Chapter 513: The King's Cup
The Copa del Rey is actually the most related to Real Madrid, because Real Madrid was crowned royal by King Alfonso XIII of Spain.
In return, the then president of Real Madrid proposed to hold a tournament to celebrate the king, and the Copa del Rey was born, and the opening of the tournament lasted for 100 years.
Since it is the Kingdom Cup, how can it be missing the King of Spain and the Spanish royal family, in the current King of Spain Juan Carlos appeared in the stands, and at the same time members of the royal family also appeared in the private room.
Well, in fact, the appearance of the king is not an uncommon thing for Real Madrid, this king, and even members of the Spanish royal family, are frequent visitors to the Bernabeu, and there are exclusive private rooms for the Spanish royal family at the Bernabeu.
If they win the championship, the players who win the championship after the game will still be able to get in close contact with the King, and since it is the Copa del Rey, it is natural to live up to the name, and the King will present awards to the champion team.
In fact, the development of society to the present, the king basically has no real power, and these so-called royal families are at most symbols, and it is not an exaggeration to describe them as mascots.
On the pitch, the players on both sides will definitely not care how many important spectators are in the stands, for the two teams now, the game is everything, and the rest has to be put after the game.
The attacking line on Real Madrid's side is naturally led by Ronaldo, plus Di Maria, Benzema, and Ozil, in order to prepare for this final, Ronaldo has a rare rest in turn.
Behind Mesut Ozil are Luka Modric and Khedira, and at the back, Raphael Varane is tragic, injured and unavailable, Ramos and Albiol form a centre-back partnership, flanked by Coentrão and Essien, and goalkeeper Lopez.
Atletico Madrid also has a regular lineup, and thanks to this lineup, Atletico Madrid has made a qualitative leap this season and is third in the league.
Both sides have made their positions clear, as soon as the game opened, Real Madrid showed a first-class desire to attack, especially Ronaldo, Real Madrid's first three shots were all contracted by Ronaldo.
Atletico Madrid chose to defend and counterattack, and in the opening ten minutes, Atletico Madrid ushered in the first shot, from Costa's long-range shot from outside the penalty area.
The final is not destined to be exciting, even if Real Madrid's attack is quite powerful, but if you look closely, Real Madrid's attack is supported by the personal ability of the frontcourt players.
Very few players in Real Madrid's midfield actually stepped forward to attack, and even Modric only held the ball near the centre circle and did not go too deep.
But there are times when a player's individual ability can change the course of a game, such as Cristiano Ronaldo, as the best player in football today, he has the ability to decide the direction of a game and the outcome of the game.
What's more, this is a desperate Ronaldo, you know, Real Madrid's leader has been stimulated by Lin Dong this season, otherwise Ronaldo would not have taken the initiative to take turns to rest and prepare for this game.
In the fifteenth minute of the game, shortly after the first wave of Atletico Madrid's attack, the timing of the goal was exactly the same as in the first Madrid derby.
It was a corner kick after Benzema failed to get on the ball from Di Maria's cross, and Atletico Madrid centre-back Godin, who had given a funeral gift in the last encounter, cleared the ball.
It was a change of direction as his clearance gave Real Madrid a corner, which they scored first.
Luka Modric drove the ball into the box, Cristiano Ronaldo jumped high in the box, and the physical fitness of the Real Madrid leader was quite good, and the muscles of that body almost reached the limit of an athlete.
Courtois couldn't do anything about it with a header that was too close to goal to give Real Madrid a 1-0 lead, the only goal of the first half for either side.
In the following time, Real Madrid was full of morale because of Ronaldo's goal, and once pressed Atletico Madrid in the half, but it was always a little bit short of the goal.
Of course, Atletico Madrid is not without opportunities, relying on counterattacks, Atletico Madrid also played two good attacks, but they have never been able to break through the goal.
In the second half, Real Madrid consciously began to stabilize the rhythm, but at this time an accident happened, Diego Costa, Atletico Madrid center forward, no, because Falcao was there, Costa did not play as a center forward.
Real Madrid, who hit Real Madrid with a cold shot from outside the penalty area, was caught off guard and stunned Lopez, because no one expected that Costa would actually kick directly when he received a pass and had a defender.
If you really want to say that you can't blame any Real Madrid player for this goal, because it is completely a dribbling balloon, if Costa is given ten more times, it is estimated that it will not be possible.
But that's football, that's the beauty of football, you never know what's going to happen in the next second, who's going to score all of a sudden.
The unexpected goal disrupted Real Madrid's rhythm and Mourinho had to change tactics, to which Simeone immediately made a corresponding change.
In order to stop Real Madrid's goal, Atletico Madrid began to foul endlessly, and the result was to provoke Real Madrid's players as well.
Don't forget, this game is not just the Spanish Copa del Rey, but also the Madrid derby, from 60 minutes to 80 minutes, in just 20 minutes, the referee unbelievably took out 14 yellow cards, and what is even more incredible is that the owner of these 14 yellow cards did not repeat, and the referee also did the rain and dew evenly, seven for each of the two teams.
In this case, the managers of the two teams have to stand up and contain the players, otherwise if this continues, it is estimated that there will be fewer people on the pitch before the end of the game.
However, Simeone soon regretted his decision, because Real Madrid scored after he told his disciple not to commit a needless foul.
Or Ronaldo, in the eighty-third minute of the game, Ronaldo received a ball from Ozil, who shook off Atletico Madrid central defender Godin and burst into the penalty area and fired a low shot, the ball went straight to the corner, and Atletico Madrid was completely tragic.
After the goal, Mourinho began to use substitutions to kill time after the celebration, and picked up the foul tactic after bringing on a new player.
This red card finally appeared, it was still rain and dew, Real Madrid's two, one of them had already carried a yellow card, two yellows turned into one red, and was sent off.
Just thirty seconds later, Atletico Madrid also applied for a yellow card, the same two yellows and one red, brainless? No, because there is no time left for the full game.
Just a minute after Atletico Madrid applied for the yellow card, referee Carlos Gomez blew the whistle for the end of the game, and the score was finally fixed at 2:1.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice and Real Madrid won the Copa del Rey this season. 18610