Athletic seeks to get into its third Cup final

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He Athletic Club faces the semifinal of the Queen’s Cup that faces him this Wednesday against real Madrid in the field of Butarque (21:00) with the intention of getting into the third final in its history after the ones it reached in 2012 and 2014.

The Bilbao team, without the pressure of the favorite label that falls on the runner-up in the league, aspires to sweeten a transition season that has been complicated in the qualifying, although exciting with the entry into a rejuvenated first team of a good handful of homegrown.

“It is a trophy that we look forward to and that we want to bring to Bilbao because of what it means for the club and for the fans”, admitted the coach Iraia Iturregi aware of the importance for a club like the Athletica reference in women’s football in the last two decades, to finally bring this trophy to their showcases.

It will be the fifth semifinal for the rojiblancas. In 2004, before the Sabadelland 2018, against the Barcelonafell in this penultimate rung of the competition and in 2012 and 2014 lost in the final against Spanish and Barcelona.

He Athletic arrives at the appointment after a relatively quiet last month of competition once the permanence is sealed and focused almost exclusively on preparing this Queen’s Cup managing the minutes of the most loaded soccer players and giving opportunities to the youngest.

iturregi will have the sensitive loss of midfielder Marta Unzuéwho will undergo surgery after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee two weeks ago in the match against barcaand has doubts about the central bibiane schulze for muscle problems.

The precedents between real Madrid and Athleticall in league competition, favor the white team that has won five of the six matches, including the two this season by 0-3 (Nahikari, Athena and Weir) in lezama and by 2-1 (Esther and Feller/Amezaga) in it alfredo di stefano.

The only victory for Bilbao was the 2-0 recorded in Lezama on October 3, 2021 with goals from Peke and Azcona.