Real Sociedad lifted the Copa del Rey at La Cartuja against Atlético de Madrid in a breathless penalty shootout (4-3), after a 2-2 draw in regular time and extra time.
The txuri-urdines fans – Real Sociedad’s nickname in Basque – inside the stadium ended up celebrating the fourth Copa del Rey in the club’s history and the second since 1987, having also won it in 2020.
Curiously, back in 2020, Pablo Marín, the player who converted the title-winning penalty in this match, was a ball boy for the Basque team.
But it was outside La Cartuja that the biggest story of this Copa del Rey took place: a Real Sociedad fan was unable to watch the match because of his family.
Íñigo, a die-hard Real Sociedad supporter, traveled to the final with his wife and daughter.
The problem was that they had only two tickets for the three of them, as they were unable to get one for their daughter.
Because of that, he decided to stay outside the stadium, with barely any phone battery left, so that the two of them could experience the match from the stands.
All of this after they had traveled 900 kilometers to Seville.
As the match went on, Íñigo’s nerves grew, but Real ultimately won and, in the end, he was able to hug his wife and daughter to celebrate the title.
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