Overlapping calendars of club and international football again had a negative impact.

The English Premier League has suffered this month due to the Africa Cup of Nations, which was attended by an impressive delegation from its participating clubs..

Teams from Spain, who managed to get into the quarterfinals of the National Cup, may follow a similar path in the near future..

On the eve, the procedure for the draw of pairs for this stage was carried out, and the dates for the duels were determined, which will be held in early February and March (return semi-final matches) 2022, respectively.

It is by the beginning of February that the next meetings of the South American selection for the 2022 World Cup will be completed, so the players who have left for the location of their national teams will return to the clubs no earlier than February 2, when the quarterfinal matches are scheduled..

Real Madrid will suffer the most in this context, as Casemiro, Eder Militao, Rodrigo, Vinicius and Federico Valverde will go to their home continent, where Brazil will play against Ecuador and Paraguay, and Uruguay will meet with Paraguay and Venezuela.

Radamel Falcao will not be available from Rayo Valcano, who will play against Argentina and Peru in the Colombian national team, Betis Seville will lose Claudio Bravo, German Pessella, Guido Rodriguez, Andres Guardado and Diego Lines, and Cadiz will miss Santiago Arzamendia and Thomas Alarcon.

The President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation commented on the situation as follows:.

" We did not discuss the details of our calendar with the South American teams in advance, we just handed it over to the tournament organizers, and they have already made the appropriate decision..

The federation tried to negotiate, but never came to a solution that would be beneficial for both sides"

Note that one of the last participants in the quarterfinals of the Spanish Cup was the Basque Athletic, who in a spectacular style managed to beat the Catalan Barcelona in extra time (3:2).