Barcelona have a date with an old rival with a place in the Copa del Rey’s Final Four at stake: the Catalans have been drawn against Ernesto Valverde’s Athletic Bilbao at San Mamés in the Spanish Cup quarter-finals, with the game scheduled for next week in the Basque Country.
Barça and Bilbao have faced each other countless times in the Cup, with their last meeting in the 2021-22 season which was won by Los Leones in an epic encounter in extra-time two years ago.
The Basques eliminated Deportivo Alavés at home in the Round of 16 on Tuesday while Barça knocked out third tier Unionistas de Salamanca on Thursday.