Real Sociedad 1(4) – 1(5) Mallorca | Mallorca is asking for this Cup

A match with a thousand twists, stretched out with extra time and A dramatic penalty shoot-out sent Mallorca unexpectedly into the final Cup final, making it their fourth in their history. They will battle it out in La Cartuja on April 6 for their second trophy and, if they ascend the throne, this Vasco Aguirre group will be as timeless as the splendor that defeated Recreativo de Huelva in Elche in 2003.

The Vermilion team deserves all the praise. He moves through epic terrain like few in Spain, his Numantine defense is cinnamon. They are a modest team, but they express their virtues with a belief that can be appreciated at any football symposium. They go to Seville with an absolutely flawless penalty shootout. Accurate shots, full of faith that Remiro didn’t even feel. There couldn’t be more pride in these T-shirts.

Thuri-urdin experienced one of the darkest nights of recent times. They stood on the shoulders of Oyarzabal, the captain who played the role of hero and villain in a few minutes.. Mikel wanted to become “Mr. Cup” as he scored in the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals. His appearance on the field gave strength to the mom team and created the necessary enthusiasm. He drew the game and made Anoeta believe, but later in the shootout he missed a penalty, sending his teammates into the ditch.

. Mallorca played a major role in the first break with Gio, having their first shot on target of the match a match and a half later. They haven’t scored in Anoeta since 2007.. La Real played a pasta game, but they trusted the magician Oyarzabal. He completed the first job and failed at the most crucial moment, in the lunge.

La Real began with its helplessness recently. A few weeks of darkness during which injuries, ineffective strikers and doubt saw them shed their tag as a great champion team. Almost everything you saw was irritating. Samu Costa raised his mark by shackling Subimendi and the home side’s attacking scheme collapsed like a house of cards. He 4 He needed to squeeze between the center backs to play, where he could make a plan with the ball, but through his binoculars he saw Brace Mendez and Merino. These were three magicians with clubs instead of magic wands, always playing with their backs to the opposite frame. The bright midfield imposed its tactics. “Vasco” Aguirre rubbed his hands, seeing that his idea of ​​an internal blockade of Thuri-Urdin had triumphed.

Even Remiro joined in the party of absurdities with a ridiculous serve wasted when he tried to start the game from the left flank. They were very straightforward in their ideas, and when they threatened promising attacks, they ended up with fireworks.. Only a small blow from Zakharyan, parried without problems by Greif, gave the stands a slight movement, very cold in the face of what they saw. Galan’s usage and Kubo’s leadership brought some energy to a team that had lost its rhythm. The left-back gives his whole soul to this world, and when there is no football, his tenacity is pure gold. Imanol asked for calm, head, but the semi-final called for revolution. Beyond rhythm and technical precision. The final passes were a pain and the game was more than ugly, it was atrocious.

Faced with a system as mature, stable and insurmountable as Mallorca’s, the task was to make a change in orientation to break such a defensive structure and get the Balearic pawns out of the way, but there was no way. Mallorca had the first big chance: Dani Rodriguez played a good pass to Abdon, who fell on the edge of the box and failed to get his shot clear. As a result, he even had lime from the line on his face.

Missed penalty

In the last gasp of the first half, Real seemed to move their opponents a little more to create space. What the game didn’t give him seemed to be down to a mistake from a veteran like Reillo, who raised his hand on Subimendi’s cross and touched the ball with his hand just before the break, Bryce, who didn’t do anything precise this time. This year, thanks to the penalty, he was responsible for taking it and struck it in a terrible way, in the middle. An easy task for a big guy like Greif, who rushed to his left and the ball hit his feet. The stands were even more injured.

Becker came on in the second half and had already done more in two minutes than Andre Silva had done in the previous 45 minutes. La Real appreciated it because everything started with a new spark, the intensity was adequate. But The shot came in the 50th minute with a good challenge between Dani Rodriguez, Larin, whose position was reviewed for possible offside, and Jaume Costa, who sponsored a cross with plenty of parabola. Gio Gonzalez appeared all alone and headed into the net in the most unattractive way. The goal was finally celebrated after 140 minutes of play-off play.. After this, the Balearic Islands further intensified their strategy of stretching out time without anything happening.

Then changes began to be made. Muriqui gave top scorer Abdon a break, and Oyarzabal woke everyone up from their lethargy with a false nine. The great captain finally returned to repair the damage and set course for La Cartua. Everything started to change. La Real finally showed some quick, vertical play in the 71st minute, stealing the ball into the Mallorca goal. Bryce made a great pass to Mikel, who scored with his right foot. It was a positive endorsement at the right time, even though we had a lot of games ahead of us. Imanol’s squad acquired a much higher level of activity and excitement than his opponent.

. From this turning point, local residents began to harass and destroy the Greif gate.

Extra time and penalties

But there was extra. At the start of the first part of extra time Samu acted like a hero, taking a shot on the goal line from Merino and another, very powerful one, from Tierney. In the second, VAR had to be activated in case the Portuguese midfielder ended up in the goal.. There was no goal. Merino asked for change because he was tired. He wasn’t the only one. Le Normand asked for a change to 112 due to muscle contracture, but there was nothing else and he had to hold on, although he could barely stand. Darder came in and narrowly missed a free-kick against Remiro. The second leg of the semi-final went straight to penalties.

The preview of the round presented an interesting and very illuminating picture. Although Real Madrid have established a very strict convention to decide who will throw, In Mallorca they were smiling and jumping with joy. Drama and party. The Balearic team already started with an emotional advantage, but the draw was won by Oyarzabal, who else, and he chose to strike the loudest against the lively background. Mikel himself, a great specialist, opened fire and missed.. Before the impact, he performed his usual ceremony with small jumps. Between him and Brace they kindled the torment from the fatal point. Muriqui tricked Remiro by firing to the left of the cascantino. Turrientes did the same, releasing a strong, low and more focused discharge. Morlanes made two of two goals, hitting the post. And Olasagasti, another young man from Zubieta, scored the second goal for the locals with great composure after two steps. Mascarell was third for the Balearic Islands with another perfect penalty. Next was Zubimendi, who allowed himself to realize Paradinha. Radonjic made it 3-4 with another perfect shot. There’s still one left for each. Becker was not mistaken and Everything was left in Darder’s boots to strike a blow to history. It captured the perfect episode. The absolute protagonist of an unforgettable night with Greif.