Barcelona and Real Madrid cut the bar of their three meetings

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Barcelona and Real Madrid cut the bar of their three meetings

Barcelona and Real will start the first part of a three-way match over the next three weeks when they will meet tomorrow in the semi-finals of the Spain Cup, due to doubts about the participation of Lionel Messi.

The Argentinian was a victim of muscle fatigue during Barcelona's 2-2 win over Valencia last Saturday. He was long seen off the field for treatment, but ended the match in which he scored two goals, including one from a penalty kick.

Messi missed his team's training on Monday and his coach, Ernesto Valverde, did not reveal the extent of the injury. "Messi suffers from a slight malaise, we have to wait to see what the doctors are going to tell us," he said.

The semi-finals of the Cup will take place at Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium between the two teams, who will meet for the second leg on the 27th of this month at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, then in the second division on the 2nd March in the same stadium.

Both teams found themselves in the league at Camp Nou and Barcelona won 5-1 in the absence of Messi, who had his arm broken.

After losing the final of the 2013-2014 season to Real Madrid (1-2), Barcelona have monopolized the title of the Cup in the last four seasons and reached the semi-finals of the current version at the expense of Seville .

Real Madrid beat Girona 4-2, 3-1.

Real, who has won his last five games in all competitions, has scored 16 goals, or 3.1 goals per game. The French Karim Benzema, who has found the meaning of the goal, and the young Fenercius Jr., 18, the candidate of his first Clasico.

Real Madrid's main defender Rafael Faran and Daniel Carbajal will miss the match.

Source: agencies