Barcelona - Betis 0:0 (1st half) - voila! sport

After Real Madrid secured their place in the final at the end of a penalty shootout against Valencia, the semi-final of the Spanish Supercopa continues tonight (Thursday, 21:00, Sport2) with the game of Barcelona who want a Clasico in the final.

Whoever stands in her way holds the cup, piloted by Manuel Pellegrini.

The team from Hebal Andalucía is enjoying a very good season so far and qualified for the top 4 in the last round following the victory over Rayo Vallecano and the loss of Atlético Madrid to the same Barcelona.

On the other hand, Xavi hopes that the tournament in Saudi Arabia will end with his first title as Barcelona coach.

On the way to the Clasico in the final?

Lewandowski (Photo: GettyImages, Alex Caparros)

The head-to-head balance between the teams should worry Betis, who have lost 15 of the last 18 meetings against the Catalans.

But the last victory was really not long ago, a little over a year ago 0:1 at Camp Nou from Juanmi's winning goal.

Xavi again benefited from the services of Robert Lewandowski, who is only suspended from the league games, while Jordi Alba, who was sidelined for the victory over Atletico, also started on the left side of the defense.

Rafinha who was not included in the lineup against the Colchoneros this time is in the 11, as well as the scorer of the winning goal Ousmane Dembele and Frankie de Jong.

For Dembele and Rafinha, this is their first joint appearance in the starting line-up since the El Clasico loss in October, while four players who started against Atlético dropped to the bench - Alex Balde, Andreas Christensen, Sergio Busquets and Anso Fati.

Pellegrini came up with a strong lineup with Borja Iglesias and Nabil Fakir in attack.

Juan Miranda, formerly of Barcelona, ​​stepped up as left-back after Alex Moreno was sold to Aston Villa this week.

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