Copa del Rey semifinal

Villareal is once again in another semifinal of a cup competition and getting there hasn't been easy, they have been in semifinals of Champions League, UEFA cup and Europa League before, but never reached the final.

Maybe is time to get there, but they have to face a big problem, Barcelona. Just a month ago, Barcelona was facing a “crisis” with rumors of manager Luis Enrique not getting along with Lionel Messi, transfer ban, and so forth.

So, Barcelona may have their problems, but most of the teams will be happy to have such problems if they could call on players like Messi, Neymar and Suarez.

Barcelona has won the cup more than anyone, 26 times, but they have failed to do so since 2012 and even more worrying for Villarreal, Barcelona will face Levante at home next weekend, an easy match so they have no reason to rest their top players.

Villareal has been playing well even on their defeat at Barcelona in La Liga just two weeks ago, they played hard and had their chances to win the match.

In the other side of the pitch, Barcelona’s defense has been less than stellar lately, in the last three matches they have allowed six goals, but they have scored 11 in the same amount of fixtures. So the big key for the match is trying to stop the front line from scoring 3 or more goals.

Barcelona’s manager Luis Enrique already said that winning is the key of this match and that he is not worried about keeping a clean sheet, so if Villarreal can end the match with a draw of even lose for just one goal they will feel that they have a chance to move forward to the final.

But a defeat for 3-1 or 4-1 in this match will most likely end the Villarreal’s dream to be in a final. They haven’t beaten Barcelona since 2008, so a victory and with more than a goal advantage is difficult to imagine.

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