There will be a final. Real Madrid has confirmed that it will play in the Copa del Rey final: “The values of soccer must prevail.” Amidst all the controversy surrounding the team’s boycott of training, the press conference, and the official dinner, many were talking about a no-show for tonight’s match, but Madrid has confirmed that this option was never on the table.
With this confirmation, we won’t have to wait until May to see El Clásico again. Barça and Real Madrid will face each other in another final this season, after the Spanish Super Cup, which saw the Azulgranas emerge victorious. Today, Saturday, April 26, the two teams will meet at La Cartuja in search of the Copa del Rey title.
The match comes with Barcelona in top form, leading the Primera División table and qualified for the Champions League semifinals. Real Madrid, meanwhile, is clinging to the Copa del Rey final in order to forget its recent stumble in Europe against Arsenal.
It will be the 43rd final for Barça, who are the kings of the Cup, with 31 titles to their name, compared to 24 for Athletic Bilbao and 20 for Real Madrid, who have played in 40 Cup finals. Of the finals played by the Whites, seven have been against FC Barcelona. The balance is four wins for the Merengues and three for the Culés. So the match on the 26th will be the eighth final in which the eternal rivals will battle for the title.
Where to watch the Barça-Real Madrid Cup match?
The Cup final between Real Madrid and Barcelona, the eighth in which the two teams will face each other, will be followed around the world, and these are the options for watching the match:
Spain: Real Madrid-Barcelona, Copa del Rey Final, will be broadcast live on television on La 1, Movistar (channel 7 on Movistar Plus+ and channel 107 on Orange), RTVE Play, and TV3.
United States: The match will be broadcast on ESPN and ESPN+.
Mexico and Central America: The match will be broadcast on Sky Sports.
Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia: The match can be watched on DIRECTV and Disney Plus; Telecentro and Flow. In territories such as Chile and Peru, it will be broadcast by Movistar TV.