Elche - Real Madrid 0: 0 (Half 1)

Live in Sport 4: The Blancos have lined up for the Copa del Rey match without Benzema and Courtois, but on the bench sits Bale.

At 22:30: Barcelona without Dembele is hosted in Bilbao

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20/01/2022

Thursday, 20 January 2022, 20:00 Updated: 20:16

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Eight days after the fascinating Clasico between them, which after the victory in which Real Madrid continued to win the Super Cup, the Blancos and Barcelona returned to Spain and tonight (Thursday) play in the Spanish King's Cup.

Real Madrid are currently hosted by Elche (Sport 4), while the Catalans will play away against Athletic Bilbao at 22:30 (Sport 4).

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Elche - Real Madrid 0: 0

Carlo Ancelotti's team celebrated their first title of the season earlier this week and it stands on a streak of four wins in all competitions, starting in the previous round of the Copa del Rey with 1: 3 over Alciano.

Now the Blancos hope to continue in a row against Elche, who will also be their rival on Sunday in the league.

Real is missing the injured Marco Asensio, Danny Carvajal who is positive for the suspended Corona and Adar Militau, while Karim Benzema was not included in the squad and so is Thibaut Courtois, so between the posts is Andrei Lunin, in the 11th also Marcelo and Eduardo Camavinga and in the attack opened Yubohari.

However, Tony Cross and Vinicius Jr., among others, retained their place in the 11th.

On the bench are waiting for the opportunity Isco, Eden Hazard and also Gareth Bale who has been a partner in only three games this season - has not played in any game since August due to injuries.

A clear ultimatum to Dembele.

Xavi (Photo: Reuters)

Athletic Bilbao - Barcelona (22:30, Sport 4)

Barça are currently busy with Osman Dembele's future more than aspirations to retain the trophy title and secure a ticket to next season's Champions League, after the Frenchman's agent made it clear to club leaders that the player would leave for free in the summer if he did not accept the terms Years with a cumulative salary of 200 million euros, in addition to 20 million euros in bonuses and another signing grant of 20 million.

Xavi addressed the burning issue at the press conference ahead of Bilbao: "The situation with Dembele is complex and difficult. Either he will extend his contract, or we will have to find a solution. Tomorrow we will decide. I can not give him more confidence. His hand is on the top and he has to decide. I also wonder how He may say he wants to renew the contract, but the agent said what he said yesterday. Dembele told me he wanted to continue.I'm not disappointed with him. "

The Blaugrana will meet tomorrow the team that lost in the Super Cup final and lost the same title, but mostly it will be a rematch of last year's King's Cup final, in which Barcelona won 0: 4.

This season, the teams met in the second round of the league and parted ways 1-1 at San Mames.

Barça will only be missing the injured Sergi Roberto and Eric Garcia, with Martin Braithwaite likely to return to the squad.

Memphis Depay is not 100% fit, according to Xavi, but is expected to sign up for a game in which the coach will have to decide who will open at the front: Remember, Anso Patti returned from a Clasico injury and also scored, while Fran Torres made his debut at the time , So in light of the situation of the attacking players it is quite possible that Locke de Jong will open at the edge once again.

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