Real Madrid 'fell with honour' in Copa del Rey loss to Barcelona - Santi Solari

After another dominant first-half performance against Barcelona, the FC crew attribute Real Madrid's defeat to poor finishing and defensive lapses. Real Madrid coach Santi Solari admitted to sadness but said his team had "fallen with honour" as a "more ruthless" Barcelona won 3-0 in Wednesday night's Copa del Rey semifinal at the Bernabeu. Madrid had the better of the first half and should really have been ahead, but Luis Suarez opened the scoring soon after the break, and a Raphael Varane own-goal and Suarez penalty saw the Catalans through 4-1 on aggregate to a record sixth successive Copa final. The Los Blancos coach told the post-match...

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