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Barca Loses 1-0 in Copa del Rey Final against enemy Madrid.

With a 5-0 defeat at Camp Nou in November, and a sweep of last years trophies, Madrid finally had its glory with a Cop del Rey victory against Barca on a Ronaldo header in overtime.

First of all, I am not happy, but I feel that this is good for the team as they approach the Champions league semis against Madrid.  I would much rather take Champions League than Copa del Rey because I knew that they wouldn't be able to take all four Clasicos so close together.

A tie at Bernabau was a good result away from home last week, and I think the final loss will spark the team to perform better in the Champions League.  Psychologically, I think Madrid thinks they are better than they actually are at this point and are probably too pumped about the Copa del Rey title.  I think it will make them more prone to mistakes in the CL and I really do think Barca will take them down.

Barca is clearly the much stronger TEAM as per usual and as history shows us.  Even when Franco was in power, the nation or TEAM of Catalonia stuck together, worked hard, and overcame the ordeals.  This is why I feel and know that Barca will come back on Wednesday and show why they are the best team in the world, just as they fought for there freedom decades ago.  

To me, Real Madrid is a unch of very talented players who don't get it wrong, play very well together, but they just don't have the genuine passion and TEAM that Barca has.  It is almost impossible to have that with the likes of Ronaldo, who, after being in Lisbon this passed weekend, I can truly say is a pre madonna and although is an unbelievable player, would never be accepted in a Barca uniform because of the way he acts and cries.  Do you think the Catalan people whined and complained when Franco was in rule?  No, because if they did, they would be killed.  They simply went along with their business while knowing inside who they truly were, and even after 35 years of suppression, emerged victorious as a culture and as a nation, and most importantly, as a team.    BARCA