Guedes sinks Athletic and puts Valencia in the final of the Copa del Rey

• Narration and statistics This is how we live the match

Without ritual, without legend, greatness does not exist and

continues to feed it with cup drinks.

Once again in Seville, where he won the title in 2019 with Marcelino on the bench, he will seek to turn the few bursts of joy into sustained happiness.

It may be a pyrotechnic device that does not heal all wounds, but it will cause the outbreak of a lethargic Valencianism, but never dead.

Valencia recovers melodies that seemed forgotten to the sound of

or

, the talents that turn them into a symphony.

The story of the style is not essential for the people of Mestalla identified with effective football, with that style that manages to make them dream, with electric players, cheeky that make them get up from their seats.

Although the successes never belong entirely to a coach,

ordered a defense team to leave the geniuses who served him revenge on a platter against the team that pointed him to their free will.

Now he faces a Cup final for the first time in a gray season, but all the inaugural moments like the one he will experience in Seville represent a glimmer of hope.

A duel took place in which the two teams, although they threatened to hit each other, chose much more time under cover.

Make the other wrong.

Athletic was the first to shake it up with

running behind

and

finding a gap in the tangle of Valencian central defenders.

The rojiblancos won in the center of the field and, despite the fact that they could not run, they found edges that forced the attention of the local defense.

Carlos Soler (C) hits the Chilean ball.AFPAFP

It was difficult for Valencia to accept that this was the proposal, until Bryan Gil appeared, now on the left, now on the right, dribbling past

and looking for

's post .

It was clear that no team was interested in going crazy and that none could run, and that

did not fall into any trap.

Athletic, forced to be more master of the game, barely started and did not set foot in the area to their liking, although

had to show off before another test by Muniain that the assistant would have annulled for offside.

's team

protected his back with order;

that of Bordalás, due to accumulation and tight ranks, more after Gayà's injury.

The captain gritted his teeth to play but lasted 33 minutes.

occasions

The handling of the ball for some and others seemed expendable.

It was difficult for Athletic to propose and for Valencia to find themselves in the misunderstood mobility that their coach allowed them in attack.

At the edge of the break, the jolt came.

First it was Mamardashvili again who saved a one-on-one with

and then a free kick by Soler to the heart of the area that Yeray cleared fell to Gonçalo Guedes to hit him at the bottom of the net and put Valencia on track towards the Cup final Bordalás' initial plan seemed to work, but Marcelino had not said his last word.

Athletic were once again not the recognizable team that their coach likes, but they have a plan B on the bench if they want to push the red button.

He did it by refreshing for the last third the incision band of Guedes and Bryan, control with

and presence in attack with

.

Shortly after he would fall back on

.

Meanwhile, Paulista and

held their own on the field, where Valencia already had all the gunpowder.

So much so that to shore up the score against the red-and-white knock, he sacrificed Bryan Gil for the presence of

.

The lions had their chance in a free kick from the front that

sent into the hands of the Georgian goalkeeper.

They wanted to do more damage and they couldn't.

Sancet tried with the assistance of Iñigo Martínez but ran into

offside.

He couldn't go crazy and he almost did when Athletic squeezed their options.

This time it was not a question of style, of effective time.

There was a team, Valencia rough and cupbearer, with faith, skill and goal.

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