Real Madrid believes in a sensation and a place in the final of the King's Cup, even though they lost the first match at their stadium against Barcelona 1:0.
The second leg at the "Camp Nou" stadium will be played tonight at 21:XNUMX p.m., and Barcelona is clearly in pole position.
Coach Real Carlo Angelotti said that he has dilemmas regarding the starting line-up ahead of the fifth "el classic" this season. Of the previous four, Barcelona won three (recently in the championship, recently in the Cup, as well as in the Supercup final), and Real only won one, and that was the first championship in October last year.
"It is the most difficult to choose. Ever since. The mentality of football players will not change, everyone wants to start the game. But it is very difficult to choose the starting lineup, because obviously there are more than 11 players who deserve to be in it," said Ancelotti, whose team scored six goals against Valladolid on Saturday (6:0).
Ancelotti has the biggest dilemma in midfield, where they are competing for a position Aurelien Chuameni, Eduardo Kamavinga, and "senators" Tony Cross i Luka Modrić.
"Čuameni brings a lot defensively, passing, pressing... But Kamavinga has important qualities, it is difficult to press him... Modrić was on the bench against Valladolid. You also have to think about the potential we have on the bench, which can prove to be important, like last year," added the Italian coach, who led Real to the 14th European Championship title last season.
Ancelotti pointed out that the energy of the team will be very important in the upcoming "El Clasico".
"For me, 'El Clasico' will always be the most important match. We are very close to the final, so we will do everything to play it. But that doesn't mean we're going to try to score like crazy. The idea is to play a complete match, because if we score a goal in the fifth minute, and then concede two later, it will be useless", said Ancelotti.
Barcelona has 12 points more than Real in the championship, and tonight it has a chance to pave the way to the double crown.
"We have to be very careful. I think that in Real they are 'hurt' because of three consecutive defeats and that they will want to take revenge on us. Real always fights and is a good rival. We have to show that we can beat them," said Ćavi.
In the first semi-final match, Osasuna eliminated Athletic Bilbao.
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