First step towards the Copa final
Real Madrid host Barcelona in the semi-final first leg (9:00pm CET).
The Copa del Rey final is all set for the 6th of May at Seville's La Cartuja Stadium and only two games separate Real Madrid from a place. Barcelona will are the final hurdle for the Whites, who tonight welcome their rivals to the Santiago Bernabéu for the first leg of the competition semi-finals 9:00pm CET.
The madridistas are well aware that absolute focus will be required if they're to take the lead in the tie, which will be decided at the Camp Nou on Wednesday April 5th. Ancelotti reiterated as much in the pre-match press conference: “We have to show personality and courage to deliver a complete performance”. The Italian coach will be without the injured Alaba and Mendy in his squad for this Clásico clash, but Rodrygo is available again.
The madridistas are well aware that absolute focus will be required if they're to take the lead in the tie, which will be decided at the Camp Nou on Wednesday April 5th. Ancelotti reiterated as much in the pre-match press conference: “We have to show personality and courage to deliver a complete performance”. The Italian coach will be without the injured Alaba and Mendy in his squad for this Clásico clash, but Rodrygo is available again.
“When this team gets close to a trophy, they really up the temperature", underlined Ancelotti. That is particularly true at the Santiago Bernabéu, where our team are unbeaten in all fifteen games so far this season 11 wins and 4 draws, finding the net in 14 of those 15 encounters on home soil.
The opposition
Up the other end is a Barcelona team with whom we share a balanced record this campaign. At the Bernabéu in the Clásico clash in LaLiga, our boys came out on top 3-1, while the Catalan side got their hands on the Spanish Super Cup. Xavi's team come into the tie off the back of two successive defeats.
The opposition
Up the other end is a Barcelona team with whom we share a balanced record this campaign. At the Bernabéu in the Clásico clash in LaLiga, our boys came out on top 3-1, while the Catalan side got their hands on the Spanish Super Cup. Xavi's team come into the tie off the back of two successive defeats.