Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez warned his team on Tuesday that their <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/third-tier-intercity-push-barcelona-all-the-way-in-copa-del-rey-23263926" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Copa del Rey </a>semi-final opponents Real Madrid would be coming to wage a &ldquo;footballing war&rdquo; at Camp Nou.&nbsp;
The Catalans hold a 1-0 lead from the first leg and have beaten their rivals in each of the last three Clasicos. &ldquo;It doesn&rsquo;t mean anything that we have won the last three Clasicos, tomorrow is another footballing war,&rdquo; Xavi told reporters.&nbsp;
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&ldquo;They will be out for revenge, they will come here hurt, they have lost the last three. They will come here wounded, I am sure.&rdquo; <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/amp/sports/football/article/big-wins-for-barcelona-real-madrid-23278835" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Barcelona</a> will be without four injured key players in Pedri, Ousmane Dembele, Frenkie de Jong and Andreas Christensen.&nbsp;
&ldquo;Madrid come tomorrow and they can beat you perfectly well&mdash;they can against any team. They have a lot of experience, they are used to mounting comebacks. They are still favourites for me. We were better in the league game and in the Super Cup, but we weren&rsquo;t in the first leg,&rdquo; said Xavi.&nbsp;
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&ldquo;[I predict] an aggressive Madrid, who want to take the ball off us, pressing us. We need to have a lot of personality tomorrow to keep the ball,&rdquo; added Xavi.
Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti said his team will try to keep cool heads as they bid to overturn a 1-0 deficit. &ldquo;The idea is not to go crazy to try and score a goal,&rdquo; said Madrid coach Ancelotti. &ldquo;The idea is to play a complete game, with and without the ball.&rdquo;
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Barcelona boss Xavi insists Madrid are favourites in semi-final 2nd leg at Nou Camp despite losing last three Clasicos

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