XI combined: Barcelona against Real Madrid

Barcelona will welcome real Madrid at camp Nou Wednesday night for the first stage of their Copa del Rey semi final.

Barcelona has won the competition in each of the past four years and has been present in all but one of the last eight finals.

The Spanish champions will take part in the match after a 2-2 draw against Valencia in the championship on Saturday, while Madrid continue their impressive streak with a 3-0 home win against Alaves.

Both teams have injury concerns ahead of the game, but some of the biggest stars in the world will be on display at Camp Nou.

Right here, Sports mole selected the best team of both teams, using only the players available for this week's game The clbadic.

Jasper Cillessen If it had been fit, the match would have been played between the sticks of Barcelona, ​​but the Dutchman will miss a muscle injury. Therefore, Marc-André Ter Stegen will play in the Copa del Rey for the first time this season. Madrid has two excellent goalkeepers in the form of Thibaut Courtois and Keylor Navasbut Ter Stegen has raised his performances to a higher level this season and the German international has been hailed by this team.

The defense is difficult to take into account the available players. This does not mean that both back legs have been waterproof this season, but there are some big names that have to be left out. MarceloThe lack of form this season means that the left back is simple with Jordi Alba enjoying an excellent countryside. Meanwhile, the Los Blancos defender Dani Carvajal gets the nod on the Barcelona pair Sergi Roberto and Nelson Semedo on the other side of the pack because none have been too impressive this season.

Raphael Varane is remarkable but his lack of consistency this season is that the French misses the central defense. Clément Lenglet played a lot of football for Barcelona this term because of the lack of Samuel Umtitibut Gerard spades was again the outstanding central defender of his team. Beside him is sitting Sergio Ramos, who has scored 10 goals from the back this season and is currently in top form for the European champion.

It would be fair to say that Toni Kroos has not been at his best for Madrid this season and the German international misses this eleventh. Luka Modric done, but he is the only figure of Los Blancos in the three power plants. Indeed, join the Croatian couple are Barcelona Sergio Busquets and Ivan Rakitic. Arthur, Arturo Vidal and Casemiro all deserve to be mentioned, but we are pleased with the central place of Modric, Busquets and Rakitic in this team.

Further, Gareth BaleInjury problems mean that it's easy to leave the Welsh out. Vinicius Junior has been notable for Madrid in recent weeks, but he is simply ruled out of this XI because of the shape of his teammate Karim Benzema, who scored his 18th goal of the season in Sunday's 3-0 win over Alaves. At the same time, Benzema has scored four goals in four Copa del Rey matches and is currently in a fantastic form for the champions of Europe.

Alongside Benzema, the top three are Barcelona. Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi. Suarez has scored 16 goals in 29 appearances this season, while Messi has scored 29 times in 27 games in all competitions. Argentina was considered a doubt for this match because of a problem in the thigh, but it should start and close what would be a formidable starting eleven on the current form.

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