Chronicle Real Sociedad wins its third Cup against Athletic and becomes infinite
Iñigo Martínez A delirious night
Opinion The Real Copa del Rey, by Julián Ruiz
Bilbao Hundreds of Athletic supporters face the Ertzaintza
A
Asier Illarramendi,
to which it had hurt to the soul in the previous 24 hours, suddenly stopped hurting everything.
Jokin Aperribay,
its president for more than 12 years, always so measured, grabbed him and kissed him when he saw him pass by the box towards the dreamed moment, for
Felipe VI
to give him that Cup frozen in time for a year.
And still lame because of the injury in the twin that had left him out of the game in the training before the final, Illarra corresponded to the carantoña, picked up the trophy and went to the center of the field to lift it there, which is where they should raise the titles.
"We have deserved it, there is a lot of work behind it," said the captain of the Real while the one who served as such in the game, wiped away his tears as best he could.
It was
Mikel Oyarzabal,
the author of the winning penalty, who in his day resisted twice the millionaire temptation presented by Athletic to become the new idol and leader of Real Sociedad.
When he did, the txuriurdin was a team whose course alternated lashes.
Today he heads a solid and defined project, with a recognizable style of play and since last night undoubtedly effective.
"This is the host," Oyarzabal was right to say, undoubtedly a symbol of this team.
Who for a time was and ended up giving up
, Iñigo Martínez,
was also the protagonist, with that false expulsion and the penalty that decided everything.
Ondarroa's is proud and brave, but that did not prevent him from approaching
Jokin Aperribay,
the president who was left composed and without a central on January 30 to sign for the eternal rival, to congratulate him on the victory.
De
Aitor Elizegi
also received the chief executive of the Royal sincere congratulatory hug.
"This is only the beginning," promises Aperribay, pondering the courage of
Imanol Alguacil,
the man who has definitively fitted the pieces of the project.
"I am very proud. I have been fortunate to be in the right place at the right time," said the Oriotarra, the most fervent of Real fans, a club legend since yesterday.
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