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In the absence of a week from the return of the Champions League, the local competitions of the European leagues will have an intense activity in the coming days, defining the final matches of the cups and playing some pending duels of the leagues.
This 2021 has been full of football in the old continent, and the COVID-19 pandemic made many changes in the calendars. The Champions League, being the most important competition in the world, had no changes compared to previous years, but local competitions had to be coupled with this tournament.
Because of this, over the last few weeks games have been held practically every day, with league duels from Friday to Monday, and then midweek with pending or cup matches.
This week will be key in several competitions of the old continent, since the finalists of the Italian Cup will be defined, the semifinals of the Copa del Rey will begin, and the second round of the FA Cup will also be played, as well as several pending league matches.
This afternoon Juventus and Inter Milan will meet again to define the first finalist of the Italian Cup, the match will start at 1:45 p.m., and Vecchia Signora has the advantage of having won the first leg 1- 2, so today in Turin they will try to seal your ticket.
In the other series, the teams that dispute the other ticket are Atalanta and Napoli, both teams tied at zero goals in the first leg, and tomorrow the second finalist will be defined, where many point to a repeat of the 2020 final between Juventus and Napoli .
In Spain the semifinals of the Copa del Rey will begin, on Wednesday Seville will host Barcelona and on Thursday Levante will visit Athletic Bilbao, remembering that the return will be played until the first week of March. Also today, Real Madrid will host Getafe in the pending match of matchday 1.
While in England, this week will be the second round of the FA Cup, Manchester United will face West Ham today, tomorrow Manchester City will visit Swansea and Everton will face Tottenham, while Chelsea will visit the Barnsley next Thursday.
