Athletic Club had gone almost half a century without beating Atlético de Madrid in the Copa del Rey. They went to half-time chasing away their demons and playing with authority.
But the colchoneros did not want to make history and they showed it after leaving the locker room. It was, as Cholo says, "the first part of a long match", of an early final for the former King of Cups and the one who wants to be the King of this Cup.