Thursday, April 6, 2023 – 3:20 PM
From Ahmed Zahran.
ABU DHABI, April 6, 2020 / WAM / After 3 consecutive defeats within 9 weeks, Real Madrid responded strongly to its traditional and stubborn rival, Barcelona, and deprived it of the ambition to win one of the championships this season, so that the Spanish League title became the only hope left for Barcelona this season.
Real Madrid defeated its traditional rival, Barcelona, in its own home yesterday, Wednesday, by 4-0 in the second leg of the King’s Cup semi-final, and prevented it from continuing its career in the tournament, despite Barcelona’s 1-0 victory at Real Madrid in the first leg a few weeks ago.
Real Madrid rose to face Osasuna in the tournament final scheduled for May 6, after its 4-1 victory over Barcelona in the two-legged semi-finals.
This result represents a response to Real Madrid’s 3-1 defeat by Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup final in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. The two teams also exchanged wins at their stadiums in the two league matches this season. Real Madrid won 3-1 and Barcelona responded 2-1 two weeks ago.
Although the two teams were largely tied in the 5 El Clasico matches that were held between them this season, statistics indicate that Real Madrid achieved a historic victory yesterday, being the first by at least 4 goals in the El Clasico matches between the two teams since 1995.
Real Madrid, with its great victory over Barcelona yesterday, sent a new warning to its competitors in the Champions League, before facing Chelsea in the middle of next week in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the tournament, in which Real Madrid seeks to defend its title.
The international media paid much attention to Real Madrid’s victory over Barcelona yesterday in the summit meeting, which is known as the “Earth Classico”.
The Spanish newspaper “AS” indicated that Real Madrid achieved a painful victory over Barcelona on the way to the final of the King’s Cup, thanks to a hat-trick by Karim Benzema and a fine performance from Brazilian Vinicius Junior, who scored the first goal, made a goal and caused a penalty kick, from which one of Benzema’s goals came. .
The British newspaper “Daily Mail” commented on the match with the headline “Barcelona collapses”, while the French “Le Parisien” stated: “Real Madrid shocks Barcelona”, and the French “L’Equipe” indicated: “Benzema stuns Barcelona”, and the German “Bild” mentioned: “Barcelona is out.” The cup… after a strong showing from Real Madrid.” And the Italian “La Gazzetta dello Sport” confirmed: “Real Madrid beats Barcelona at Camp Nou.”
Most of the international media agreed to praise the performance of the Real Madrid attack led by Vinicius and Benzema in the face of Barcelona’s defense, and that the Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti, the coach of Real Madrid, clearly outperformed Xavi Hernandez, the coach of Barcelona.
Abdel Nasser Moneim / Ahmed Zahran
