The madness of the Spanish Super Cup: from Stoichkov's foot to Mourinho's finger

Tuesday,
7
January
2020

10:27

The Super Cup, a event that’s performed for the first time in Arabia, has hosted some of the most iconic moments of Spanish soccer

Mourinho places Tito Vilanova in the eye in 2011.
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Any soccer fan is aware of which workforce has extra European Cups, extra Leagues or extra King Cups. When you ask about who has received extra Super Cups in Spain -the Barcelona-, on the different hand … Traditionally, the event they play from tomorrow Bara, Valencia, Madrid and Attic has been extra a snack than a foremost course, a cockade with out a lot status that has been giving tumbos in phrases of its format and its location in the calendar, as additionally occurs this season. It occurs, nonetheless, that the Super Cup has been the scene of some of the most iconic moments in the historical past of Spanish soccer, particularly the traditional ones. From the stomping of Stoichkov to Urizar Azpitarte to the finger of Mourinho in the eye of Tito Vilanova, important scenes of the folklore of our soccer.

Stoichkov Pisotn

After the first of the 5 consecutive Leagues of Bara de Cruyff, in 1990 the Barca and Actual Madrid met in a single of the most remembered Super Cups ever. It was, partly, as a result of in the first leg Stoichkov misplaced the papers and stomped on the match referee, Urizar Azpitarte, who of course drove him out. The humorous factor about this story is that now they’re each nice buddies. The referee, the truth is, was invited by the footballer to attend a tribute that was given a yr in the past on Couch by the Bulgarian authorities.

Aragn's aim

We proceed in 1990. Madrid received in the first leg by 0-1 after enjoying 50 minutes with 10. In the return at the Bernabu, Goikoetxea equalized the rating earlier than the Di Stefano workforce unleashed an ideal storm. There have been 4 targets, the final of them a marvel of Santi Aragn, maybe the greatest aim in the historical past of this event. It was a 42-meter shot that capsule forward of Zubizarreta. Aragn, then an virtually unknown younger man, celebrated him with what was then his roommate, Julen Lopetegui.

Luis Enrique's lap of honor

It was 1993 and Madrid confronted the Super Cup with the current harm of the two Leagues of Tenerife and a budding season that didn't look excellent – it didn't. In full swing of the Dream Workforce, the white workforce was not less than happy to win the Super Cup at the Camp Nou and have a good time it with a lap of honor in the Barca area led by Mchel … and Luis Enrique. They’d to cease due to the rain of objects by the public. However the celebration continued, though with a special protagonist …

Mendoza boot

On his means again to Madrid, the white expedition discovered a handful of radicals ready for him in Barajas. The then white president, Ramn Mendoza, hugged them and joined his critics, having heard Jos Luis Nez complain about the provocation of the failed return of honor. The man got here up first, with the innocent Que Mendoza boat! after which with the cop and remembered It’s Polish who doesn’t bounce !.

Ronaldo debut in Spain

Barcelona stunned in 1996 making the costliest switch in the historical past of soccer, 2,500 million pesetas by a 19-year-old Brazilian ahead from PSV. The common fan had no concept who this Ronaldo was, nor, of course, if he deserved such an funding. In his debut, in the first leg of the Super Cup towards the Atlantic (5-2), he made clear what’s going to come subsequent. Two targets and title on observe at an Olympic Stadium in Montjuc with much less public than anticipated. The relaxation is historical past.

Roberto Carlos Mecherazo

A yr later, with Ronaldo in Miln, Barcelona and Actual Madrid, they performed their fourth Super Cup. The one of 1997 completed like the three earlier ones, with triumph in white. What is going to occur to historical past, nonetheless, is the mecharazo that Roberto Carlos acquired in the first leg in the Camp Nou. The Brazilian was in a position to proceed the sport and Bara was sanctioned with 500,000 pesetas, about 3,000 euros in alternate.

Mourinho's finger

The fifth was the attraction for Bara. In 2011, I lastly managed to defeat Madrid in the Super Cup thanks to Messi's aim at the Camp Nou that breaks the tie to 4 total. After that aim, an entry from Marcelo to Cesc desat a tangana in the bench space that ended with Mourinho, a white technician, sticking his finger in the eye of Tito Vilanova, then second in Guardiola. About Pito, or no matter his title is, I’ve nothing to disguise, the cameras have seen every thing, stated the Portuguese technician, who later apologized solely to Actual Madrid.

Athletic Triumph

In 2015, the Basque workforce dragged a sequa of 31 years with out profitable a title and had misplaced three finals in 5 years, all three towards Barcelona. The Super Cup additionally got here in the center of a calendar overloaded by the earlier Europa League. As an alternative, Athletic achieved an surprising 4-Zero in the first leg at San Mams towards Bara with an Aduriz triplet. La Gabarra was about to cross the Nervin ra, however the membership's director gave up on understanding that the event was of lesser significance.

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