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Sevilla Robbed For Fixed Barcelona vs Real Madrid Copa Del Rey Final?

Angela Asante, February 3 2011,
Controversy surrounded Real Madrid’s semi-final tie against Sevilla and Los Nervionense feel they were robbed. So was the Barcelona vs Real Madrid Copa del Rey final meeting fixed in truth?

Kanoute and the rest of his Sevilla team mates missed out on the Copa del Rey final. Were they robbed or just unlucky?

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In the first leg of their semi-final fixture against Sevilla, Real Madrid imposed themselves thanks to Karim Benzema’s solitary strike. But was the Frenchman’s goal really the only one in the game? Well, Luis Fabiano appeared to have clinched an equalizer at a point in the game but the referee decided to disallow the goal.

Was the call a right one? Did Raul Albiol deserve all the credits for making such a crucial wonder-block? “Was it over” debates instantly hit the net and Live Soccer TV gives you another chance to look at the incident. See the video below of Luis Fabiano’s disallowed goal against Real Madrid: 

 

 

 

Sevilla's coach is gutted - his team lost out to Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey.
Something similar occurred on Wednesday night at the Santiago Bernabeu as the second leg got under way. Sevilla’s Negredo got a goal cancelled and the play-by-play commentary that featured on Goal.com India read:

“10’ – Alvaro Negredo manages to get through on goal for Sevilla and very smartly lobs Iker Casillas because but the Spaniard is very unlucky as he is wrongly flagged as offside.” 

The tie was still very much undecided as Real Madrid were only holding a 1-0 advantage. But in the final 10 minutes of the match, Los Blancos found their way through with Mesut Özil and Emmanuel Adebayor’s scoring a goal each to round up their side’s 3-0 aggregate victory over Sevilla.

From there, it was impossible for the Nervionense to find a way back. Real Madrid had booked their tickets for a mouth-watering Copa del Rey final meeting against arch-rivals Barcelona. Expressing his disappointment at the officiating, beaten coach Gregorio Manzano spoke about Negredo’s goal which was wrongly ruled out for offside. The Sevilla boss was quoted as saying by Marca:

“We raised our level of performance as we hoped that we would open the scoring. He team did a great job by pushing the opposition to its limits.

“But to me, it seemed like Negredo’s goal was valid – and this could have changed the tie. The story could have been different.

“But it happened that we didn’t score a goal that stood and our opposition took advantage of that. Their second goal was only to secure the passage to the final.”

Actually, the Copa del Rey’s Barcelona vs Real Madrid final will not only present a special opportunity for football fans to enjoy yet another El Clasico encounter. For Barca supporters, it will be all about once again showing the Spanish giants who the master is. For Real Madrid, it will be a priceless opportunity – not only to win the Copa del Rey title for the first time since 1993, but to also take revenge on the Catalans for all the recent epic failures which they have suffered against them.

Who is to blame for Sevilla's Copa del Rey semi-final fiasco? Watch out for Barcelona vs Real Madrid next up!Above all, however, April's Barcelona vs Real Madrid Copa del Rey final will be a celebration of the beautiful game of football and this fixture should definitely boost the sport’s business in Spain like around the world. Certainly, a Barcelona-Sevilla cup final would never attract as much attention as an El Clasico meeting.

So is this one of the major reasons why controversial officiating seems to have helped Real Madrid to reach the Copa del Rey final? Do Sevilla only have themselves to blame for failing to reach the final or was their hard work not necessary in truth as the Barcelona vs Real Madrid cup clash may have been fixed anyways?


 

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