Malcom forces first-leg draw in Copa Clasico
Barcelona and Real Madrid played out a hard-fought 1-1 draw in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final at Camp Nou on Wednesday.
Barcelona and Real Madrid played out a hard-fought 1-1 draw in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final at Camp Nou on Wednesday.
Luka Modric is back in form and the Real Madrid midfielder will have a key part to play when his side face off against Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey.
Lionel Messi insisted Barcelona were never throwing away the Copa del Rey after a comeback win over Sevilla on Wednesday.
Santiago Solari accepted Real Madrid were ‘weak’ in their loss to Leganes, despite progressing to the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey.
Barcelona has confirmed Lionel Messi is out for three weeks with a broken arm, meaning he will miss big games against Inter and Real Madrid.
Ernesto Valverde refused to say whether Andres Iniesta played his last match for Barcelona following Saturdays’ 5-0 rout of Sevilla.
Philippe Coutinho and Yerry Mina could make their Barcelona debuts in the Copa del Rey quarter-final second leg with Espanyol on Thursday having been named in the squad for the first time.
Real Madrid were dumped out of the Copa del Rey at the quarter-final stage by Leganes on Wednesday as a 2-1 win at the Santiago Bernabeu proved enough to secure the visitors a famous victory on away goals.
Lionel Messi secured his 30th club trophy as he scored one and assisted one in Barcelona’s 3-1 victory against Alaves in the Copa Del Rey final.