Real Madrid blushes Barça and will play the Cup final

The whites will seek the title against Osasuna after attacking the Camp Nou with a hat-trick from Benzema

Real Madrid will face Osasuna in the Copa del Rey final after beating FC Barcelona (0-4) this Wednesday at the Spotify Camp Nou, coming back from 0-1 in the first leg at the Santiago Bernabéu, by overwhelming with ' hat-trick' by Karim Benzema to a Barça team that was perhaps somewhat better in the first half but was wiped off the map by the whites after the restart.

It will be Real Madrid that plays the final of the Copa del Rey in Seville against the Navarrese team, which eliminated Athletic Club on Tuesday. The two clubs with the best cup-bearer lists, Barça and Athletic, fell to give rise to a less expected and unprecedented final. Real Madrid, subscriber to great comebacks, managed one more to make Barça blush in front of their fans.

Barça will not be able to fight for a national treble – they won the Spanish Super Cup and have almost won LaLiga – and the streak of three Clásicos in a row won by Xavi Hernández's team was broken, and in what way. This time, with a result that may have been bulky until well into the second half, Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid won clearly and deservedly to return to a cup final. Something that he hadn't done since 2014, when he beat Barça.

Real Madrid, motivated by the goal in extremis with which they closed the first half, came out more alive on the pitch and 5 minutes after the restart Karim Benzema, this time it was him, overtook Carlo Ancelotti's men in this semifinal . Luka Modric went in from the right until he gave a precise pass to the Frenchman, who first scored 0-2.

This current gained strength and took Barça out of its fiefdom. The blaugrana were lost, overwhelmed by the push of a Real Madrid that went further until scoring 0-3, from a penalty committed by Kessié to Vinicius Jr, the work of Karim Benzema. Before, Raphinha and Araujo had it, but again the situation at the end of the first half was experienced. Barça warned, Madrid marked.

The win was not greater because Rodrygo did not manage to finish off a good cross from Modric after a gift from Marcos Alonso, in minute 60. And in minute 78, Marco Asensio (first white soft drink) put Ter Stegen to the test after a counter . This time the German was able to avoid making it 4-0, but he did not do so shortly after, when Karim Benzema once again signed another hat-trick (after that of Valladolid in the League) in another against White, which ended brilliantly.

And that the tie came even at half-time after a final that did not allow anyone to blink an eye. Control went from being blaugrana to white, the most dangerous occasions (few) were spread out, but at the last minute the bank broke. Barça had a 1-0 lead in Robert Lewandowski's boots but Thibaut Courtois made a house-brand save. And, against Real Madrid, came the first white goal.

Rodrygo, Benzema and Vinicius Jr - Carlo Ancelotti's bet - had space to run. Real Madrid found one of their favorite ways to score and took advantage of it. 'Vini' finished off from inside the area, the Blaugrana central defender Koundé was able to touch the ball and deflect it but not enough, and just in case Benzema put his toe in to secure the shot. The goal was, and so they gave it to the Brazilian.

It is often said that it goes from '1-0 to 0-1', but rarely was it as real as on this occasion. The cross was even, and left a Classic that had been hot ready to get hotter, also in the good sense of being able to grow at a football level. Barça perhaps had more chances, but Real Madrid used their 'DNA' judiciously. And it was confirmed in the second part, having a 'feast' against a lost Barça, unable to play football again after the 0-2 loss.

Carlo Ancelotti was brave, right from the start, by placing Rodrygo on the extreme right, to form that trident with Benzema and Vinicius Jr. With this, Valverde returned to midfield along with the untouchables Modric and Kroos and, the other surprise, It was seeing Camavinga as a left back, suffering but playing at a good level against Raphinha, whom he ended up 'drying'.

Xavi, on the other hand, was more cautious. He did not make changes to the system or names. What he had is what he put in. And, despite not looking for a surprise, Barça knew how to set the pace for the game at the start. He claimed a penalty for a handball - denied by Munuera and the VAR - as soon as he started and had more chances, but without the aim that Real Madrid did have to put a 'spark' to the duel and end up burning down the current Camp Nou, which lived surely his last Clásico.

Barça, barring a setback, will play next season on Montjuïc while the 'culer' fiefdom is modernized. So it may be that the last Clásico has such a bad memory. That of seeing a cup final slip away against the eternal rival and being overwhelmed in game and result. Madrid will go to La Cartuja on May 6 and Barça has to recover so as not to be overcome in LaLiga. That would be sinking, more than with this 0-4.

DATASHEET.

--RESULT: FC BARCELONA, 0 - REAL MADRID, 4. (0-1, at halftime).

--EQUIPMENT.

FC BARCELONA: Ter Stegen; Araujo, Koundé, Marcos Alonso (Eric Garcia, min.66), Balde; Busquets, Kessié (Ansu Fati, min.59), Sergi Roberto; Raphinha (Ferran Torres, min.66), Lewandowski and Gavi.

REAL MADRID: Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Alabama, Camavinga; Kroos, Valverde, Modric (Tchouameni, min.87); Rodrygo (Asensio, 74th minute), Benzema (Nacho, 89th minute) and Vinicius Jr. (Birches, min.87).

--GOALS.

0-1. Min.45 1, Vinicius Jr.

0-2. Min.50, Benzema.

   0-3. Min.58, Benzema (p).

0-4. Min.81, Benzema.

--REFEREE: Martínez Munuera (C. Valenciano). He admonished Sergi Roberto (min.10), Gavi (min.26), Ferran Torres (min.76), Araujo (min.85), Balde (min.86) at FC Barcelona and Vinicius Jr (min.26) , Carvajal (min.71), Alaba (min.86), Militao (min.88) at Real Madrid. He admonished the FC Barcelona coach, Xavi Hernández (min.16).

--STADIUM: Spotify Camp Nou, 94,902 spectators.