Over the next month, Real Madrid and Barcelona will meet three times. They face each other over two legs in the semifinal of the Copa del Rey, on Thursday and again, in the return game, on April 5. In the middle of those two matches, they meet at Camp Nou in what could be a critical LaLiga game on March 19.
Clasicos are always exhausting, emotionally charged affairs, but even more so when there are two trophies on the line. While Barca did thump Madrid in the Spanish Supercopa final last month, there's still a feeling Xavi Hernandez's team need to prove themselves against a Madrid side that won LaLiga and the Champions League last season.