FootyChatter.com

It's a Real derby in the semi-final of the Spanish cup – here's how to tune in

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Watch Real Sociedad vs Real Madrid as the two sides clash in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final on Wednesday night, February 26. The game is free to watch in Spain, and we'll bring you all the information you need to watch Real Sociedad vs Real Madrid live streams wherever you are in the world. • Real Sociedad vs Real Madrid Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 • Real Sociedad vs Real Madrid Kick-off time: 9. 30pm CET / 8. 30pm GMT / 3. 30pm ET • Real Sociedad vs Real Madrid Venue: Reale Arena, San Sebastián • Real Sociedad vs Real Madrid FREE Stream: RTVE Play (Spain), L'Equipe (France) • Other streams: Premier Sports (UK) | ESPN+ (US) • Watch from anywhere: Try Nord VPN risk-free You can watch Real Sociedad vs Real Madrid for FREE in certain countries, including the host country of Spain where it's being shown by the public broadcaster RTVE. You can watch Sociedad vs Madrid on the main TV channel La 1, or you can watch online through the RTVE Play streaming platform. You need to create an account but it's free to use. There's also free coverage in France thanks to La Chaîne L'Equipe, which you can watch through the L'Equipe website or one of the free streaming platforms in France, such as TF1 or Molotov. These services are all geo-restricted, so you'll need a VPN if you want to watch Barcelona vs Atlético Madrid while travelling abroad – more on that below. Out of the country when Real Sociedad vs Real Madrid is on? That doesn't mean you have to miss the game. A VPN - or Virtual Private Network - means you can set your IP address to make your device appear to be in any country in the world, bypassing streaming geo-restrictions. Provided it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs, you can use a VPN to unblock the streaming services you use back home. It also comes with added internet security benefits, which sounds like a winner to us. Four Four Two’s colleagues at Tech Radar are experts in this field, and they reckon Nord VPN is the best VPN provider on the market. Get 70% off Nord VPN with this deal Tech Radar loves Nord VPN’s super speedy connections, trustworthy security and the fact it works with Android, Apple, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, PS4 and loads more. You also get a money-back guarantee and 24/7 support and it's currently available for a knockdown price. Back of the net! In the UK, Real Sociedad vs Real Madrid is being shown on Premier Sports. You can add Premier Sports to your existing TV package with Sky or Virgin, or you can take out a streaming subscription for £15. 99 a month. Fans in the US can watch Real Sociedad vs Real Madrid on the ESPN+ streaming platform, which is the home of Spanish soccer in the US. ESPN+ subscriptions cost $11. 99 a month or $119. 99 a year. Real Sociedad are very much the underdogs as they face Spanish giants Real Madrid in the first leg of the Copa del Rey - Spanish football’s main cup competition – tonight. The Basque club have only won the competition twice in their history, and though their last triumph was as recent as 2020, it didn’t feel like much of a triumph as it was played behind closed doors during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. How dearly their fans would love to be able to witness and celebrate another trophy win in proper fashion. Real Madrid persistent in attempts to complete hugely controversial transfer: report Real Madrid, meanwhile, have ample trophies in their cabinet, though the Copa del Rey hasn’t been their most successful stomping ground over the years. They’ve only won it 20 times. ‘Only’ is a massive stretch, of course, but if we look to their perennial rival and yardstick, Barcelona, they lag far behind, with Barça boasting 31 titles. In fact, Madrid aren’t even the competition’s most successful club, with Athletic Bilbao – Sociedad’s Basque neighbours – sitting on 24 titles. In terms of progress through the Copa del Rey so far, Real Sociedad have beaten Conquense 1-0, Ponferradina 2-0, Rayo Vallecano 3-1, and Osasuna 2-0 in the quarter-final. Real Madrid have played a game less having entered the competition late due to their involvement in the Supercopa, but they’ve beaten Deportivo Minera 5-0 and Celta Vigo 5-2 before squeezing past Leganes 3-2 in the quarter-final. As for league form, Real Madrid are once again in the hunt for the La Liga title. They currently sit second, level on points with Barcelona and one ahead of Atlético Madrid, who played each other last night. Real Sociedad are having a decent enough campaign in mid-table in ninth place as it stands. The other Copa del Rey semi-final features Real Madrid's two biggest rivals: Barcelona and Atlético Madrid. The two sides played out a hugely entertaining 4-4 draw in their first leg on Tuesday night. We test and review VPN services in the context of legal recreational uses. For example: 1. Accessing a service from another country (subject to the terms and conditions of that service). 2. Protecting your online security and strengthening your online privacy when abroad. We do not support or condone the illegal or malicious use of VPN services. Consuming pirated content that is paid-for is neither endorsed nor approved by Future Publishing. The best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week. Patrick manages the How To Watch content across Four Four Two and the other sports publications at Future. He's an NCTJ qualified journalist with a decade of experience in digital sports media. A lifelong Evertonian, he now plies his own footballing trade on the bobbly pitches of the famous Bristol Downs League. How to watch Man United vs Ipswich online and on TV: Live streams, channels, kick-off time for clash of Premier League strugglers Is Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal on TV? Live streams and how to watch Premier League game today Arsenal in talks with star to unlock Gabriel Martinelli: report

Four Four Two is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site.

©

Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury,

Bath

BA1 1UA. All rights reserved. England and Wales company registration number 2008885.