Saturday's game at La Cartuja is already part of the history of the Royal Society and contains endless little stories that each one will have lived in their own way. Here are just some details left by the historic Seville derby that ended with the achievement of the third Cup in the history of Real.
1. EXQUISITE BEHAVIOR OF THE ATHLETIC
The players, technicians and managers of the Real were delighted with the behavior of Athletic in general and of several players in particular. They accepted the defeat with sportsmanship, they congratulated them and everything took place in an atmosphere of remarkable brotherhood. Iñigo Martínez went to the area of the Real players to hug one by one those who were his teammates, the coach, the president and some employees. So did another ex like Yuri
Berchiche, realistic fan since childhood. Iker
MuniainAtletico captain, meanwhile, stayed on the field to applaud the champion. The rojiblanco club also congratulated Real through their social media accounts.
2. THE FIRST VICTORY, THAT OF THE HOTEL
Before fighting for the Cup, Real and Athletic fought to have the same concentration hotel, the NH Collection in the Nervión neighborhood in Seville. The palm was taken by the Gipuzkoan squad, for two fundamental reasons: its history in that ‘headquarters’ and the txuri urdin passion of its director, Nacho
Ansó
Armendariz. Those in charge of this establishment will never forget what happened these days, especially on the long Saturday night, which ended with the first light of dawn and took place in a total party atmosphere, with the necessary sanitary measures.
3. MORE PEOPLE THAN REAL ON THE FIELD
The game was behind closed doors and there was no place for the presence of supporters because of the pandemic. In any case, each club was awarded a series of tickets for a select group of people, among which there were, in the case of the Real, sponsors, pairs of footballers and at the last minute one of the president's sons joined, Michael, and the two offshoots of the coach, Ander and Mikel. There was a greater representation from Gipuzkoa than Bilbao inside.
4. THE CUP WAS DROPPED THE REGISTRATION
When the royalists arrived at the concentration hotel with the Copa del Rey from La Cartuja, some employees and a couple of lucky royalists, the San Sebastian from Altza, were waiting for them. Philip and the Huelva Lorraine, who were the only txuri urdin fans staying at that establishment. President, Jokin
Aperribay, had the deference to allow the entry of informants for the pertinent photographs with the trophy at dawn on Sunday. It was surprised by its lightness and that the side inscription literally fell off the Cup. It was also lifted by the group of realistic supporters who waited for the players on their way to the bus on Sunday morning.