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Pafos' double, Barcelona's ace, the (G/G) in England, Germany and the parlay!

Full racing action today, as usual on weekends. We are in the final stretch of the championships and interest is at an all-time high.
Tonight, of course, is dominated by El Classico between Barcelona and Real Madrid for the Copa Del Rey final.
Away from home we have the important clash between Omonia and Paphos, with both teams wanting to win for completely different reasons.
The rest of the programme is dominated by the derby in Italy between Inter and Roma. We also have a very big showdown in Germany, where Eintracht Frankfurt welcome Leipzig in the battle between the two teams to seal a place in the top four.
For the FA Cup in England, the first semi-final between Crystal Palace and Aston Villa takes place tonight.
These and more, we'll look at them in more detail below.

Below you'll see all the match action in detail:

OMONOIA-PAFOS FC (19:00)
Paphos FC are the absolute favorites for the title as they are now +7 from Aris. With four rounds remaining until the final, there is already a scenario that Pafos FC will be crowned mathematical champions from this playoff round (7th).Specifically, if Pafos FC defeat Omonia tonight at GSP and AEK defeat Aris tomorrow at ALFAMEGA, then the leaders will be +10 and will celebrate the first historic league title in their history. The hosts seem to have lost significant ground for the 3rd place after the draw with AEK Athens (1-1) and the upcoming Cup semi-final match against AEK Athens will surely be on their minds. It is not excluded that the technical leadership of the "Greens" will also make changes in the starting line-up, resting some players. Let's not forget that Paphos also plays semifinals against Apollon, but the primary goal is to finish the title case as early as possible. The visitors also have a big roster, which they can take advantage of and realize both of their goals.

CRYSTAL PALACE-ASTON VILLA (19:15)
The first FA Cup semi-final between the two teams takes place tonight and we will see which of the two will qualify for the grand final of the competition. It should be noted that the match is a single game and in the event of a draw, half-hour extra time will follow and then... a penalty shootout.

EINTRACHT FRANKFURT-LEIPZIG (19:30)
There is a big battle in the Bundesliga for the other two places leading to the League Phase of the new Champions League. It is a given that the first two places are occupied by Bayern Munich and Leverkusen (we expect which one will take the title with the Bavarians as favourites). Eintracht and Leipzig have built very good teams this season and are both fighting to lock up a top four spot. It is not impossible that both will achieve their goal, but other teams are also vying for this goal.

BARCELONA-REAL MADRID (23:00)
Real Madrid and Barcelona will have another huge battle tonight for the Copa Del Rey final! A showdown that will captivate the entire planet once again! Although the two teams have won dozens of Spanish Cups, they have not met many times in the final... Indicative that Barcelona and Real Madrid have crossed swords in the final only seven times! History is slightly in Madrid's favour, and the last time they played for the title was in 2014. Barcelona, however, are favourites to win the league and let's not forget that they are also in the semi-finals of the Champions League, unlike Real Madrid who were knocked out in the last eight by Arsenal. Based on information, after the end of the current season, Carlo Ancelotti will leave the Madrid bench and tonight he has the opportunity to do so... with another title.