As if no time had passed, how playful chance is, the RCTB parish evokes the past with encouragement.

Accustomed to the righteous diatribes, like the one that said Atleti was the team of the people –something that no one has believed for a long time due to the squad and the checkbook to build it–, the favorite’s suit turned against Cholo. Comfortable in guerrilla warfare, in

Pablo Marín, the boy from Logroño whose first football memories are playing the drum and trumpet in the stands watching his father play, arrived at Zubieta at 13 years old and was a ball boy in the 2021 semi-final, and yesterday, in an exciting and nail-biting final, he gave Real Sociedad their third Copa del Rey title. A penalty shootout that featured another hero, Unai Marrero, who had already saved a penalty in the League last season against Kylian Mbappé and was key in the round of 16 against Osasuna this season. He did the same against shots from Sörloth and Julián Álvarez. A metaphor for an ill-fated final for Atlético, always behind, from the first breath to the last. It’s a matter of rewinding (2-2, 3-4 en penaltis).