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El Clasico set for the CDR final
Real Madrid and Barcelona will face each other in another CDR final.
After our win vs La Real, I came across the following tweet:
Read again what is written under part 4.
This is always true with Ancelotti. Either you destroy his Real Madrid in the first hour of the game or you have no chance.
He will find a way to knock you out of the Champions League.
Minimal advantages are not enough. https://t.co/oLSgmfkyil
— La Saeta Rubia (@LSR_RM) March 14, 2025
If the following is true, it looks like the players also believe it:
This report from Sanchez is interesting for another reason. It is basically suggesting Real Madrid players do not believe they can win the game in the first 60 mins. In other words, they can only win against this Barca if they “survive” the first hour.
Per reports, Cesar Soto Grado is the favorite to ref the CDR final.
The complicated schedule ahead
With our path settled in the CDR, we will play against Barcelona twice in 15 days. The schedule gets though if we knock Arsenal out of the UCL. Take a look on the simplified version of the calendar:
- April 08: Arsenal – UCL QF 1st leg – Away
- April 16: Arsenal – UCL QF 2nd leg – Home
- April 26: Barcelona – CDR final – Estadio de La Cartuja in Seville
- April 29 or 30 – possible UCL SF 1st leg
- May 6 or 7: TBD – possible UCL SF 2nd leg
- May 11: Barcelona – LL – Away
- May 31: possible UCL final
Their schedule is also complicated:
This is Barça’s third game in about five days and the third of nine games they’ll play in just 20 days. If they don’t collapse during this run, we might just have to accept that it’s over.
— Jules Winnfield, PhD. (@MLGY23) April 2, 2025
