Barcelona won 1-0 at Atletico Madrid to reach its first Copa del Rey final in four seasons. The Catalan club will face Real Madrid in the final later this month.

Barcelona squeezed past Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night with a 1-0 win that secured their passage, 5-4 on aggregate, to the Copa del Rey final. Awaiting them at La Cartuja are Real Madrid, with a

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Kylián Mbappé has scored twice to help Real Madrid outgun a feisty Leganes 3-2 and provisionally pull level with Barcelona at the top of La Liga.

This is the second leg of the Copa del Rey semifinal, with Real Madrid holding a 1-0 lead over Real Sociedad. Real Madrid has won the last four times these two clubs have met during Copa del Rey play, and whoever advances will face either Atlético Madrid or Barcelona in the final.

Atlético Madrid coach Diego Simeone maintained that his team has "competed well" throughout the season despite recent eliminations from the Copa del Rey and the Champions League.

Real Madrid needed to claw back into their Copa del Rey semifinal second leg on Tuesday, but via Antonio Rudiger, they were able to eke out a 4-4 draw to advance 5-4 on aggregate against Real Sociedad.

One of Europe's perennial European greats, Atletico Madrid are the dangerous third wheel to La Liga's leading lights of Real Madrid and Barcelona.