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Real Madrid coach Santiago Solari during training. Reuters
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Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior during training at Ciudad Real Madrid, Valdebebas, Madrid, ahead of Wednesday's Copa del Rey semi-final first leg against Barcelona. Reuters
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Goalkeeper Keylor Navas controls the ball. Reuters
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Real Madrid's French forward Karim Benzema gestures during a training session. AFP
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Real Madrid's Croatian midfielder Luka Modric and Welsh forward Gareth Bale. AFP
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Real Madrid's Brazilian defender Marcelo, left, shares a joke with Dominican forward Mariano. AFP
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Real Madrid's Brazilian midfielder Casemiro, left, laughs with Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. AFP
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Real Madrid's Karim Benzema during training. Reuters
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Real Madrid coach Santiago Solari during training. Reuters
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Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior during training at Ciudad Real Madrid, Valdebebas, Madrid, ahead of Wednesday's Copa del Rey semi-final first leg against Barcelona. Reuters
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Goalkeeper Keylor Navas controls the ball. Reuters
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Real Madrid's French forward Karim Benzema gestures during a training session. AFP
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Real Madrid's Croatian midfielder Luka Modric and Welsh forward Gareth Bale. AFP
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Real Madrid's Brazilian defender Marcelo, left, shares a joke with Dominican forward Mariano. AFP
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Real Madrid's Brazilian midfielder Casemiro, left, laughs with Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. AFP
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Real Madrid's Karim Benzema during training. Reuters
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Real Madrid coach Santiago Solari during training. Reuters
Real Madrid players train ahead of Copa del Rey semi-final with Barcelona - in pictures
Wednesday's match at Camp Nou is the first of three meetings between Spain's big two in the space of four weeks
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