Real Sociedad writes history and wins the King's Cup title at the expense of Atletico Madrid
In a breathtaking football night at the "La Cartuja" stadium in Seville, Real Sociedad succeeded in engraving its name in golden letters in the records of the King's Cup of Spain, after defeating Atletico Madrid on penalties (4-3), following a marathon confrontation that extended until the decisive kicks after a positive draw with two goals. For the same.
A thunderbolt start and mutual control
Real Sociedad only needed a few seconds to score against the “Rojiblancos”; Ander Barenechea blew the starting whistle with a very early goal in the first minute, putting his team in a position of early moral superiority. Despite this shock, Atletico Madrid quickly gathered its strength to equalize the score through Ademola Lookman in the 19th minute, before Sociedad regained the lead again in the final minutes of the first half (45+1) thanks to a penalty kick successfully executed by captain Mikel Oyarzabal.
Excitement until the last breath
With the entry of the second half, Atletico Madrid imposed intense pressure. In search of a comeback, which was actually achieved in the 83rd minute by Julian Alvarez, who gave his team a valuable draw that brought the match back to square one. With the end of regular time and extra time with the same result, the two sides went to penalty shootouts.
Lucky kicks smile at “Sociedad”
The penalty shootout failed to do justice to the team that was more consistent, as the ball smiled at Real Sociedad with a score of (4-3), thus announcing that it had won the championship title, amid great joy for its fans. Which celebrated an exceptional night in the club’s history.