The Catalans crushed the whites on matchday 11 of La Liga (0-4)<\/a><\/strong> with two goals from Robert Lewandowski, another from Lamine Yamal, and one more from Raphinha at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u.<\/p> Two and a half months later, Bar\u00e7a again thrashed Madrid, this time with a ‘five-goal’ performance in the Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a final (2-5)<\/strong>. Raphinha (double), Lewandowski, Lamine, and Alejandro Balde scored the goals for Bar\u00e7a, while Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 and Rodrygo Goes scored for the ‘merengues’. Thus, both teams have ample reasons to go all out for a new title against their eternal rival.<\/p> The 7 Bar\u00e7a-Madrid finals in the history of the King’s Cup<\/h2> FC Barcelona has played seven finals of the King’s Cup against Real Madrid throughout history, according to the official records of the tournament. Below, I detail each of these finals with their results:<\/p>
1936 (President of the Republic Cup): Madrid FC 2 – 1 FC Barcelona<\/strong>: In this edition, played before the Spanish Civil War, Real Madrid (known as Madrid FC during the republican era) won with goals from Eugenio and Lecue, while Escol\u00e1 scored for Bar\u00e7a.<\/li> \t 1968 (Generalissimo Cup): FC Barcelona 1 – 0 Real Madrid:<\/strong> Played at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u, Barcelona won with an own goal from Zunzunegui, achieving the title at the rival’s home.<\/li> \t 1974 (Generalissimo Cup): Real Madrid 4 – 0 FC Barcelona<\/strong>: At the Vicente Calder\u00f3n, Real Madrid thrashed with goals from Santillana, Rubi\u00f1\u00e1n, Aguilar, and Pirri, in a final dominated by the whites.<\/li> \t 1983 (King’s Cup): FC Barcelona 2 – 1 Real Madrid<\/strong>: In Zaragoza, Bar\u00e7a took the victory with goals from V\u00edctor Mu\u00f1oz and Marcos Alonso, while Santillana scored for the ‘merengue’.<\/li> \t 1990 (King’s Cup): FC Barcelona 2 – 0 Real Madrid<\/strong>: In Valencia, Barcelona won with goals from Guillermo Amor and Julio Salinas, in a final that consolidated their dominance at that time.<\/li> \t 2011 (King’s Cup): Real Madrid 1 – 0 FC Barcelona<\/strong>: At Mestalla, a goal from Cristiano Ronaldo in extra time gave the title to Real Madrid after a very contested match.<\/li> \t 2014 (King’s Cup): Real Madrid 2 – 1 FC Barcelona<\/strong>: Also at Mestalla, Real Madrid won with goals from \u00c1ngel Di Mar\u00eda and Gareth Bale, the latter with a memorable run; Marc Bartra had temporarily equalized for Bar\u00e7a.<\/li> <\/ol> \u26bdSummary of the Classics in the cup final:<\/strong><\/p> Finals played<\/strong>: 7<\/li> \t Victories of FC Barcelona<\/strong>: 3 (1968, 1983, 1990)<\/li> \t Victories of Real Madrid<\/strong>: 4 (1936, 1974, 2011, 2014)<\/li> <\/ul> These matchups reflect the intense rivalry between both clubs in the cup competition, with a slight historical favoritism for Real Madrid in direct finals (4-3). In this sense, the final on April 26 may allow Bar\u00e7a to equal the head-to-head against their eternal rival in cup finals<\/strong>, while also extending the lead in the historical record of the tournament. So far, the cul\u00e9s have 31 titles, 11 more than the ‘White House’.<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FC Barcelona has only lost 3 of its last 10 cup finals. 2 of them were against Real Madrid FC Barcelona advanced to the King’s Cup final this Wednesday thanks to a narrow victory over Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid (0-1). A goal from Ferran Torres in the 27th minute was enough for the team managed by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":347,"featured_media":4598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,446],"tags":[53,46,157],"class_list":["post-7598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-copa-del-rey","category-copa-del-rey-2","tag-el-clasico","tag-fc-barcelona-vs-real-madrid","tag-statistics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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