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4:06 PM – Friday, April 24, 2015

Luis Enrique: Tomorrow is a key day for us

Luis Enrique spoke to the press about Barça's upcoming game versus Espanyol and about the upcoming Champions League semifinals against Bayern Munich.

3:17 PM – Friday, April 24, 2015

Ter Stegen: No problem with Bravo

In an interview with German magazine 11Freunde, ter Stegen spoke about the ‘keeper situation at Barcelona and here’s what he had to say

2:29 PM – Friday, April 24, 2015

Piqué: Derby will be difficult

Barcelona center back Gerard Piqué believes that the Catalan derby against Espanyol will be a difficult challenge for his team as they look to move an inch closer to the La Liga title.

11:12 AM – Friday, April 24, 2015

FC Bayern is Barça's opponent in the CL semifinals

Today the draw for the Champions League semifinals was made. FC Barcelona was drawn against FC Bayern

12:30 PM – Thursday, April 23, 2015

Iniesta: I have a good feeling about the rest of season

Andrés Iniesta launched his new range of wines, Corazón Loco (Crazy Heart) and Finca Carril, at an event in Barcelona Wednesday.

Credit: mundodeportivo.com

Copa del Rey details announced

Final to be played on May 30 at 21:30 CET

The details for the Copa del Rey final between FC Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao have been announced.

The match will be held at the Camp Nou on May 30 and the kickoff will be 9:30 p.m. local time. This is the third time that the two teams will meet in the Copa del Rey Final in the last six years.

Reports said that both clubs wanted the match to be held at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu but Barcelona’s archrivals refused the idea, some say because it was too much for them to see the Catalans lift the trophy on their ground.

Atlético Madrid's Vicente Calderón is not available because the rock band AC/DC will be performing there. Both Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao volunteered their stadiums. In the voting held by the federation's executive committee, the Camp Nou won by 26 votes to 18.

Ticket allocations are: 37,741 tickets for each club, with the remaining 24,000 going to the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the event's organizer. Tickets will be priced between €40 and €190.

The tickets for FC Barcelona will be assigned to the Gol Sud. 85 percent of the tickets available for the final (32,079 tickets) will be shared out among the 25,664 members; 6,415 supporters’ clubs; and the remaining 15 percent or 5,662 will be used for the club’s sporting and institutional commitments as well as commercial commitments with sponsors.

Since Athletic is the older club, founded one year before FC Barcelona, it will be the home side for the final per regulations. This means the Barcelona players will have to use the away dressing room at the Camp Nou.

The last time these two teams met in the final was back in 2012 when Pep Guardiola’s side thrashed their opponents 3-0.

Tagged as: copa, athletic, final
Source: ESPN, FC Barcelona