Real Madrid visited the Nou Camp last night in the return leg of the Copa del Rey. Despite the criticisms levelled at the after last week’s defeat – or perhaps because of them – Madrid came on fighting and for much of the match it looked like they might be able to make up for their first leg loss and beat Barça at the Nou Camp. In the end it was Jose Mourinho’s best result against Barcelona.

Naturally Barça’s players were delighted. According to Goal.com:

Barcelona midfielder Xavi has expressed his delight with his side’s Copa del Rey Rey quarter-final victory over Real Madrid, and admitted the Blaugrana really suffered against the Santiago Bernabeu outfit.

Read “Barcelona’s Xavi: Real Madrid are a superb team but we won the tie” at Goal.com

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FC Barcelona cruised to victory against Real Madrid on Saturday night with a 3-1 win. According to Xinhua:
A win for Madrid would have left them six points clear of Barca with a game in hand and Jose Mourinho’s side got a perfect start when Karim Benzema scored after 25 seconds following a poor clearance from [...]

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