Schuster: Spanish cup final’s venue should be changed

The former Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid star feels that the Copa Del Rey final should not be at Camp Nou as both teams who are in the final are based in Madrid

Former player Bernd Shuster believes it is only logical for the clash to take place in the capital. Madrid beat Barca 4-2 in the semi final and on Wednesday Diego Simeone’s side by holding out Sevilla 2-2 and going to the final 4-3 on aggregate.

“For me, the final should not be played at Barcelona’s stadium,” he told reporters after playing in a padel tennis tournament for former Liga stars on Thursday. “Both sets of fans are here in Madrid and we have two enormous stadiums.

“It would be a lot nicer to play it here in Madrid. That’s my opinion on the issue and that’s what I would like to see happen.”

“Real Madrid’s superiority was reflected in the result and how they handled the game,” the German added. “It was the best performance I have seen Real Madrid put in at Camp Nou.

“I have never seen Madrid defend as well as they did on Tuesday – and not just in a line of four across the midfield or with [Sami] Khedira and Xabi Alonso but [Gonzalo] Higuain, [Angel] Di Maria and [Mesut] Ozil did their share of defending too.

“Real Madrid defended like AC Milan did against Barcelona a couple of weeks ago [when they won 2-0 at San Siro].

“They sprung a number of attacks on the break, they were daring in attack but above all, their defending was solid. To see Barca hardly create any chances at all deserves merit.”

Schuster who has played for Spanish teams in his playing career is against the final being at Camp Nou this time around.

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