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With another hat trick by Karim Benzema, Madrid overturned Barcelona바카라s advantage in the Copa del Rey semifinals with a resounding 4-0 win at Camp Nou Stadium to reach the final for the first time in nearly a decade.
Madrid hadn바카라t beaten Barcelona by four goals at Camp Nou since a 5-1 win in 1963.
Vinícius Júnior also scored as Madrid advanced 4-1 on aggregate after having lost the first leg 1-0 at home. Benzema also had a hat trick in Madrid바카라s 6-0 rout of Valladolid in the Spanish league on Sunday.
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Madrid will face Osasuna in the May 6 final in Seville. Osasuna eliminated Athletic Bilbao 2-1 on aggregate after a 1-1 draw in extra time on Tuesday in Bilbao, reaching the final for the first time since losing the title match against Real Betis in 2005.
Madrid hadn바카라t made it to the final since 2014, when it beat Barcelona to win the last of its 19 Copa titles.
Barcelona, the tournament바카라s most successful club with 31 titles, was trying to return to the final for the first time since winning it in 2021 for its last triumph with Lionel Messi still in the squad.
With the win, Madrid avoided losing four straight matches to Barcelona in the same season for the first time. Madrid won 3-1 in the first 바카라clasico바카라 of the season in the Spanish league, but since then had lost 3-1 in the Spanish Super Cup final, 1-0 in the first leg of the Copa semifinal and 2-1 in the other league match.
Barcelona coach Xavi was trying to win four 바카라clasicos바카라 in the same season and repeat a feat last achieved when Pep Guardiola won five in a row from 2008-10. Barcelona beat Madrid four times in 1982-83, but not in consecutive matches.
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The game was mostly even early on but Madrid was in control after taking the lead just before halftime and could have ended up with an even bigger win had it not squandered some late chances.
Vinícius opened the scoring in first-half stoppage time with a shot from the middle of the box after a a breakaway that also involved Rodrygo and Benzema. The breakaway started after Barcelona squandered a chance at the other end with Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois saving a shot by Robert Lewandowski.
Benzema added to the lead in the 50th with a low shot from just inside the area after a pass by Luka Modric, then got his second by converting a penalty in the 58th after Vinícius was fouled by Franck Kessié. His third came in a three-on-two situation following a breakaway in the 81st.
바카라It was a beautiful result, very satisfying,바카라 Madrid midfielder Federico Valverde said. 바카라It was important to win no matter what, but we played a great match, especially in the second half.바카라
Madrid trails Barcelona by 12 points in the league but can still win the Champions League in addition to the Copa del Rey. It already won the UEFA Super Cup and FIFA바카라s Club World Cup this season. It faces Chelsea in the Champions League quarterfinals.
Barcelona won the Spanish Super Cup this season for its first trophy since Messi departed to join Paris Saint-Germain amid the club바카라s financial crisis.
The game at Camp Nou got heated at times with Vinícius and a few Barcelona players getting into minor altercations. The match had to be interrupted a few times as fans threw objects on the field.
In the 10th minute, fans chanted Messi바카라s name as the former Barcelona star goes through a tough moment with PSG.
Xavi was without four players because of injuries 바카라 Ousmane Dembélé, Pedri, Frenkie de Jong and Andreas Christensen. Ancelotti had all of his regular starters available with the exception of injured left back Ferland Mendy.
