After being the scene of three Fairs Cup finals, Barcelona won two, in 1958 and 1960, and lost one, in 1962, the Camp Nou hosted its first final on June 23, 1963 The only match: the final of the Copa del Generalísimo pitting the Barcelona team against Zaragoza, with a 3-1 win for Barca. It was held on June 23, as a prelude to the ‘revetlla’ of Sant Joan from just sixty years ago.
It was Barca still in ‘shock’ after the loss of the 1961 European Cup final, with a disappointing result. Lluís Miró started the 1961-62 season, his first after Bern, on the bench, but in November he was fired by Enric Llaudet and put Ladislao Kuaba, who is starting the club’s Soccer School project, in charge.
Laszi place the team in the finals of the Fairs Cupwhich however they lost against Valencia (6-2 at Mestalla and 1-1 in the second leg, at Camp Nou), played in September 1962. Kubala was with Barcelona did not go ahead the path of success. The 62-63 season was very irregular and on January 8, five days after suggesting to president Enric Llaudet that he remove his boots and act as player-coach, Kubala was sacked. He didn’t return to soccer school, as he wanted, but instead was fired. Disgusted, he signed for Espanyol, where he became a player-coach.
Joseph Maria Gonzalvo, the second in the mythical saga of three soccer players From forty-fifty (his brother Mariano is considered one of the best midfielders in the history of the club) he took the team, which did not go beyond sixth place in the League. However, he paid for it in the Copa del Generalísimo, despite a career that was not as regular as he had in the league competition. He was on the verge of KO several timesbut saved in extremis.
The road
For a start, 3-1 against Murcia and symptoms of defeat in the second leg (1-0) in the round of 32. In the round of 16 the drama was glimpsed: 4-1 defeat to Altabix, in the field of Elche, who also played many minutes with ten. Comeback (4-1) and tiebreaker in Madrid: 2-1 at the Bernabéu. This was not the only tiebreaker game in Barcelona’s trajectory to the title.
After eliminating Valladolid with a 2-1 loss in the first leg and a 4-1 comeback, Valencia awaits in the semifinals, executioner last September in the Fairs Cup. Tables at Mestalla (2-2) and at Camp Nou (1-1) and a new tiebreaker: 1-0 for Barça in Madrid, on June 18, while Francisco Franco was in Barcelona on an official trip.
The presence of the Generalissimo in Catalonia is the reason why the final Cup was held in Barcelona, on the night of June 23, ‘revetlla’ in Sant Joan. Between the stage and Barça’s need to win, everything is preparing the victory of Barca against a Zaragoza coached by the legendary César, who had already signed for Barcelona.
The final
And for once Barcelona did not disappoint its people to a packed Camp Nou. Pereda and Kocis made it 2-0 before 20 minutes and, shortly after the start of the second half, Zaldúa scored the third. Villa scored the goal of honor for the final 3-1.
they played which was the first final in a single match of Camp Nou history Pesudo, Rodri, Olivella, Gracia, Segarra, Garay, Zaballa, Vergés, Zaldua, Kocis and Pereda for Barcelona. And Yarza, Cortizo, Santamaría, Zubiaurre, Isasi, Pepín, Marcelino, Villa, Murillo, Sigi and Lapetra for the Maño team.
In the former, as had been the custom for many years, they played final of the youth cupwith Athletic’s victory over Madrid 2-0.
Source: La Verdad
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