El Clasico Showdown: 2025 Copa del Rey Highlights & Recap

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00:00Let's go to Spain because the superclásico, el clásico más famoso del mundo.

00:05Barcelona contra el Real Madrid en un torneo, in a tournament that, my God,

00:10it is one of the classic ones in Spanish football, La Copa del Rey.

00:15What were your impressions of this game?

00:17I think I just have one name to shout out with this whole game.

00:21Lamin Yamal, he is always proving that just because he's young doesn't mean he can't play good.

00:27He is making these defenders act like they're at the same level as him,

00:32and he's only been here in the Pro Leagues for a few years.

00:36Two assists, one to Pedri and one to Ferran to tie it up.

00:41And, I mean, with this game, we were able to see some amazing goals.

00:44This game was super back and forth between the two teams.

00:46El clásico is never just el clásico.

00:50And with the stakes of it being a Copa del Rey final,

00:54it's just making it even more tense than it usually is.

00:56I mean, we're going to be seeing this game again, May 11th,

01:00and that's just for the league.

01:01But, you know, Real Madrid, three points behind Barcelona, have a lot to prove.

01:07And especially with this game, they want to go at it even with more force.

01:12I mean, Barcelona is hunting for the treble.

01:16And that game against Real Madrid will, you know,

01:18will be critical for them to win if they want to win La Liga.

01:23Alex, let's break down the game little by little.

01:25Of course, Jamal was the star of the show.

01:28He continues to be.

01:29We talked earlier in the show with Nick and Chiba about his performance in Champions League.

01:34A hundred games, 17 years old.

01:37Do you think that there's other players that are making him shine when he's playing for Barcelona?

01:43I mean, I think that he has a team that's really helping him out with Rafinha being one of them.

01:49I mean, he has 50 games and 53 goal contributions in every tournament.

01:55So he's just been doing amazing.

01:57And that's obviously helping Lamin because Lamin is being able to get that confidence with the team being such in good shape.

02:04Self-confidence is something that Lamin and Jamal does not have an issue with.

02:07Now, let's talk about another Clásico that happened this weekend.

02:11I know that you are proudly wearing the Boca jersey.

02:15En las buenas y en las malas.

02:17Alex, they lost the Super Clásico.

02:19A tough loss as visitors to one River, Las Gachinas.

02:25Alex, what is your feeling?

02:27What is happening with Boca?

02:28Boca has been eliminated from Libertadores.

02:30Have been eliminated from Copa Argentina.

02:33And now they lose quite, you know, almost at the end of the season when the teams have to be playing at their best.

02:39They lose the Super Clásico.

02:41Alex, tell me, what's happening with Boca Juniors?

02:45Honestly, I'm not too worried.

02:47I think that their main priority this season has been the league.

02:50And it's showing because they are first in the table.

02:53River on the other side of their league.

02:56They're third right now.

02:57So they can't do much talking.

02:59I mean, I know they won the game.

03:00It happens, you know, they had the home advantage and there's not much you can do about it.

03:06If it was in the Bombonera, different story that ese ambiente no se puede igualar.

03:14There were consequences to this game.

03:17Fernando Gago, the coach, has been dismissed.

03:20He's no longer Boca Juniors coach.

03:23Do you think this is going to affect Boca Juniors as they go into the playoffs?

03:28I mean, probably.

03:29I think that this could have a negative effect on them just because they've been so used to him with this whole season.

03:36But maybe, you know, the owners of Roman Riquelme might have a different view on it.

03:44He might be wanting them to be more, not just league-focused, but tournament-focused as well.

03:49Because, you know, obviously, as you said, being knocked out of these two big tournaments in Argentina and in Copa Libertadores, it's no joke.

03:58So they need to be fixing their focus onto the bigger tournaments.

04:04And not just that, but, you know, fixing the dynamic of the team to have that more consistent energy and playing all these games.

04:13So, let's see.

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