It is Raul Garcia’s double that has done the damage in Malaga! Reigning Supercopa de Espana champions Real Madrid are out, despite Karim Benzema’s late VAR-assisted response and some last-gasp would-be-penalty drama! It is Athletic Bilbao who go through to the final to face Barcelona!
At full-time, it finishes Real Madrid 1-2 Athletic Bilbao.
What a result for Marcelino! It is cruel, perhaps, that he should be the one to reap the rewards of Gaizka Garitano’s run to the Copa del Rey final, having only arrived at the start of this month of course, but he has nonetheless masterminded an upset here.
He’ll relish a shot at Barcelona once again.
But for Zinedine Zidane, the chance for early silverware in 2021 slips through his hands.
His side will be left to rue their errors; indeed, they’ve mustered just one goal in 180-plus minutes against arguably inferior opposition now.
There’s questions to be asked.
Indeed, it will be a rematch of the 2015 Supercopa de Espana tie, albeit a one-legged, winner-takes-all affair – and for their coach, it is a chance to cross swords with the Blaugrana again after he beat them in the 2019 Copa del Rey final with Valencia.
