1980 Copa del Rey final explained

Copa del Rey 1980 final
Event:1979–80 Copa del Rey
Team1:Real Madrid
Team1score:6
Team2:Castilla
Team2score:1
Date:4 June 1980
Stadium:Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, Spain
Referee:Ángel Franco Martínez
Attendance:65,000[1]
Previous:1979
Next:1981

The 1980 Copa del Rey final was the 78th final of the King's Cup, Spain's premier football competition. The final was played at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, on 4 June 1980, and was won by Real Madrid, who beat their own reserve team Castilla 6–1.

Match

Summary

According to Euan McTear of These Football Times "Castilla were a shadow of the vibrant side that had thrilled the Spanish capital and the country throughout the previous few months".[2]

With goals from Juanito and Santillana, Castilla fell to a 2–0 deficit by half-time. After 45 minutes of play, Andrés Sabido and Vicente del Bosque added a third and a fourth either side of the hour mark to create a broad gap between the two sides.

Castilla's Ricardo Álvarez managed to close the wide margin with ten minutes remaining. According to McTear this gesture just provoked the senior side, who had been winding the clock down for the last minutes. Seconds after Castilla scored, substitute Francisco García Hernández made it 5–1 before a last minute Juanito penalty sealed off a 6–1 triumph. After the final whistle both teams celebrated with the trophy.

Details

Real Madrid:
GK 1 Mariano García Remón
DF 2 Andrés Sabido
DF 5 Gregorio Benito
DF 4 Pirri (c)
DF 3 José Antonio Camacho
MF 6 Vicente del Bosque
MF 10
MF 8 Ángel
FW 7 Juanito
FW 9 Santillana
FW 11
Substitutes:
MF 14
FW 15
Manager:
Vujadin Boškov
Castilla:
GK 1 Agustín
DF 2 Juanito
DF 4 Javier Castañeda (c)
DF 5 Enrique Herrero
DF 3 Casimiro
MF 7 Ricardo Álvarez
MF 6 Ricardo Gallego
MF 10 Miguel Bernal
FW 8 Francisco Pineda
FW 9
FW 11
Substitutes:
MF 14
FW 15
Manager:
Juanjo García Santos
width=50% valign=topMATCH RULES
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Four named substitutes.
  • Maximum of two substitutions.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Linguasport . es . ASISTENCIA: 65.000 . Copa del Rey 1979-80 . 17 May 2017.
  2. Web site: When Real Madrid Castilla reached the Copa del Rey final and played in Europe . . 19 May 2016 . 17 May 2017 . McTear . Euan .