Barca draw Real in Copa Del Rey El Clásico

Barcelona has again drawn Real Madrid in the 2012|13 version of the Copa Del Rey. Both teams will slug it out in a two legged affair beginning hostilities on 27^th January when Real welcomes Barcelona to the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu on Wednesday January 27 at 20:00 hrs.

Real secured a semi-final berth with Barcelona after seeing off Valencia on a 3 – 1 goal aggregate. Real Madrid’s (1-1) second leg encounter with Valencia was marred by a finger injury to captain Iker Casillas which will see the Spanish captain miss out on both encounters while his expected 6 – week recovery elapses.

Barcelona who earlier last week drew 2 – 2 with in-form team Malaga produced a spectacular performance to see off Los Boquerones 4 – 2 Thursday evening and going through on 6 – 4 aggregate.

The Real – Barca rivalry will again display fireworks from arguably the best players on the planet on either side of the divide.

The other semi-final will pitch Falcao’s  Atletico Madrid against Sevilla.