The Cup won in Saragossa the June 27, 1987 have heiress from the past April 3. Are fulfilled today 34 years since the Real defeated the Athletic
from
Madrid in the penalties after drawing (2-2) in 120 minutes played in sweltering heat. Since this season, that feat has ceased to be the last carried out by the txuri urdin club. The goal of Oyarzabal on the Charterhouse takes over in the collective imagination of all the highlights to the legendary figure of Lewis
Arconada in the batch of The Romtoreda and, in the same way, Jokin
Aperribay becomes part of the exclusive roster of champion presidents with the Real who until April formed José Luis Orbegozo and Iñaki Alkiza.
MD gathered at the Anoeta stadium, with the two Cup trophies (1987 and 2021) as excellent witnesses, the presidents of the Real in the last three Cup finals played by the txuri urdin club (1987, 1988 and 2021). The staging of the delivery of the witness by Iñaki
Alkiza (Donostia, 1933), champion in 1987, to Jokin
Aperribay (Deba, 1966), champion in 2021, with Jokin's father, Joaquin Aperribay (Deba, 1937), as an exceptional notary, since he had to preside, circumstantially, the final against Barcelona in 1988. In Zaragoza, a year before, he was the vice president of Alkiza.
On Anoeta A dialogue from champion to champion arises, although 34 years have passed to reconnect the word with the Real. “Winning a title is very difficult,” say the most veteran presidents, putting in value what the current Real has achieved from their perspective of managing a club with much less resources and possibilities than the current one. “We were saved by the‘ lien ’”, he is clear Joaquin
Aperribay, to which your child Jokin He adds that if the Real has managed to be champion again, it is also because the trophy has been given importance again. “Since we played the finals in 1987 and 1988 until 2021 we had barely played the semi-final with Jagoba in 2014,” explains the current president in a self-critical tone. Between 1988 and 2011, in fact, the Real did not eliminate a single First team in the tournament, which confirms, in the opinion of Aperribay, which in addition to the fact that “La Real has never had a great cup tradition, it is not by chance. It's to sit down with the coach and send him to … ”.
The triumph of Saragossa in 1987 Alkiza He remembers it with a certain air of surprise since “Atlético was the favorite” and to Joaquin
Aperribay It was “a great game in which Atlético played very well.” Arrived at the batch Arconada was decisive, “we had Luis”, they say, although the Real pitchers, (Bakero, Larrañaga, Martin
Begiristain Y 'Musti' Mujika) got their four maximum penalties. “Do you remember who was going to shoot the fifth?” Aperribay child. “Gajate! ”, He adds, provoking the laughter of the three based on the alleged lack of technique of the central defender, despite the fact that Joaquín Aperribay believes that “it would be calm.” Alkiza he nods to jokingly add that “maybe we were more 'scared'.” He didn't have to pitch.
34 years later, Iñaki
Alkiza He went ‘in situ’ to La Cartuja to see a Real champion again and saw the game “calm” because we were superior. Joaquin Aperribay He did not travel, although his son insisted. He saw the final “as a family” and “with relative tranquility because, although they can beat me in Bilbao, he considered us to be superior”. The restlessness only gave him his condition of father. “I was nervous about Jokin”. Before traveling to Seville, Joaquín only gave his son one piece of advice. “You have to win the game.” And 34 years later, the Cup returned to Donostia.