4-0: Super champion on a magical night

La Real will face in two weeks the fight for the first of its titles this season, the Spanish Super Cup. He will try to defeat Barcelona first in the semifinal on the 13th and then the winner of the duel between Real Madrid and Athletic to lift a title that already populates his showcases. In fact, the Txuri Urdin are pioneers in this competition, their first conquerors after one of the most memorable matches in the history of Atotxa, held on December 28, 1982, 38 years ago today. Those present, who were beginning to get used to touching the glory of the titles with their fingers after celebrating two consecutive leagues, lived a magical night, but also cold, angry and full of emotions, no less than against the arch enemy of that time, Real Madrid. Nothing was lacking on that April Fool's Day: goals, comeback, overtime, expulsions, a penalty stopped by Arconada and some sandwich than another that fell on the head of Agustin, white goalkeeper on the Egyptian mud.

Atotxa's audience was hot, thirsty for euphoria and turned with his team and against the adversary, which generated a climate of maximum animation and tension, which led, for example, to the expulsion of two Madrid players, Juan
José, for a head butt to Lopez
Ufarte in minute 22, and Angel, by a kick Larrañaga at 71 '. How would the action of 'Sandokan' what Ormaetxea jumped onto the pitch and Arconada they traveled half the field in a rage to protest.

Need to turn 1-0 in the first leg

La Real had to turn the 1-0 that it brought from the first leg at the Bernabéu. He managed to equalize the contest with a goal with the left foot of Uralde, thanks to which the txuri urdin and the whites – purple that night – reached the extension. In overtime, with the forces of the meringues greatly diminished by the expulsions, the Real was cruel to the rival. The goals of Robert
Lopez
Ufarte, by the same squad, Uralde at pleasure and Salguero own goal, such as the maximum penalty rejected by Arconada to Metgod. Atotxa was getting low.

Unforgettable hallway in the stands

The great night concluded with the coronation of the champions in the same tier of the theater of dreams on Paseo Duque de Mandas. The spectators from the stands made their heroes corridor so that they could raise the first Super Cup, the third title in a year and a half. La Belle Epoque soccer, of which now, almost 40 years later, wants to make a sequel.