​The match of the first semi-final of the Spanish Cup “Real Madrid” – “Barcelona” is scheduled for Thursday, March 2, from 22:00 at “Santiago Bernabeu” live on Digi Sport 1. .

Real Madrid and Barcelona will meet in a new episode of El Clasico, this time in the semi-finals of the Spanish Cup, the winner of the “double” will play in the final of the competition with the winner of the “double of the night”, Osasuna – Athletic Bilbao.

Before the second leg, which is scheduled for April 5 at the Camp Nou, Barcelona and Real Madrid will also meet in the second leg of the championship on March 19, also in Catalonia.

The two teams have already met twice this season: first in the league on October 16, 2022, when Real Madrid beat Barcelona 3-1 (Benzema 12, Valverde 35, Rodrigo 90+ 1p / Ferran 83) and then in the final of the Spanish Super Cup in Riyadh on January 15, 2023, when the Catalans won with the same score of 3-1 (Gavi 33, Lewandowski 45, Pedri 69 / Benzema 90+3).

Real Madrid are second in La Liga with 52 points from 23 matches, seven points behind rivals Barcelona, ​​and await the derby after drawing at home to Atletico Madrid 1-1 in the league in a match in which they had more than enough from the 64th minute.

Carlo Ancelotti’s side reached the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey after beating Casereno (d) 1-0, Villarreal (d) 3-2 and Atletico Madrid (a) 3-1 in one-leg matches.

Real Madrid have won 19 Copa del Rey trophies, the most recent coming in 2014 with a 2-1 victory over Barcelona in the final in Valencia.

Barcelona lead the league with 50 points from 23 games, seven points ahead of rivals Real Madrid, and come to the Santiago Bernabeu after a shock defeat in the last leg of La Liga, 0-1 away to Almeria.

Before this stage of the competition, the team coached by Javi Hernandez had beaten Intercity Alicante (d) 4-3, Ceuta (d) 5-0 and Real Sociedad (a) 1-0, also deciding the meetings in one match.

Barcelona have won the Copa del Rey 31 times (a national record), most recently in 2021, 4-0 in the final against Athletic Bilbao in Seville.

Probable teams

Real Madrid: Courtois – Carvajal, Militao, Rudiger, Nacho – Modric, Chuameni, Camavinga – Valverde, Benzema, Viny Junior (injured: Alaba, Mendy, Rodrigo).

FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen – Kunde, Araujo, Christensen, Balde – Gavi, Busquets, De Jong – Rafinha, Ansu Fati, Ferran (injured: Pedri, Dembele, Lewandowski).

Superbet offers odds of 1.70 on the GG prediction: both teams will score in the match Real Madrid – Barcelona.

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