Fútbol Club Barcelona and Real Madrid will play the passage to the final of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday. The blaugrana team has the advantage after a 0-1 victory in the first leg at the Santiago Bernabéu. In addition, they are morally better after winning the white team in the last three Clásicos.
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The Barça, awaiting Van Jong
For this match, Xavi has Pedri, Dembélé and Christensen absent due to injury and Frenkie de Jong is a serious doubter and also aims to be absent and unavailable for the match. So it looks like Gavi will play as a winger again and Busquets, Sergi Roberto and Kessié will be in midfield.
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Rüdiger, doubt for Camp Nou
In turn, Ancelotti has the loss of Ferland Mendy and the doubt of Antonio Rüdiger. The German suffered some discomfort last Saturday and missed the game against Valladolid. The Italian will have to decide whether to bet on the ex-Chelsea player or on David Alaba who returned against the Pucelano side this Sunday.
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RTVE will publicly broadcast the semi-finals
After the division of the television rights for this season, it was certain that RTVE would bid 15 matches in open of the total of the matches of the Copa del Rey. In concrete terms, two matches from each round can be seen on the public channel, as well as the four semi-finals, both in the first leg and in the second leg. And of course, the Grand final of the tournament.
increase income
The Copa del Rey, as announced a few months ago by the RFEF in a official statementyou can even reach an income before the sale that will exceed 120 million euros national and international rights of the King’s Cup. The RFEF reports that this increase has almost tripled in this regard compared to years ago, stating that it previously received 15 million per season and now the average of these next three courses is likely to exceed, with sales in international markets, the amount of 40 million euros.
The Copa del Rey, also on Movistar+
The RFEF has also decided that Movistar+ will be allocated part of the match catalog for His Majesty the King’s Cup. For this reason, the platform, together with RTVE, broadcasts the cup competition up to and including the 2024-2025 season. For example, Movistar Plus+ has the rights to at least 55 matches per season: 45 of which are exclusive.
For example, the company will almost exclusively broadcast the matches of many rounds. And they have the rights to the semi-finals and the final. although these last two rounds, it is already known, they will have to share with RTVE.
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