Barça are in today's draw for the semi-final of the 2017/18 Copa del Rey as the squeezed through at the expense of Espanyol but were made to sweat for their qualification.
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The French striker does not perform at a high enough level to justify his untouchable status at the Bernabéu, while Morata, Chicharito, and Mariano have left.
Morata, James, Pepe, and Danilo have left Madrid, and those who have replaced them do not exert the same pressure on Kroos, Modric, Benzema, et al.