{"id":516383,"date":"2026-01-14T21:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/516383\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T21:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:30:10","slug":"confirmed-lineups-albacete-vs-real-madrid-2026-copa-del-rey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/516383\/","title":{"rendered":"CONFIRMED lineups: Albacete vs Real Madrid, 2026 Copa del Rey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Real Madrid have published their starting lineup for the upcoming match against Albacete in the Copa del Rey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Real Madrid starting XI: Lunin; David Jim\u00e9nez, Asencio, Huijsen, Fran Garc\u00eda; Cestero, G\u00fcler, Valverde; Mastantuono, Vinicius and Gonzalo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Albacete starting XI (TBC): Lizoain; Aguado, Moreno, Vallejo, Neva, JoGo; Escriche, Villar, Capi, Valverde; Jeft\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As expected, Real Madrid will have to take care of business in this one without some key starters. Still, Los Blancos should have what it takes to beat Albacete and advance to the Quarterfinals, but it\u2019s time for Madrid\u2019s players to show some improvements after Xabi Alonso\u2019s departure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>HOW TO WATCH, STREAM COPA DEL REY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Time<\/strong>: 21:00 CET, 03:00pm EST.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Venue<\/strong>: Carlos Belmonte, Albacete, Spain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Available TV<\/strong>: TVE (Spain).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Available Streaming<\/strong>: ESPN+ (USA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Managing Madrid has affiliate partnerships. These do not influence editorial content, though Vox Media may earn commissions for products purchased via affiliate links.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid have published their starting lineup for the upcoming match against Albacete in the Copa del Rey.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":516384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[208286,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-516383","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-real-madrid-cf-domestic-cups","9":"tag-soccer","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115895587451754637","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}