Barcelona exited the Copa del Rey in the semi-finals despite winning 1-0 in the first leg at the Bernabeu. Real Madrid won on Wednesday night 4-0 at the Camp Nou and Carlo Ancelotti’s side went top in the final act of the competition.

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At the end of the game, Javi Hernandez said it had been a difficult night for Barcelona fans, but he also pointed out one thing: last season, the Catalans won 4-0 without the right to appeal at the ground of their arch-rivals in the championship, but Barca were winless at the end of the season no trophy.

The Blaugrana have now lost 4-0 at home, but are very close to being crowned champions of Spain: they are a comfortable 12 points clear of Real Madrid.

“We clearly need more maturity. When things are balanced like that, you have to take the chances you have, and we didn’t do that in the first half.

Having not played well in the first half, Madrid went to the break with a score of 1:0. Then in the second half it was the better team.

If we manage to win the title and the Spanish Super Cup, I think it will be a very good season.

Today we’re obviously sad because we’re Catalans, but that’s all, from tomorrow we’re thinking about Girona (not the next opponent in La Liga).

The team had an identity in the first half, we played football, it’s a difficult night to digest but we should also be proud. In the second half, we counted too little, and this detail made the difference.

Madrid have a great team, they are not accidental champions of the Champions League, today they showed it in full.

My message is that a year ago we won 4-0 at the Bernabeu (not in La Liga) but we won nothing. We’ve lost 4-0 this season but we can win the title and we’ve already won the Spanish Super Cup,” he said Xaviquoted by the Catalan press.