Tuesday, January 31, 2023 – 12:47 PM
ABU DHABI, 31st January, 2020 (WAM) — After two exciting editions of El Clasico confrontations in the league and the Super Cup this season, the draw for the semi-finals of the King’s Cup came to ignite the intensity of the competition between Barcelona and Real Madrid in the current season through a new El Clasico confrontation that includes two home and away matches.
The two teams were drawn face to face again to compete for a seat in the tournament final, while Osasuna and Athletic Bilbao meet in the other semi-final confrontation.
The intensity of the excitement and the importance of this confrontation between Barcelona and Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the cup is compounded by the fact that it may be a confrontation for the opportunity to win the only local title for either of them in the current season, especially with the competition being largely limited between them for the league title, with the points difference that they lead over the rest of the competitors.
Barcelona currently leads the La Liga table by 5 points against Real Madrid in the middle of the season, and it is currently difficult to determine the identity of the winning team from the competition title at the end of the season, as Real Madrid has enough opportunity to get rid of this difference through the remaining rounds of the competition.
The two teams met twice in the current season so far and exchanged victory with one score 3-1, as the first time was in favor of Real Madrid in the league championship, then the two teams met earlier this January in the final of the Spanish Super Cup and Barcelona crowned the title after beating Real Madrid 3/1 as well. .
The two teams were supposed to meet back in the semi-finals of the cup next week, but the confrontation was postponed to one of the days of February 28 or March 1 and 2 due to Real Madrid’s participation in the Club World Cup, which will be held in Morocco from February 1 to 11.
Barcelona and Real Madrid will also meet again in the semi-finals on the 4th, 5th and 6th of next April.
This confrontation between them comes 4 years after their meeting in the semi-finals of the same competition in the 2018-2019 season, which ended in favor of Barcelona, where the two teams tied 1-1 in the first leg in Barcelona, then Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 3-0 in the backyard.
The two teams meet for the eighth time in the semi-finals of the Cup, noting that Real Madrid won 4 previous confrontations, and Barcelona won the other three confrontations.
In addition to the great excitement that will result from the new confrontation between the two teams in the cup, the new El Clasico in the cup will put pressure on each team, in light of the pressure of the difficult matches and confrontations that each of them is engaged in at the same time, whether at the local level or in the European championships.
Dina Omar / Ahmed Zahran
