In the King’s Cup of Spain, and in a heavy-caliber confrontation, Real Madrid was a heavy guest in the stronghold of the Catalans (Spotify Camp Nou) and their fans, in an exciting summit that brought the two teams together (yesterday, Wednesday), and ended with a historic victory for the White Meringue at the expense of its rival Barcelona, by four. Goals to none, in the second leg of the semi-finals, at the Camp Nou.
The goals of the match were scored by Vinicius Junior and Karim Benzema (hat-trick) in the 45th, 50th, 58th, and 80th minutes, respectively.
Real Madrid qualified, with this result, to the King's Cup final at Barcelona's expense, to continue its crawl to win the competition this season. The first-leg match between Barcelona against Real Madrid ended with Barcelona winning 1-0; Which was held between them a month ago at the (Santiago Bernabeu) stadium, in the Clasico first leg.
Real Madrid qualified for the King's Cup final after beating Caserinho with a goal without a response in the round of 32, then crossed Villarreal in the round of 16 with a score of 3-2 after an exciting match, then achieved a difficult victory over rivals Atletico Madrid 3-1 in the quarter-finals. After a meeting that extended to two additional halves. While Barcelona reached the semi-finals of the King of Spain Cup after starting its career – somewhat easy for its rivals Real – against Inter City in the round of 32 and winning 4-3 in two additional games, and in the final price, it overcame Atletico Ceuta by five clean, then beat Real Sociedad. With difficulty in the quarter-finals with a goal without a response.
Barcelona VS. Real Madrid
The last confrontation, in the semi-finals of the King’s Cup for the 2018-19 season, the first leg at Camp Nou ended in a 1-1 draw, before the Blaugrana achieved a 3-0 victory over Santiago Bernabeu. In total, the two Barcelona teams met against Real Madrid in 253 matches, in which the Catalan team was able to win 100 matches, and draw in 51, while Al-Merenji won the victory in 103 confrontations between them.
Fahad Saleh (Jeddah) @fahadoof_s