The Copa Del Rey is the Spanish equivalent of the English FA Cup. It is the most prestigious Spanish knockout football competition while the La Liga is the top tier Spanish League.

The winners of these 2 competitions will face of the the next year's Supercopa De Espana or the Spanish Super Cup. The Supercopa held on 15 January 2024, was a El Clasico between the 2 biggest Spanish clubs, Barcelona and Real Madrid. Real Madrid won, defeating Barcelona 4-1.

Both Barcelona and Real Madrid have been eliminated in this year's Copa Del Rey. This teams in the semifinals of this year are Atletico Madrid, Athletic Club, Real Sociedad, and Mallorca. The most closely watched Semifinal is the one between A Madrid and Athletic Club. These are the 2 clubs that eliminated Barcelona and Real Madrid. In a Madrid derby A Madrid defeated R Madrid 4-2 in a round of 16 match. Athletic Club defeated Barcelona in the quarterfinals also by a 4-2 margin. Matches between A Madrid and Athletic Club are closely fought and the first leg of the semifinal gave Athletic Club a narrow 1-0 lead. The second leg promises to be another closely fought match. If A Madrid wins by a 1 goal margin and the teams are still tied after extra time, we will get to see a penalty shoot out.

The other semifinal is between Mallorca and Real Sociedad. Mallorca surprised Girona to take a 3-0 lead before Girona scored 2 but still lost 2-3. Girona had led this year's La Liga for a long spell before REal Madrid recently took over the lead at the top of La Liga. 

Real Sociedad had a narrow 2-1 victory over Celta Vigo in the quarter finals. 

The first leg of the semifinal was a 0-0 draw

Both Mallorca and Real Sociedad are currently substantially behind A Madrid and Athletic Club (vanquishers of R Madrid and Barcelona) in the latest standings of La Liga. 

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