#Athletic vs Barcelona

Iker Muniain’s extra-time penalty earned Athletic Bilbao a 3-2 win over Barcelona in the Copa del Rey last 16, with last season’s beaten finalists gaining revenge on the holders in a thrilling encounter. Having opened the scoring in the second minute of the match, the Athletic captain stepped...

FC Barcelona may very well see some brighter days ahead under manager Xavi, but the present continues to be cloudy and cold. On Thursday, the Catalan side was bounced from the Copa del Rey with a 3-2 defeat at Athletic Club in extra time in the round of 16. This came barely a week after Barca lost to Real Madrid in the semifinals of the Spanish Super Cup. They've already been eliminated from the Champions League and are currently struggling in La Liga, sitting in sixth place.

FC Barcelona's bid to retain the Copa del Rey trophy continues on Thursday with a single-leg game away to Athletic Club. It kicks off at 9.30pm local time, and this guide should help you to work out what time that is where you are. If you are unable to watch...

A spot in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals is up for grabs on Thursday as Athletic Bilbao host Barcelona in the round of 16. Both teams are just back from their participation in the Spanish Super Cup, where Athletic lost in the final to Real Madrid after beating Atletico Madrid. Barca failed to advance from the semifinals of the competition, losing to Real Madrid in El Clasico, 3-2. The winner here will join Mallorca, Cadiz, Rayo Vallecano, Valencia, Real Betis, Real Soceidad and either Real Madrid or Elche in the last eight.

As was the case in its Spanish Super Cup semifinal encounter with Real Madrid, Barcelona batted in its Copa del Rey round of 16 clash against Athletic Bilbao. In the end, Athletic Bilbao won a 3-2 thriller over the Catalan side in extra time to move on into the quarterfinals of the competition.

And with that, the curtain comes down on another day of cracking football. Just what a cracker it has been too!. It's delight for Real Madrid and despair for Barcelona - Los Blancos have reached the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey after an extra-time win over Elche, but the Blaugrana's defence is at an end after they were downed by Athletic Club shortly before a shootout could play a part too.

Real Madrid and Athletic Club face each other this Sunday, January 16, at 19:30 h. Spanish time, at the King Fahd International Stadium. The match corresponds to the final of the Spanish Super Cup and pits Carlo Ancelotti's Madrid against Athletic coached by Marcelino García Toral. Next, we review the schedules and where to watch this soccer game on TV.

The FC Barcelona already knows in front of who will contest the eighth of final of the Glass of Rey. The ones of Xavi Hernández will see the faces with the Athletic of Bilbao, in what it will be a republising of a 'classical' mythical between the two more winning of the competition. Also they have been sorteados the rivals of the Athletic of Madrid and Real Madrid that, to the equal that the Barça and the Athletic, played his parties some days afterwards for having to travel to Riad to measure in the Supercopa of Spain.

After a convincing win in the first match of the post-Messi era, Barcelona was brought back down to earth with a thud in Matchday 2, lucky to escape with a 1-1 draw from Bilbao against an Athletic Club that was the better team but unable to capitalize on a multitude of chances.