Real Madrid vs Barcelona Live Score Updates: Luka Modric scuttles early chance
03 Mar 2023
Here's what happened in the other semi-final...
Osasuna upset one of the Copa del Rey powerhouses, Athletic Bilbao, 1-0 at home in the first leg of the semifinals.
Ez Abde scored the winner for Osasuna in the 47th minute on Wednesday with a low left-footed shot from inside the area after a breakaway.
00:35 (IST)
03 Mar 2023
Going to Bernabeu 'turns on' Xavi
As far as great quotes go, this one is right up there. Barca boss Xavi said in his pre-match press conference that he gets really excited to go to Santiago Bernabeu. How excited?
Going to Santiago Bernabeu always turns me on, Xavi said at his pre-match press conference on Wednesday.
Id like to play. Id love to! Its a great feeling and thats why I tell my players that they have to be brave. We are in a good situation. We have the opportunity to win a title. It is an opportunity to react. We will go out to win and show our personality, he added.
00:32 (IST)
03 Mar 2023
Barcelona's hopes hinging on Cope del Rey
Barcelona were recently dumped out of the Europa League, leaving the Copa del Rey and the Spanish La Liga as the only two tournaments where they can win silverware. In La Liga, Barca lead Madrid by seven points with 59 points after 23 matches.
00:28 (IST)
03 Mar 2023
Injury woes for Barcelona
Barcelona will be without some of its top scorers when they visit Real Madrid in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals on Friday. Barcelona will head to the Santiago Bernabu Stadium without Robert Lewandowski, Ousmane Dembl and Pedri because of injuries. Lewandowski is out with a hamstring strain sustained in the 1-0 loss at Almera on Sunday, which marked the first time Barcelona failed to score a goal in a match since October. Pedri and Dembl are nursing muscle injuries.
00:17 (IST)
03 Mar 2023
Meanwhile, in the other semi-final...
Osasuna took on Athletic Bilbao in the first semi-final, where the former won the first leg 1-0. Teh two will clash in the second leg on April 5th. Whoever wins, will have to take on the winner of Barcelona-Real Madrid in the final on May 6.
00:13 (IST)
03 Mar 2023
Hola!
Hello and welcome to the big one! Real Madrid taking on Barcelona in the first leg encounter in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey. It's a clash that will be bigger than the finale itself. Expect both sides to go at each other with the vigour of prize-fighting heavyweight boxers. And the best part? One month later, the two teams will face off one more in the second leg!
Real Madrid vs Barcelona (RMA vs BAR) Copa de Rey 2022-23 Live Football Score Streaming Online Today Match Updates:
Barcelona will be without some of its top scorers when it visits Real Madrid in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals on Thursday. (AP)
Real Madrid and Barcelona will lock horns in one of the most anticipated fixtures of the footballing calendar as they come face to face in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals. Recent matches for both sides have ended in disappointment with the Los Blancos drawing 1-1 with Atletico Madrid and Barcelona losing to Almeria.
In head to head stats, the Galacticos lead the Catalans by a narrow margin with 101 wins to the latters 98. 52 matches between the archrivals have been draws. Coming to the two coaches, Barcas Xavi Hernandez has faced Reals Carlo Ancelotti just once as a manager during last years Clasico where Real walked away with a 3-1 win.
As a player its a different story, however. The former Spanish playmaker has met the Italian 4 times in the La Liga during the latters first spell with Real in 2013-15 where Xavi has just lost one meeting. Ironically, that loss came at a Copa del Rey fixture in 2014 which was also the last time Real had lifted the trophy.
The Indian Express website has been rated GREEN for its credibility and trustworthiness by Newsguard, a global service that rates news sources for their journalistic standards.
First published on:
Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 6:39 pm