Amr Ebeid (Cairo)
The “El Clasico” enjoys great interest, as usual, by most international newspapers, Italian, Portuguese and even English, which reported some general news about the Barcelona and Real Madrid confrontation, in the second leg of the King’s Cup semi-final in Spain, but the “firefight” remains different on the covers of the Spanish press. , where the two sides, the Catalans and Madrid, exchanged flaming headlines, awaiting the outcome of the decisive night confrontation in a completely different Spanish season.
And “Mundo Deportivo” urged her team, Barcelona, to deal a “knockout blow” to its rivals, Real Madrid, in the “El Clasico” tonight, and said that “Barca” can today topple the “royal” out of the last local championship that it can win this season, especially after the victory Barcelona to go with a goal without a response, while indicating that the “Al-Merenji” will fight to win at any cost, to prevent Xavi from achieving the first “double” with the “Blaugrana”.
Of course, the “Remontada dream” defeated the AS newspaper, which confirmed that Real is stubbornly stubborn before tonight’s meeting and insists on achieving a return, and beating Barcelona in its own backyard, and quoted coach Ancelotti’s statements in which he said that it is the turn of the “royal” to achieve victory now, while I went out Xavi’s comments are calm, to release pressure on his opponent by saying that “Real” is still able to qualify.
And while “Marca” described the match as a “final” and not a semi-final, especially the fiery special confrontation that brought together Lewandowski and Benzema, the two top scorers in Spanish football this season, “Sport” wrote that the confrontation is not just a match in the cup championship, but is bigger and deeper than that. Much, because Barcelona wants to reach the cup final, to confirm that Spanish football is preparing for a “new phase” that will witness the return of the powerful “Barca”. Xavi also acknowledged that his team and its stars are “hungry” for championships, and that the “Negrera issue” never affects the dressing room!
Away from the upcoming “El Clasico”, all English newspapers paid attention to the negative draw that occurred between Chelsea and Liverpool in the postponed match between them, and “The Times” saw that the matter was not much different with regard to the “Blues”, which was absent from its dismissed coach, Potter, just as it was absent from him. Goals also last night, and I was interested in the news of the contacts that took place between Chelsea officials and coaches, Nagelsmann and Enrique, in the context of preparing reports and analyzes of the 4 candidates to lead the team as soon as possible.
In turn, Mirror said that the negative tie revealed the “Blues” need for a strong striker, which the team paid for in that match against Liverpool, who was also in “not good” condition, according to the newspaper’s description, while it dealt with interest in the warning statements of the Dutchman Ten Hag. In the faces of Manchester United players, the need to always have the desire to win, otherwise the departure will be the price!
In Italy, La Gazzetta wrote about the “confusing battle” that took place between Juventus and Inter Milan in the first leg of the local cup semi-final, which ended in a fatal draw and a massive quarrel, leaving behind 3 expulsions, including the owner of the last goal, Lukaku, whose signal provoked the fans and players of “Mrs. On the other hand, the image of the legendary Cristiano Ronaldo topped the covers of Portuguese newspapers, as Ogogo wrote about the overwhelming victory and the last double in the Saudi League, and Record expressed her fascination with Ronaldo, who reached 11 goals with victory in the league.
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