a decade. Of those 19 finals, champions have been proclaimed in 10 of them: 1960, 1961, 1965, 1972, 1976, 1985, 1991, 1992, 1996 and 2013. The aforementioned 2013 or 1996 are remembered with special fondness, the year in which the famous double was won.