The organism raffles this Thursday the final four and has conditioned the draw so that Barcelona and Madrid face Real Sociedad or Athletic in the semis.
The 2021 Spanish Super Cup will finally be played in Spain and not in Saudi Arabia and this Thursday, December 17, the Royal Spanish Football Federation will hold the draw that will determine the final four pairings that will be played by Real Madrid, Barcelona, Athletic Club and Real Society.
However, the draw, contrary to what happened in the first edition, will not be pure and the RFEF has conditioned the draw and Real Madrid and Barcelona will not be able to face each other in the semifinals and the faces could only be seen in a hypothetical Classic in the final.
Why can’t Real Madrid and Barcelona face each other in the 2020-2021 Spanish Super Cup semifinals?
In principle, the regulations state that the League champion meets the Cup runner-up but this year a draw will be held to match the teams, a draw that will not be pure and in which all participants will not be able to face each other .
The circular Nº40 of the RFEF published last December 15 clarifies the rules of the tournament this season and explains that the draw will be conditional “since the Final of the Spanish Championship / SM el Rey Cup has not yet been held, the pairings will be determined by lottery in such a way that one of the finalists of the Spanish Championship will face Real Madrid CF, and the other finalist will face FC Barcelona “.
This means that the RFEF has conditioned the draw so that Athletic and Real Sociedad will face each other with Real Madrid and Barcelona in the semifinals of January 13 and 14, 2021 and there may be a Classic in the final that will be played at the La Cartuja Stadium on the 17th.
This situation is novel, since last season the draw for the Spanish Super Cup was pure since Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid participated as the first three classified in the previous LaLiga and Valencia as Cup champion King.
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