Gareth Bale scored one of the best goals
The Copa del Rey is to Madrid after Gareth Bale scored one of the best goals of his career to sink Barcelona.
Barcelona was too slow, narrow and predictable in its efforts to breach Real Madrid’s defense, and it didn’t defend well enough — both individually and collectively — to stop their speedy opponents. Each team won three of six previous meetings in the Copa del Rey final. Real Madrid now stands ahead of its rival. The Copa del Rey triumph will boost Real Madrid’s spirit as it chases bigger prizes, namely La Liga and the Champions League. Barcelona was teetering on the brink of crisis coming into the game, having slipped in the league and suffered elimination from the Champions League in the last seven days. Wednesday’s result could consign Barcelona to a trophy-less season and seal Martino’s fate. The embattled Barcelona head coach is losing the fans’ support and defeat in “El Clasico final” could cost him the goodwill of Barcelona’s players and hierarchy.
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