Xavi Makes Honest Admission About Real Madrid After Embarrassing El Clasico Defeat at Camp Nou

• Xavi has congratulated Real Madrid following their qualification for the Copa Del Rey final
• Barcelona were eliminated at home with after an embarrassing loss to their fiercest rival club
• Los Blancos thrashed La Blaugrana 4-0 at Camp Nou to overturn a first-leg semi-final loss

Xavi has hailed the quality of Real Madrid after they eliminated Barcelona from the Copa del Rey, following their semi-final second-leg victory at Camp Nou.

Karim Benzema netted a hat-trick as Real Madrid embarrassed Barcelona 4-0 in front of their supporters to progress to the final of the cup competition.

According to Football Espana, Xavi - who had initially tipped Real Madrid as favourites ahead of the game - described Los Blancos as a great team that does not forgive.

“From my point of view it is a tough result, but we have to focus on the League, and there can be no arguments that they are a great team."

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Xavi believes La Blaugrana need to learn from their mistakes going forward.

“[Real Madrid] are the League and Champions League champions and they do not forgive. When you don’t kill Madrid, they kill you."

Barcelona will now turn their focus to winning La Liga as they hold a healthy lead over Real Madrid.

Xavi: La Liga more important

Meanwhile, Xavi claimed winning La Liga 'is more important' after Barcelona were knocked out of the Copa del Rey embarrassingly by their arch-rivals, Goal reports.

The Barca boss revealed his team has to learn from their loss, which he described as a bitter pill to swallow after a 4-0 defeat in front of home supporters at Camp Nou.

Xavi also rued that his team failed to capitalise on their moments against Real Madrid in the first half and lamented the absence of several first-team players.

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Real Madrid reach Copa final

Earlier, Sports Brief reported on Karim Benzema netting a hat-trick in the second half as Real Madrid hammered Barcelona 4-0 to reach the Copa del Rey final.

With the emphatic victory, Los Blancos won the two-legged tie 4-1 on aggregate after suffering a 1-0 loss at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in the first leg.

Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior broke the game's deadlock just before half-time after he prodded home a deflected attempt from Benzema's pullback effort.