Real Sociedad lifted the Copa del Rey at La Cartuja against Atlético de Madrid in a heart-stopping penalty shootout (3-4) after a 2-2 draw in regular time and extra time.
The 'txuri-urdines' inside the stadium ended up lifting the fourth Copa del Rey in their history and their second since 1987, having also won it in 2020. Back then, in 2020, Pablo Marín, who took the winning penalty, was a ball boy for the San Sebastián side.
But outside La Cartuja, the story of the Copa del Rey unfolded: a Real Sociedad fan missed the match because of his family.
Íñigo, a Real Sociedad supporter, went to the final with his wife and daughter. They only had two tickets for the three of them because his daughter did not have a ticket for the match, so he decided to stay outside, with barely any battery left on his phone, so that the two of them could experience the game. All this after making the 900-kilometre trip to Seville.
As the match went on, Íñigo’s nerves grew, but Real ended up winning and he finished by hugging both his wife and his daughter.
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