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The Cup has been precisely the loophole where Barça has been able to take some oxygen in recent times against the tyranny of Real Madrid, as mirages in their hardships those crowns of 2018 and 2019. A year ago in Malaga, the whites reigned again , but in the final they did not find the eternal rival, whom they have not beaten in the ko tournament for six years.

The arrival of

Sarunas Jasikevicius

last summer he has breathed new ambitions into the decaying Barça team.

His machinery at the stroke of a checkbook, defensively oiled and perfected with the signing of Nick Calathes, has been showing signs of power this season, especially in the Euroleague.

The Cup seems to be the point of his departure towards the long-awaited reconquest, to which the Lithuanian aspires with his squad of bells: to reverse the trend, take the throne that Real Madrid has held since the arrival of Pablo Laso, 20 titles in 10 seasons (28 finals), including six Cups, of which he played the last seven finals consecutively.

"Each game is a new story. The past does not mean anything. We hope to be prepared," said Saras in reference to the whites as soon as the semi-final battle against Baskonia ended.

So far this year, he has already lost the early

Super Cup final

in Tenerife.

Although later, his Barça has knocked Madrid down twice, at the Palau in the Euroleague (79-72) and at the WiZink in ACB (82-87), with 26 points, 10 rebounds and a PIR of 41 from Mirotic, in the only league defeat for the whites so far.

Beyond accumulated fatigue, hits and players with discomfort, significant casualties are not expected for the end.

Claver continues to finalize his return to the courts and Anthony Randolph and Jeff Taylor are not in Madrid, who recovered Garuba for the semifinals.

"Against Real Madrid we will not be able to relax for a minute," Saras acknowledged.

Higgins, Calathes and Mirotic appear for the MVP for the Catalans, while Deck, Causeur and Tavares do it for the Madridistas.

Heurtel, the morbid

In those finals of 2018 and 2019 with Pesic on the bench and the controversy as the protagonist,

the MVP was Thomas Heurtel

, the French guard who was cut by Jasikevicius a few weeks ago, the one who can presumably wear white next summer.

He will fly over his name at WiZink, in a duel never lacking in curiosity: it may be Mirotic's first title for Barça, precisely with his former players in front of him.

The classic is the most disputed clash in the history of the Cup,

up to 22 times, with Barça dominance

: 17 victories for five defeats, including the last two times they saw each other in the tournament, those finals of 2018 and 2019. However In the global balance, Madrid reigns, having won 28 Cup titles, for 25 of its rival.

It is striking that the last time Real Madrid beat Barça in a Cup was in the 2015 final, in Gran Canaria.

And yet five of the last seven have been for whites.

Figures and letters for an eternal rivalry.

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