El Clasico

El Clasico

FC Barcelona - Real Madrid CF

 

Pre-











Match

The first-leg of this Copa del Rey Semi-Final between Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona ended 1-1 in the Santiago Bernabeu.  A scoreline that favours Barça with that one away goal. 

FC Barcelona have surely won La Liga with a 12 point lead ahead of Atletico Madrid and a 16 point lead ahead of Real Madrid.  Barça will be looking to win the treble this year, La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Uefa Champions League, but will be difficult as they have to win with at least a three goal lead in the Uefa Champions League second-leg match against AC Milan in the Nou Camp.  That Uefa Champions League second-leg match between FC Barcelona and AC Milan will take place the 12th of March, 2013 in the Nou Camp.  Barça look to win their second treble in history while Madrid with La Liga out of their hands will be putting all their attention on the Copa del Rey and Champions League.  They will going for their 10th Champions League title in history, "La Décima" as they say in Spain.

Barça's key players:

Piqué and Carles Puyol (defense)



Gerard Piqué - FC Barcelona

Gerard Piqué and Carles Puyol will be key in defense for Barça

as Pique advances the ball up the pitch and Puyol will be keeping

the defense organized. 

Iniesta and Fabregas (midfield)



Cesc Fabregas - FC Barcelona



Iniesta and Fabregas will be key in midfield for Barça as Cesc Fabregas will make runs in behind the Madrid defense and Iniesta will be there to pick out the deadly passes.

Lionel Messi (forward)



Lionel Messi - FC Barcelona



Lionel Messi as always is Barça's key up front man that they will be looking for. He drop into midfield and spread balls out wide and get into the box and aswell will get into scoring opportunities, and one on one, Messi is lethal.

Real Madrid's key players:

Varane and Sergio Ramos (defense)



Sergio Ramos - Real Madrid CF



Varane will be important in Madrid's defense as he will be able to keep up with Messi's pace and Sergio Ramos will be important in the aerial battles.

Ozil (midfield)



Mesut Ozil - Real Madrid CF

Mesut Ozil will be key in the midfield for Madrid as he will pick out the strikers and make that final important pass to put players through on goal.

Benzema (forward)



Karim Benzema - Real Madrid CF

Karim Benzema will be key up front for Real Madrid as he will get onto Ozil's passes and one on one with the goalkeeper, he is a lethal finisher.