The kings of the glass: the Barça will play his tenth semifinal in 11 years

With the triumph of the FC Barcelona of this Wednesday in front of the Granada (3-5) in the quarter-finals, the Catalans will play his tenth semifinal of Glass of the King in 11 years, afterwards of ausentarse in the edition of 2020 after in the previous instance against the Athletic Club of Bilbao. The stage now is ilusionante, because the directed by in the trainer Ronald Koeman go with the letter of the registers: they have surpassed eight of the nine last 'semis' played with six titles won in the consequent finals.

In the editions 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, went champions the Barcelona. Only they lived bitternesses by the expense of the Real Madrid in the seasons 2011 and 2014 in Mestalla and in front of Valencia in 2019 in Benito Villamarín, whereas they fell in semifinals against the merengues in 2013. In spite of all the Glass is something that gives him and very well to the Barça. His last memory of a semifinal, went that eliminatory that surpassed to the directed for that then by Santiago Solari, in fact, went this key that sentence to the Argentinian in the bench of the whites.

In that opportunity, the culés accessed to the final in the own Santiago Bernabéu with a 0-3 in front of the Real Madrid after the 1-1 of the gone and without Leo Messi. This time the Argentinian if it was part of the party in the New The Cármenes, that went the stage of a traced back in which strangely it did not appear his name in the marker, but that his influence was fundamental.

The party against the Ray Vallecano, in eighth, served him to Messi to surpass to Josep Samitier like the barcelonista with more parties contested in the Glass of Rey, with 76 commitments played. Of equal way, the goal that the Argentinian marked him to the Madrilenian approached it to the register that the died Catalan player keeps, at most goleador Barcelona of the contest, with 64 so many. The Rosarino already adds 54. In semis presents him another good of opportunity to follow recortando distance.

Besides, the 'Flea' is to a title in said competition of empatar to the footballer that more Glasses achieved in the history, as it was Piru Gaínza, of the Athletic of Bilbao, the one who won seven times the trophy. Already only it is to two parties to reach is new cusp of his laureda career.

Semifinals from 2011

1. 2010-11 Barça-Almería 5-0/3-0 QUALIFIER
2. 2011-12 Valency-Barça 1-1/2-0 QUALIFIER
3. 2012-13 R. Madrid-Barça 1-1/3-1 DELETED
4. 2013-14 Barça-Real Sociedad 2-0/1-1 QUALIFIER
5. 2014-15 Barça-Villarreal 3-1/3-1 QUALIFIER
6. 2015-16 Barça-Valencia 7-0/1-1 QUALIFIER
7. 2016-17 At. Madrid-Barça 1-2/1-1 QUALIFIER
8. 2017-18 Barça-Valencia 1-0/2-0 QUALIFIER
9. 2018-19 Barça-R. Madrid 1-1/3-0 QUALIFIER