Madrid makes fun of Barcelona and will play the final of the King’s Cup (0-4)

He Real Madrid will play the final King’s Cup. And he could have left Camp Nou with one of those taunting goals that are remembered in the prelude to a classic. They squared off three times, face to face, so far this year. None of the precedents looked like that. Real took too much in the first half and with the spoils in their pockets, attacked Barcelona until he destroyed all the seams in a big second half. There were four. Like it could have been five or six with a little more precision.

Without Christensen, Pedri, Frenkie de Jong or Dembélé, the four potential starters, Barcelona applied asymmetrically again. With that drawing that stretches to the end on one side, and on the opposite side, that your trainer saves for great occasions. Balde’s advance, after Ter Stegen’s long-range shot to escape pressure, gave him the first caution. Gavi received, leaning left, and his cross swept Camavinga into the corner, impatient, against Raphinha. From a corner, the stands were won by Alaba’s hand which Martínez Munuera thought was stuck on the ground. From the physical strength of Balde and precise pressure after the defeat, Barcelona got the first wanderings. Sergi Roberto had fun in one attack that counted as a promising attack.

With Rodrygo up front, and Valverde as an interior, Madrid reserved their first dagger for the odometer on their wings. Rodrygo went at Marcos Alonso’s speed and his cross was blocked by Araujo, below, when Vinicius’s eyes were already lighting up. The Brazilian then got involved, after an insignificant foul in midfield, in an exchange of pushing with Gavi. Both got out of control, and to avoid greater evils, Camavinga grabbed the Catalan, and Busquets grabbed the Madrid. There was a distribution of yellow color and the soup gained temperature. But sometimes not. Discount up to the first act.

With the sign, Lewandowski ran out of power against Courtois in the last meter in a good option for Barcelona. The rejection was led by Vinicius, cross-country. He gave Benzema a shot, but he countered with a wall that surprised the Brazilian. He received with his left foot in range and ended up helping himself on the outside from the right to score. Karim scored when the ball crossed the line.

Madrid went to the locker room having tied the score and returned with another point of aggressiveness and carrying a jar of Modric’s essences. The Croatian received after Barcelona’s mistake in construction, got space inside, before the stinginess of Sergio Roberto, saw Rodrygo pull Koundé, and put him in front of Benzema. The Frenchman, adjusting to the post, did not forgive. Barcelona responded with two side kicks from two defenders, Baldeo and Araujo, but Madrid were already in their groove. Vinicius dribbled, Kessié stabbed and Martínez Munuera did not hesitate to take the penalty. The third shot was scored by Benzema. And Real could have scored a fourth, before game time, if Rodrygo had arrived a few tenths earlier to Modric’s serve.

The party was disorganized. Barcelona was deleted. Ferran Torres entered, as if nothing had happened. Courtois became a spectator. Madrid scored chances, one after the other. Rodrygo could. It was owned by Asensio, who recreated himself too much with everything at will. Benzema did not miss another gift from Vinicius. She was fourth, and it could have been more. Madrid renews the list of precedents in its intimate clash with Barcelona. And they will challenge for the Copa del Rey title against Osasuna on May 6 in La Cartuja.

Technical document:

0 – Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Araujo, Koundé, Marcos Alonso (Eric García, min.66), Balde; Sergio Busquets, Sergi Roberto, Kessie (Ansu Fati, min.59), Gavi; Raphinha (Ferran Torres, min.66) and Lewandowski.

4 – Real Madrid: Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Camavinga; Kroos, Modrić, Fede Valverde (Tchouaméni, min.85); Rodrygo (Marco Asensio, min.74), Vinícius (Ceballos, min.85) and Benzema (Nacho, min.88).

Goals: 0-1, min.46+: Vinicius. 0-2, min.50: Benzema. 0-3, min.58: Benzema, penalty. 0-4, min. 81: Benzema.

Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Valencian College). He warned Sergio Roberto (min.10), coach Xavi Hernández (min.15), Gavi (min.26), Vinícius (min.26), Carvajal (min.71), Ferran (min.76), Alaba (min. .min.86), Bucket (min.86) Militao (min.87), Ansu Fati (min.91).

Incidents: the second leg of the King’s Cup semi-final was played at Spotify Camp Nou in front of 94,902 94,902 spectators. Before the game, the futsal team took to the field to offer the Copa del Rey won last weekend. Likewise, Àlex Roca, who recently became the first athlete with a 76% disability to complete a marathon, performed the honorary kickoff.