Madrid: With essential Champions League activities emerging, Barcelona and Real Madrid may have done minus the disruption of playing one another twice in five days, beginning with a King's Cup semi-final 2nd leg on Tuesday. The 2 "Clasicos" - the 2nd a La Liga battle at the Bernabeu on Saturday - will give you rich entertainment for fans however they are relatively simple when compared with Barca's sport at home to AC Milan on March 12 and Real's match at Manchester United per week earlier. True Madrid could have midfielder Xabi Alonso and forward Karim Benzema back from minor injuries for King's Cup semi-final second leg at slots Barcelona, instructor Jose Mourinho said on Monday. Barcelona are still reeling after heading down 2-0 to Milan at the San Siro, although they fought back from the goal down for a 2-1 La Liga get at home to Sevilla. The pair missed Saturday's 2-1 return La Liga success at Deportivo La Coruna, when Mourinho initially left leading scorer Cristiano Ronaldo on the counter but brought him on in the second half to set up Gonzalo Higuain's late winner. The King's Cup is never a priority for Spain's dominant pair so long as they're still alive in Europe's elite team competition and the domestic league, and Real have all but given up on an additional consecutive Manhunter Liga name after moving 16 points behind leaders Barca with 13 games left. Barca remain reeling after going down 2-0 to Milan at the San Siro in Wednesday's last-16 first leg, although they picked themselves up and struggled back from a target down for a 2-1 La Liga win at home to Sevilla on Saturday. True, held to a draw by United at the Bernabeu On February 13, also originated from a target right down to get on Saturday, whipping base part Deportivo Manhunter Coruna 2-1 at the Riazor with Cristiano Ronaldo coming off the counter to set up Gonzalo Higuain for the winner. Associate Barca instructor Jordi Roura, standing in for Tito Vilanova who's dealing with throat surgery, recognized his players for adding Wednesday's shock opposite to their rear. "You may drop a match but the important thing is the reaction," he informed a news conference following the Sevilla game. "It was a very tough game and while we had the fit more under control," he added they scored against us. "But once again the staff rose to the event and showed the pride had a need to secure a critical success for the group plan. Their effect was splendid." Cup holders Barca have a small edge ahead of Real's trip to the Nou Camp, which will be the 224th assembly between the arch rivals in all contests, after they secured a draw at the Bernabeu in last month's first leg. Cesc Fabregas shot Barca forward five minutes after halftime and Raphael Varane nodded in a equaliser for Real seven minutes from the conclusion. True defeat Barca 1-0 to win the Cup in 2011 and They were eliminated by Barca in the last eight last phrase. The successful part after Tuesday's showdown will satisfy Atletico Madrid or Sevilla in May's ultimate. The couple meet at Sevilla's Sanchez Pizjuan ground on Wednesday with Atletico holding a 2-1 advantage from the first leg at the Calderon. Barca struggled to create scoring chances against both Milan and Sevilla, leading some to question their slavish adherence to a playing style and ask when faced with ultra-defensive edges if they had a highly effective "Plan B". They've also found it tough to keep a clean linen in recent excursions and Roura said it was something if they were to keep alive their hopes of a treble of trophies this term they needed seriously to increase. "It holds true that we're obtaining the odd issue in that sense and it's some thing to boost on, most importantly in our setting in defence," Roura said. "Obviously it concerns us and you want to improve that and other things," he added. Barca's World Player of the Entire Year Lionel Messi could equal the record goal tally for "Clasicos" of 18 held by former Real good Alfredo Di Stefano with a goal on Tuesday.
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