Barça meets Real Madrid
Flick makes dream finals in Spain perfect
03.04.2025 – 8:54 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
In the first leg there was a 4: 4 between FC Barcelona and Atlético Madrid, in the second leg a single goal decides on moving into the Spanish cup final. There is a dream duel there.
FC Barcelona is in the final of the Copa del Rey – and meets the big rival Real Madrid. In the semi-final round, the team of coach Hansi Flick won 1-0 against Atlético Madrid. This leads to a national final between the two top Spanish clubs for the first time in eleven years.
The first leg last week was spectacular with 4: 4. In the second leg, Barça was now enough for Ferran Torres to make the progress perfect. The attacker stood in the starting eleven because Robert Lewandowski initially paused and scored the only goal of the game in the 27th minute after preparatory work by Lamine Yamal.
Hansi Flick’s team clearly dominated in the first half, but left several promising possibilities unused. Often the last consequence was missing – either the offensive players wanted too much or overlooked better positioned teammates.
The picture changed after the break. Atlético brought fresh forces with Javi Galan, Alexander Sörloth and Giuliano Lenglet, who revived the game of the guests. Madrid significantly increased the pressure. In the 69th minute, Sörloth achieved the supposed equalization, but was just offside – the gate did not count.
In the final on April 26, Barça meets Real Madrid, who prevailed against Real Sociedad San Sebastián on Tuesday. A final between these two clubs last existed in 2014. At that time Real won 2-1.