Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez outperformed Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti in the tactical dialogue that took place between them in the first leg of the King’s Cup semi-final first leg, which made his team decide the outcome of the confrontation that took place Thursday at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. With the result of a goal to zero scored by Eder Militao in his own goal, and the former coach of the Qatari club Al-Sadd achieved 3 main gains, which were monitored by “Al-Araby Al-Jadeed”.
The first defeat
Ancelotti spent many years on the Real Madrid substitute bank, the first between 2013 and 2015, and the second from 2021 until today, and throughout this period, the former coach of the Italian club Milan had never tasted defeat in the Spanish Cup competition at the “Santiago Bernabeu” stadium, It is the stadium that hosts the matches of his Real Madrid team, but Xavi inflicted his first defeat in his career in the King’s Cup on this stadium, to hit his unique number in the capital, Madrid.
Xavi node
Since Xavi took over the reins of the technical staff of the Blaugrana, many reprimands can be directed towards him, but in no way can he be blamed for the El Clasico matches, as the man has played 4 confrontations against Carlo Ancelotti to date, winning three of them, as the first was in the confrontation of the year The past, and the former Barcelona captain won 4-0, then the second victory was in the Spanish Super Cup confrontation that took place a few days ago, and Xavi also won 3-1, so that Thursday’s match would be his third victory over Ancelotti, who won a single match, which is in a meeting Going from the Spanish league for the current season.
An important step
Although the big matches remain open to all possibilities, and although Real Madrid can win at Barcelona, despite the difficulty of the task, it cannot be denied in any way that the Catalan team, led by Xavi, has made an important step towards reaching the final round, and obtaining The title, because if Barcelona beat Real Madrid, the next competitor will be less difficult than the royals in the final confrontation, and Osasuna or Athletic Bilbao, despite their value, is difficult to represent an obstacle to the team winning its second title in the current season, especially after missing the opportunity to play in order to obtain the league. Europe after losing to Manchester United.
