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This Wednesday\u2019s meeting 9:00 PM (CET) has thrown up a number of curiosities that were review here: <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Real Madrid v FC Barcelona in the Cup. Did you know…….. Bar\u00e7a and Madrid have met eighteen times in the knockout tournament, including some finals….. They have won three each of their six meetings in […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faithirabor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faithirabor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faithirabor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faithirabor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faithirabor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.faithirabor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faithirabor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faithirabor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faithirabor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
-The first Cl\u00e1sico<\/a> ever was played right at the start of the century in what was called the Copa Coronaci\u00f3n<\/b>, the first ever national championship of any kind, held in 1902. Bar\u00e7a beat the recently formed Madrid FC (the \u2018Real\u2019 prefix would not be added until later) in the semi final of the five-team competition staged in the capital to celebrate the coronation of Alfonso XIII.
-This will be the seventh time that the clubs have met in the semi finals. The balance is set to tip one way or the other, for to date, each side has qualified for the final three times after meeting their biggest rivals in the last four.
-The record is also level regarding final appearances, with three wins from the six meetings so far.
-Overall, the clubs have met 31 times<\/b>. FCB have won 15 times, Madrid ten, and there have been 6 draws.
-They also met in last season\u2019s edition, but in the quarter finals. Bar\u00e7a went through after winning 2-1 at the Bernab\u00e9u<\/b> and then drawing 2-2 at the Camp Nou.
-The goalscoring record in these matches is also very tight. Bar\u00e7a have a very slight lead with 63 goals compared to Madrid\u2019s 59<\/b>.
-The tournament has changed names several times over the years. What was originally called the Copa Coronaci\u00f3n would then become the Copa de Alfons XIII, and at another time the Copa Pr\u00edncipe (\u2018Prince\u2019s Cup\u2019). Eight of the Bar\u00e7a v Madrid matches were played under the dictatorship, when it was named the Copa del General\u00edsimo, and since Franco\u2019s death the tournament has been known by its present name of the Copa del Rey (\u2018King\u2019s Cup\u2019), in which time the rival clubs have crossed paths six times.
-At the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u, Bar\u00e7a have lost three times, won four and drawn one.
-At the Camp Nou<\/b> they also have a positive record, with seven wins, two draws and just two losses<\/p>\n