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Barcelona, Sevilla call for early Copa final kickoff

Barcelona and Sevilla have appealed to the RFEF to have the Copa del Rey final kick off earlier than planned to help traveling fans.

Barcelona and Sevilla have called for the Copa del Rey kickoff to be moved forward due to concerns over fan travel.

The game is scheduled to take place at 8:30 p.m. local time on Sunday May 22 at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu, but both clubs have appealed to the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to change to an earlier start time.

They have called on the RFEF to meet with Mediaset, which owns broadcasting rights for the match, and agree to an earlier kickoff to allow fans to travel home sooner.