Javier Aguirre’s Mallorca sold their defeat this Saturday in the final of the Copa del Rey, which Athletic Club ended up winning after winning the penalty shootout (4-2) after drawing 1-1 in regulation time and the extra time in an intense duel played at the La Cartuja stadium in Seville.
After a disputed 120 minutes of play in which Mallorca managed to go ahead thanks to a goal from Dani Rodríguez (m.20) and Athletic Club managed to level the action through Oihan Sancet (m.50), the final was over. defining from the penalty spot.
The Basque goalkeeper Julen Agirrezabala became a hero by stopping Manu Morlanes’ charge and then Nemanja Radonjic sent his shot over the goal to finish directing the definition from the 12 steps that was sealed with Álex Berenguer’s penalty.
The team led by Javier Aguirre gave the shock in Seville by taking the lead thanks to a score by Dani Rodríguez who took advantage of a series of rebounds in the Basque area and ended up finishing with a frontal shot that ended up slipping through the left post of the rival goal.
The Lions did not sleep and went for the equalizer that they were about to achieve near the end of the first half but the play was annulled by the VAR for offside. Thus, both teams went to the locker room with the advantage in favor of the Balearic team.
However, in the second half Athletic Club had something in store and it did not take them long to level the action through Oihan Sancet (m.50) after receiving a filtered pass from Nico Williams who ended up finishing with a powerful and unstoppable shot for Dominik Grief .
For Athletic Club it is the 24th Copa del Rey title, a tournament they had not won since 1984, the season in which they also won LaLiga for the last time. The Basques had broken the title drought in 2021 when they were proclaimed champions of the Spanish Super Cup.
Acts of violence in Seville
The party that took place on the La Cartuja pitch contrasted with some violent events that occurred outside the Seville stadium prior to the Copa del Rey final between Mallorca and Athletic Club.
It was learned that radical sectors of both teams started fights outside the stadium hours before the final began, tarnishing a party atmosphere that had been experienced in Seville in recent days when fans began to arrive from Mallorca and Bilbao.
According to police reports, it was learned that the violent events took place in the Alameda de Hércules in Seville, where fans began to throw objects at each other to the point that the authorities had to intervene to calm the situation.
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