The Copa del Rey will return on Thursday, and following victories over High speed trains, Ceuta, and La Sociedad, Barça will play Real Madrid in a Clásico semi-final, the opening leg kicking off at 9 p.m. CET at Santiago Bernabéu.
If you are unable to see the game, or if you wish to supplement your watching with additional information, don’t forget that our Match Center on the Club’s official website provides comprehensive coverage of the event, including live updates from the field and post-match reactions.
In addition, you will find our minute-by-minute daily updates, a link for listen to live English commentary on Radio Barca, and a great deal more to keep you interested!
Thursday, March 2nd
The American Continents
- Canada (Vancouver 12.00pm, Montréal 3.00pm)
- USA (Los Angeles 12.00pm, Nyc 3.00pm)
- ESPN+
- The countries of Mexico, Central America, and the Dominican Republic (Mexico City 2.00pm, Panama 3.00pm, Dominican Republic 4.00pm)
- Caribbean Sky (Jamaica 3.00pm, Bahamas 4.00pm, French Guiana 5.00pm)
- South America (Peru, Colombia 3.00pm, Chile, Brazil (Brasilia), Venezuela 4.00pm, Argentina 5.00pm)
- Star + (Brazil), Direct TV (Spanish speaking countries)
Europe.
- UK and Irish (8.00pm)
- Portugal (8.00pm)
- Spain (9.00pm)
- Movistar + France (9.00pm)
- L’Equipe Online, Molotov, L’Equipe, Free
- Belgium and Luxembourg (9.00pm)
- Netherlands 9.00pm)
- Norway (9.00pm)
- VG+ Sweden (9.00pm) and Finland (10.00pm)
- Sport Bladet Play Denmark (9.00pm)
- Germany, Austria, and Italy on TV2 Sport (9.00pm)
- Switzerland (9 p.m.), Poland (9 p.m.), Czech Republic, and Slovakia (9 p.m.) (9.00pm)
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1 Sport Cz/Sk
Hungary (9.00pm)
2 Sport Hungary
- Balkan Republics (9.00pm)
- Arena Sport, Moja TV Albania (9.00pm) Baltic Republics, Belarusian and Moldovan (10.00pm)
- Ukraine (10.00pm)\sRomania (10.00pm)
- Digi Online, Digi Sports 3 Romania
- Bulgaria (10.00pm) Greece (10.00pm) Cosmote Sport Cyprus (10.00pm)
- Israel (at 10 p.m.) Sport 3
- Russia (Moscow 11.00pm) (Moscow 11.00pm)
- Football, score 2; matchtv.ru
- Caucasus Region (12.00am)
Africa
- Middle Africa (Morocco 9.00pm, Egypt 10.00pm)
- Bein Sub-Saharan Africa (Senegal, Ghana 8.00pm, Nigeria, Cameroon 9.00pm, South Africa, Zambia 10.00pm, Addis Ababa 11.00pm)
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Star Times Asia
- Arab nations and Iran (Mecca 11 p.m., Iran 11 p.m.) Oman 12.00am)
- Central Asia bein (Afghanistan 1.00am, Kazakhstan 2.00am, Uzbekistan 1.00am)
- Setanta\s(Plus UzReport in Ukbekistan, Voot and MTV in Afghanistan) (Plus UzReport in Ukbekistan, Voot and MTV in Afghanistan)
Friday, March 3rd
- The Indian continent (Pakistan 1.00am, India 1.30am, Bangladesh 2.00am)
- The region comprising Southeast Asia (Cambodia 3.00am, Philippines 4.00am)
- Myanmar (3.00am)
- Thailand (3.00am)
- Vietnam (3.00am)
- Indonesia (Jakarta, 3.00am) (Jakarta, 3.00am)
- Mongolia (4.00am)\sChina (4.00am)
- Republic of Korea (5.00am)
- Japan (5.00am)
Oceania
- Australia (Perth 4.00am, Sydney 7.00am) (Perth 4.00am, Sydney 7.00am)
- The country of New Zealand (9.00am)
Real Madrid Against Barcelona: Head-To-Head
The Jan 2023 Supercopa de Espaa match at King Fahd International Field in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was really the 251st professional Clasico, although Madrid and Barca had played 34 more times in friendlies and some other non-competitive matches.
The entire head-to-head record of matches between the clubs has been extremely close, with Real holding achievements in competitive outings and Barcelona having the upper hand when exhibition encounters are included.
Copa de la League and Supercopa de Espaa are included under “Other Competitions.” Excluded are preseason friendlies and exhibition matches.
Away from competition, the sample group is considerably lower. There have been a total of 34 exhibition matches between the two teams over the years, with Barça winning 20 of them. Real had only four victories, whereas there have been ten draws.
After Barça hired Pep Guardiola as their manager in the summertime of 2008, their fortunes began to improve.
Barca scored 13 of the 18 Clasicos played in La Liga after Guardiola’s arrival, drew four, and lost six. They also won the Champions League semi-final in 2010-11, which marked the first time the two clubs met in that tournament since 2002.
Guardiola’s absence from the dugout and the departure of Lionel Messi, a seven-time Ballon d’Or winner, have hampered the Blaugrana, but they remain intensely competitive & continue to vie for big trophies with old rivals.
Barcelona Versus Real Madrid: Trophy Cases
Barca’s recent spell of success has allowed them to surpass their competitors in terms of the number of trophies in their trophy cabinets, but Madrid still leads La Liga by a wide margin.
The Blancos hold the Spanish record with 34 league titles, eight more than the Blaugrana. They also hold a commanding lead in the League Cup, with 13 titles to Barca’s five.
Real won the European Cup (now so the Europa League) two, while Barcelona won the UEFA Champions League’ Cup the most times with four victories. The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which later became the UEFA Cup, was won by Barcelona three times prior to UEFA’s organisational takeover.
“Champions League” encompasses European Cup victories, whereas “Europa League” encompasses UEFA Cup victories.
Barcelona have claimed the Copa del Rey twelve times more often than Madrid, and their recent strength can be shown in the fact that they’re not far behind in Club World Cups, a competition that began in 2000.
Again, a closer examination of more recent history reveals a more favourable portrait of Barcelona.
Since the 1990-91 campaign, they had won La Liga 16 times compared to 10 for Madrid. Barca has won the European championship 5 times within a comparable time frame, whereas Madrid has won it six times.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, English, Italian, and German teams dominated continentally, but the disparity in the European records of the Clasico rivals may be linked to the 2 decades preceding that era.
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Conclusion
In the initial periods of something like the European Cup, Madrid dominated, winning it five consecutive years between 1956 through 1960 in addition to winning it in 1966. They also dominating La Liga, capturing it 18 times compared to Barca’s five between 1950 and 1980.
