Alcalá de Henares, Spain – Diá de la semifinals de la Copa del Rey don dey reign for football world as Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, FC Barcelona, and Atlético de Madrid don score total of 17 goals within three matches so far. This scoring spree don show say e fit challenge the record for highest goals for dis stage of di tournament since 1965.
Way back for 1964-65 season, four teams – Zaragoza, Atlético de Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, and Real Sociedad – dey score total of 24 goals across their matches. Despite say e don reach 60 years, that record no don break until now. For dat time, Zaragoza sweep Athletic with 5-0 and get 2-2 for di second leg. Atlético join the fray with 8-1 defeat of Sociedad before another 3-3 draw.
Since that historic season, only twice teams reach 17 goals. One of them was during 1995-96 season when Valencia and Atlético Madrid match finish 3-5, then Valencia win 2-1 in di return match.
For this latest season, Barcelona don win their matches by narrow margins, including a 1-0 victory against Espanyol before following with a 2-3 win in di second leg, making di total of 17 goals scored across four matches.
Dis Wednesday, Atlético and Barcelona go meet for di Metropolitano, and dem dey close to breaking dat 60-year-old record if dem fit combine to score just one more goal.
Jorge Serrano, sports analyst, talk say, “It don dey clear say dis semis don turn to major scoring display; we dey expect more thrilling action when dis teams meet again, as they dey push to break record.”
As di excitement dey build up for dis high-stakes matches, fans dey look forward to see if Atlético and Barcelona fit push dat goals tally to surpass di legendary 24-goal mark wey no don sabi challenge for decades. Na wetin dem enter pitch to do on Wednesday night.
Overall, di energy and entire vibe for dis semis dey show say dis football season don come with plenty of surprises and electrifying performances as di teams dey fight for glory in di Copa del Rey.
