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Real Madrid clinched their place in the Copa del Rey final after beating FC Barcelona 4-0 on Wednesday. , proposed a new recital.
Amazing Karim Benzema! Thanks to three goals and an assist from the Frenchman, Real Madrid, beaten 1-0 in the first leg, reversed the situation and won 4-0 at Camp Nou on Wednesday April 5 against FC Barcelona to join Osasuna in Spanish King’s Cup final.
The Merengues unlocked their counter just before the break, on a counter flash led by Vinicius and Benzema (45e+1), then the Ballon d’Or 2022 propelled his team to the final by placing a perfect ball at the base of Marc-André ter Stegen’s left post (50e) and converting a penalty caused by Vinicius (58e) after returning from the locker room, before completing his hat-trick in the 81e.
A dream spring for the French center-forward, already author of a majestic hat-trick on Sunday against Valladolid in La Liga, and an important goal against Liverpool to confirm the qualification of the Merengues for the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
On Wednesday, he once again flaunted his class. On the first goal, he returned the ball to Vinicius, who saw his strike slowed down on the line by Jules Koundé, before the “Nueve” threw himself on it to push him into the net. On the second goal, he enhanced Luka Modric’s beautiful breakthrough and beautiful shift. On the third, he took advantage of the clumsiness of Franck Kessié, who crushed the foot of “Vini” in the area. And on the fourth, he still took advantage of a counter led by the Brazilian before concluding quietly from the right.
A new recital for the Real striker, who now has 25 goals and six assists in all competitions this season.
Barça bends again
Conversely, the disappointment is immense for Barça coach Xavi, who dreamed of depriving Real of a second trophy this season after having already stolen the Spanish Super Cup from him in January in Saudi Arabia. But he remains on track to snatch his throne as Spanish champion.
After three clasicos won in a row, Barça folded at home, in front of the 94,902 spectators at Camp Nou. A nightmare for the Blaugrana defense, which has conceded only nine goals since the start of the La Liga season, and which took four on Wednesday.
After these goals, the Catalans tried to react, with strikes from Alex Baldé or an improbable breakthrough from Ronald Araujo in particular … but nothing worked.
The public also died out somewhat, after heating up the start of the match, notably shouting “Messi, Messi!”, as a sign of rallying for their former legend, at the end of his contract with Paris Saint-Germain. He barely warmed up to the 85ewhen tempers flared around Vinicius.
See you in Seville
For Ancelotti, the evening is successful: the Italian technician had bet on a very offensive composition, with Rodrygo on the right wing and Fede Valverde behind him, but the intensity deployed by his players proved him right.
He who had promised, after the defeat in the semi-finals at the Bernabéu, that Real would win at least one trophy this season, now has a highway: if the championship seems lost, the “White House” gives an appointment to Osasuna , who scored Athletic Bilbao (1-0, 1-1 ap), on May 6 in Seville, for a Cup final that they have not won since 2014.
It will be a month before another potential final: that of the Champions League, on June 10 in Istanbul.
With AFP