Barcelona Athletic Bilbao Live Stream Final Copa Del Rey 2012

The Copa del Rey final promises a great deal this term, because sub plots alone make for an intriguing battle where there is much more on the line than simply the famous trophy. Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao Live Stream offered at soccerlands.com for the kickoff time. Barcelona will look to salvage a disappointing season and send off their cherished manager which has a trophy, whereas Bilbao will appear to create up because of their disappointing Europa League defeat to Atletico Madrid.

Bilbao and Barcelona are historically the two most successful sides in this competition with 23 and 25 wins respectively. However Athletic, winners with the first recorded Copa del Rey, has not won the trophy since Javier Clemente’s aggressive 1980’s side lifted the trophy in ‘84.

The sides last met within the 2009 Final Copa Del Rey where Barcelona prevailed easily, 4 goals one, with Yaya Toure’s equalising wonder goal worth re-watching again alone.

The game will probably be hosted inside Spanish capital, at Atletico Madrid’s Vicente Calderón stadium, a venue which adds another layer of intrigue to this clash of these two municipalities. Barcelona could be the capital of the fiercely proud Catalan region and Bilbao could be the capital from the Basque country, both regions which claim a degree of independence from mainland Spain and it is federal capital Madrid. Bilbao’s independence even stretches for the football club, while using famous cantera policy of just fielding players who may have adult in, or maybe more recently have family ties towards the region.

Barcelona have certainly had the tougher path to a final, narrowly beating Real Madrid inside the quarter-finals after which Valencia within the semis, 3-1 over two legs. Bilbao alternatively faced Segunda Division B side Mirandes within the semi finals, comfortably winning 8-3 on aggregate in the two legs.

Athletic’s recent form has become sketchy and is also reflected of their La Liga position, marooned in mid-table because of the cantera policy, meaning small but talented squad can struggle when fatigue and injuries set in, or maybe if top scorer Fernando Llorente just isn't with the races.

Bielsa admitted personal failure following his sides hugely disappointing Europa League final against Atletico. Yes, Radamel Falcao was at a ruthless mood, and many teams would have struggled to deal with the Colombian for the reason that mood. Nevertheless, Bielsa admits he played into Atletico’s hands, saying “We wanted to play in a certain way but we didn’t produce the ideal scenario because of this, our opponents been able to turn the scenario into the one that suited the way in which they aspired to experience.” Tiredness along with a lack of cutting edge in forward areas generated for a lethargic display which, if replicated against Barcelona will unquestionably trigger another runners up medal for the side from Bilbao.

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