This is the history of the Barça-Real Madrid duels in the Copa del Rey

Published:1/03/2023 - 00:18h

Updated:1/03/2023 - 13:42h

With more titles than anyone else in the tournament, and more victories against their greatest rival, FC Barcelona will begin its journey in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey this coming Thursday.

FC Barcelona and Real Madrid will measure this Thursday in Santiago Bernabéu (21.00 hours) in a new Classical of the Spanish and world-wide football, this time in the party of gone of the semifinals of the Glass of Rey. With the turn playing a month afterwards, the culés will look for to arrive with advantage to the Camp Nou, or in the middle of a complicated present, not adding the third consecutive defeat.

This eliminatory in the Glass will be the clash number 37 between Barcelona and madridistas in a tournament that dominate the culés with 31 titles, the greater quantity of all the history. The balance of eliminatory won is favourable also to the Barça, that has imposed in 8 of the 14 times that have crossed with the Madrid in the Glass.

Regarding the finals contested, seven in total, the white team himself is much better after having remained champion in four occasions in front of the culés. In fact, the two last times that have measured in the decisive party, both in Mestalla, the victory fell of the white side by the minimum. In 2011 the Madrid of Mou imposed to the Barça of Guardiola 1-0 with a so much of Cristiano Ronaldo in the extention.

Already in the 2014, with Ancelotti in the white bench and the Tata Martino in the one of the Catalan club, the Madrid won 2-1 with goals of Gave María and Bleat, the one who star a run that many remember almost 10 years afterwards. Already in the case of eliminatory to double party, the last precedent was in 2019. The gone in the Camp finalised with 1-1 but in the turn in the Bernabéu the Barcelona attained another goleada by 0-3.