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Unio Esportiva Vic: Six more La Liga teams, including Atletico Madrid, will begin their Copa del Rey season on Wednesday hoping to improve on their performance last year.

Since the format of the competition means that none of the teams playing in the Spanish Supercup (Athletic Bilbao, Mallorca, Real Madrid or FC Barcelona) compete in the first two rounds, Atlético is arguably the biggest club in the first round they want to advance to the semi-finals last season when they were beaten 4-0 on aggregate by cup winners Athletic.

Diego Simeone's side will face Catalan club Unio Esportiva Vic, who play in the regional Liga Elit, the sixth tier of Spanish football, and should reportedly pose no threat to a team featuring the likes of Alexander Sorloth and Conor Gallagher are Xinhua.