Copa del Rey Final FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid [16.04.14] 21:30 CET

El Clásico #228



Kick-off time: 16th April 2014 at 21:30 CET

Stadium: Estadio de Mestalla, Valencia

Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Last 5 meetings between two sides:
Real Madrid - FC Barcelona 1-1 CdR Semi-final 1st Leg
FC Barcelona - Real Madrid 1-3 CdR Semi-final 2nd Leg
Real Madrid - FC Barcelona 2-1 26th Round of 2012-13 La Liga
FC Barcelona - Real Madrid 2-1 10th Round of 2013-14 La Liga
Real Madrid - FC Barcelona 3-4 29th Round of 2013-14 La Liga

Highlights from last meeting:



Third El Clásico of the season. Who will lift Copa del Rey?

tata will walk this like a champ for 3rd times.

Wow Didn't Barcelona have a 14-0 record vs Madrid under Pep's reign? How times have changed....

Still, expect a Barca win

Holy **** its only 2 days away???

I dont feel confident....although Real dont park the bus which we are struggling playing against these days bad Although counter attacking as usual, with our GK And backline now, always feel we will concede. We have to win this though, pretty terrible if we win nothing this season.

Madrids got this. Cant see barca winning. Cannot wait till Ronaldo scores 2 goals against this joke of a defence and be hail as an all time great by some scrub fanboys.

MaraVilla wrote:Madrids got this. Cant see barca winning. Cannot wait till Ronaldo scores 2 goals against this joke of a defence and be hail as an all time great by some scrub fanboys.

he's injured

BORUSSIA!! wrote:

MaraVilla wrote:Madrids got this. Cant see barca winning. Cannot wait till Ronaldo scores 2 goals against this joke of a defence and be hail as an all time great by some scrub fanboys.

he's injured

Madrid's actually going to destroy barca now  

on a serious note, hopefully no injuries for both sides

Barca are mentally broken, they have just "lost" 2 chances of titles in a row and logically, they will make it a full set in this one. Seen this story before, highly doubt we have the stomach for this one.

Not that it matters, winning the title alone means nothing.

If Madrid dont win this, they are worse than I imagined.

Hopefully Varane starts, or there is a good chance Lionel Pessi will strike again..

I'll be honest, I can imagine this game being Madrid passing creating no chances while Barca tiki takas us to oblivion and wins.

Benz doesnt make runs, CR does that for us. We don't have that anymore

Alexis starting would be a plus, someone who actually runs in behind...or runs, period.

I agree with your last paragraph, I didnt take that much into consideration.

It is still quite hard to believe we would win 3 times vs you and this is the perfect excuse to lose.

Barca got this.

2-0 Barca

I don't think either set of fans (the majority) is fully confident of a win for their respective teams. Barcelona issues are known to most and RM tends to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory (also, their issues in midfield and defense are talked about enough).

Real should win given Barcelona are really at their lowest but this is a Clasico so I expect a real fight from either side.

If this would get the Barca board sacked I'm all for a 5-0 Real Madrid. Sometimes you have to take it in the butt without lube before things start getting better. An important lesson in life.

I think Real Madrid will win despite going down to 10 men.

The_Badger wrote:I think

No.

Barcelona somehow always raise their game against Madrid. But Barcelona atm are probably at their lowest in terms of morale and spirit.

No Ronaldo for Madrid means a different approach. Maybe a better one. Isco needs to start at LW and not Di Maria. Keep him in midfield. Bale needs to perform. Varane instead of Ramos/Pepe as well.

For Barca, A front 3 of Neymar-Messi-Sanchez with a midfield of Xavi-Busquets-Iniesta. CB will be a problem if Bartra doesn't start.

Gonna go with a Barca win. But expecting a surprise from Madrid without Ronaldo.

There is some chance Pique will play apparently.

And there is no chance Fabregas won't play apparently.