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The race for the title of champion in La Liga will be temporarily interrupted and all eyes of football fans tonight will be turned towards the Copa del Rey.
Real Madrid and Barcelona will face each other in the first “El Clasico” semi-final of the King’s Cup in Spain.
Los Blancos beat rivals Atletico Madrid 3-1 in the quarter-finals to reach the semi-finals, while Xavi’s side needed just one goal to eliminate Real Sociedad.
The Spanish, European and World Champions are welcoming the Copa del Rey trophy into their trophy cabinet as, believe it or not, the Kings have not won the trophy since the 2013/14 season.
Cacerano and Villarreal surrendered in advance to the superiority of Real, who then beat Atletico thanks to the goals of Rodrygo, Karim Benzema and Vinicius Junior, while Alvaro Morata scored for “Los Colchoneros”.
Real comes from a draw with Atletico in La Liga, where the goal of the young star, Alvaro Rodriguez, was not enough.
On the other hand, Barcelona was shocked by the loss from Almeria, which kept Real’s title hopes alive, which currently has 7 points less than “Blaugrana”.
Last year, Real drew 1:1 with Barcelona in the semi-finals in the first leg, while they were defeated 0:3 in the second leg at the Bernabeu.
“El Clasico” finds Barca in a difficult moment after losing to Almeria in the league and after being eliminated from the Europa League after losing to Manchester United a week ago today.
Barca will not be able to count on the main attacker, the injured Robert Leëandoëski, but Ansu Fati will return.
This is the 11th time in the last 13 seasons that Barcelona have reached the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey.
This weekend will be “El Clasico” number 252 between Real Madrid and Barcelona.
In January of this year, Barça won 3:1 in the final of the Spanish Super Cup, returning to the identical result of October last year.
Tonight’s duel will start at 21:00, while the return match will be played on April 5 at Camp Nou.
Between these two matches, Barcelona and Real Madrid will play in La Liga on March 19.
