There was no magic in Anduva, there was no new rebellion against the established order. In a field that is pure passion, yesterday more than ever, what was imposed was the most overwhelming logic. The Real Sociedad will be the team that is present in the final of the Copa del Rey in Seville, attending an appointment for which he did not take a ticket since 1988. He already waits for Granada or Athletic for the Txuriurdin team after avoiding, more cerebral than ever, that the spell of Mirandés will knock you down. A fair finalist despite the fact that the rojillo team competed admirably, both in the first leg at the Reale Arena and last night in the round.

His audience, with an applause that seemed more like a hug, was recognized after the last chapter of this beautiful story, scented with an extraordinary atmosphere throughout the day. «If you pass, beat Athletic, eh!», Was heard in the previous one between red and blue flares, all twinned by a common illusion and in turn antagonistic. If Real wins this Cup, a little piece, even if it is very small, will belong to Miranda de Ebro and its people.

That will be - or not - the next part of a story in which the Oyarzabal , Odegaard , Merino and Isak will have the opportunity to not only be a great team, which they already are, but to be remembered as myths of the history of the Real, because in the longevity awaits the possibility that the San Sebastian win the sixth title of their history. Last night they demonstrated maturity, a virtue that is not presupposed to a group as young as he brilliantly directs Imanol Alguacil . After trembling in the first leg, in Anduva the Donostiarras suffered hardly and, what is more important, they never lost control of the situation before a Mirandés to whom little or nothing can be reproached. One more day, he behaved like a First Division team despite being one of the most modest of Second. It will not take many of these players, nor their coach, to reach the roof of Spanish football.

Until the penalty goal of Oyarzabal cooled Anduva's excellent spring temperature, the match satisfied a Mirandés who, as announced by Iraola, had as a logical priority that the process would be very long for Real. Matheus , a prey dog ​​with a job as a center forward, lived crouched between the centrals, waiting for a ball that would allow him to launch a successful career towards glory. That was the bullet that played the reddish set, whose vertical will was not in doubt.

The problem was that his rival was not the usual risky and round trip team, but a much more leisurely one. It was because the pressure somewhat restrained him, it was because that was what Sheriff drew, the fact is that it was a much more practical and restrained Real. It served him to have a chance in a fairly even first half in which only Malsa's clear penalty per hand, four times off, unbalanced. And that the stands played even with the environmental pressure, shaking the nets of the goal to find, without success, that Oyarzabal was distracted would fail him.

Januzaj , just back from changing rooms, was about to seal the night with a shot that went to the crossbar. The Royal wanted to finish off the task and avoid any fright, although the Mirandés needed to score two goals to force the extension, three to go to the final. Those of Iraola , of course, were not willing to surrender and although their effusivity was no longer that of the first half, more by head than by physical, he refused to fold candles. Until the last minute he tried the Mirandés to finish this Cup with one last goal, but not even that allowed him a Real that will play his first final with total justice in 32 years.

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