Athletic vs Real Sociedad (0-1): Muniaín played Copa del Rey and lost

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Real society champion al King’s Cup 2020 Saturday winning 1-0 at Athletic Bilbao in the final, thirty-four years after the lifting of his only trophy so far (1987), in the first Basque final in history and the first to be played without an audience.

A penalty goal from Mikel Oyarzabal (63) a dat Real society a title that corresponds to last season (2020), which was postponed for covid pandemic.

The match was postponed in the hope that it could be played with an audience, although in the end it had to take place in a stadium in Cartuja Sevillane in which they were only a a handful of guests officers.

“It’s a very beautiful day when you remember everyone, I want to give this to all the fans“, He said Oyarzabal after the final on Telecinco television.

end King’s Cup will also be remembered because Iker Muniain he reached the trophy before starting the game, which was captured on video and whose image traveled the world.

In the latter city there were some brief altercations with the police, when the agents tried to disperse the fan groups, which exceeded the number of people allowed by the health situation and restrictions imposed by the pandemic.

The Royal Society thus adds the second cup ( Spanish Football Federation does not grant him the one from 1909, won by San Sebastian Cycling Club, entity that gave birth to Real), while Athletic he will have to wait fifteen days for another chance to pick up a trophy he has not won since 1984.

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