Espanyol-Real Madrid: gunning for a place in the quarter-finals of the Copa de la Reina
Last match of the year for our team, who play this single-leg tie at the Ciudad Deportiva Dani Jarque (Saturday, 7:00 pm CET).
Real Madrid make their debut in the Copa de la Reina 2025/26. The Whites take on Espanyol in the last 16, in a single-leg tie at the Ciudad Deportiva Dani Jarque (Saturday, 7:00 pm CET, Teledeporte). The objective for Pau Quesada's side is to qualify for the quarter-finals of the competition before the end of the year.
It will be the second game this week for the madridistas, who drew 1-1 to Twente on Wednesday away in the final round of the Women's Champions League group stage. In LaLiga, they beat Granada in the last game of the competition before the Christmas break (0-3).
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Facing them will be an opponent who are ninth in LaLiga F and who have qualified for the last 16 of the Copa de la Reina after beating Valencia in the preliminary round (1-2). The Whites won the most recent meeting between the two sides (0-1).