Seville /
the Royal Society was proclaimed champion of the King’s Cup 2020 this Saturday winning 1-0 at Athletic de Bilbao in the final, thirty-four years after raising his so far only cup trophy (1987), in first Basque final in history and the first to be played without an audience.
A penalty goal from Mikel Oyarzabal (63) gave the Royal Society a title that corresponds to last season (2020), which was postponed by the covid pandemic.
The match had been postponed in the hope that it could be played with the public, although it eventually had to take place in a stadium of the Carthusian Monastery Sevillian in which there were only one handful of guests officers.
“It’s a beautiful day that you remember from all over the world, i want to give this to all the fans“, He said Oyarzabal after the final on Telecinco television.
The end of King’s Cup will also be remembered because Iker Muniaín he played the trophy before the match began, which was captured on video and the image traveled the world.
In the latter city there were some brief altercations with police, When the agents tried to disperse the groups of followers, who exceeded the number of people allowed by the health situation and did not comply with the restrictions imposed by the pandemic.
The Royal Society thus adds its second Cup (the Spanish Football Federation does not grant the one to him of 1909, gained by San Sebastián Cycling Club, Entity that gave rise to the Real), While the Athletic he will have to wait a fortnight to have another chance to lift a trophy he has not won again since 1984.
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