Barcelona Wins Copa del Rey: Football's Triumph and Real Madrid's Ugliness

Mundo Deportivo commented: "Barcelona overcame all challenges, won and officially became the King's Cup champion. A great match by the team under the leadership of coach Hansi Flick. They did it thanks to being loyal to their philosophy, with the courage and confidence typical of young stars".

Barcelona deserved to win

Marca wrote: "Jules Kounde's goal sealed the victory in a match worthy of the title 'El Clasico', with goals, precision and errors. The red cards at the end of the match tarnished the image of the match, although Barcelona acted nobly by lining up to honour the runners-up."

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Writer Luis Nieto in an article in AS affirmed : "Barcelona won and football won". He commented: "Kounde's goal in extra time decided a historic final. Barcelona dominated the first half, while Real Madrid had a strong comeback in an excellent match that any team could have won".

Kylian Mbappe...

... and Aurelien Tchouameni give Real Madrid more hope

Barcelona opened the scoring through Pedri but within 7 minutes of the second half, Kylian Mbappe and Aurelien Tchouameni both scored to help Real Madrid turn the situation around. Ferran Torres equalized 2-2 for Barcelona in the 84th minute, taking the match into extra time. Here, Kounde scored the decisive goal in the 114th minute to help "La Blaugrana" win 3-2 overall. This is Barcelona's second title in the journey to conquer the great "quadruple" this season.

Lucas Vazquez and Antonio Rudiger received red cards despite leaving the field

Praising the professionalism of the match, the Spanish media also pointed out that the three red cards given to Real Madrid players made "El Clasico" somewhat disappointing. According to the report of referee Burgos Bengoetxea, Antonio Rudiger's case was the most serious. After receiving a red card for his violent reaction from the bench, this player continued to show an aggressive attitude and only stopped when he was restrained by some members of the coaching staff.

Bellingham received a red card after the match had ended

According to Article 101 of the Disciplinary Code of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Rüdiger could be banned from playing from 4 to 12 matches. Thus, the German central defender will miss all the final rounds of La Liga when Real Madrid still has to compete for the championship with... Barcelona!

Barcelona won the King's Cup for the 32nd time

Lucas Vázquez's punishment could be lighter and the defender could miss the opening game of next season's Copa del Rey. Lucas Vázquez was shown a straight red card "for protesting one of our decisions, running onto the pitch a few metres and making gestures of disagreement". His behaviour will be considered contrary to good sporting order and under Article 129, Vázquez could be suspended for between one and four matches or fined up to €602".

Surprisingly, the referee confirmed that Jude Bellingham had also been sent off, but only after the game had ended. "He was sent off because after the game ended he aggressively approached our position and had to be restrained by his teammates," De Burgos wrote in his match report. Bellingham is likely to also receive a one-match ban.

Barcelona have played in 43 Copa del Rey finals in their history and won 32, including beating Real Madrid in the early hours of April 27. Athletic Bilbao have 24 titles and Real Madrid have won the trophy 20 times.

Twelve Barcelona players participated in the final and won the Copa del Rey for the first time, namely Pau Cubarsí, Alex Balde, Jules Kounde, Gavi, Pablo Torre, Fermín López, Pau Víctor, Lamine Yamal, Gerard Martín, Marc Casadó, Hector Fort and Iñigo Martinez.

Inigo Martinez has been to the final twice before with Bilbao and lost both times. Iñaki Peña – a substitute in the last Copa del Rey final – and Ansu Fati (who missed the game due to injury) were both in the 2020-21 winning squad.

Ferran Torres won the Copa del Rey with Valencia in the 2018-2019 season, but since he didn't play a single minute in the final between Barça and Valencia, he can also be considered to have played in his first final.

Players such as Szczęsny, Dani Olmo, Christensen, Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski and Eric Garcia have all won the tournament in other countries during their careers: Szczęsny with Arsenal and Juventus; Dani Olmo with Dinamo Zagreb and Leipzig; Christensen with Chelsea; Raphinha with Sporting Lisbon, Eric Garcia with Man City and Lewandowski with Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Lech Poznan.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/barcelona-doat-cup-nha-vua-chien-thang-cua-bong-da-va-su-xau-xi-cua-real-madrid-196250427093602365.htm