The highest penalty in Anoeta

It must be in the cruelest way, in the penalty shootout, after 180 minutes of fierce battle, including 30 overtimes, with a chief Anoeta dreaming of going en masse to Seville, after the first leg where the surreal opportunity is not taken. , a penalty missed by braise with 0-0 and, in the end, the highest penalty missed by Oyarzabal, the hero of Seville, the captain who rekindled hope in his cause as soon as hope was alive. Destiny is written by the devil himself. Gipuzkoa cries and Mallorca jumps. The Champions and the League remain. But this defeat is very painful, it is bloody, it marks the rest of the season and complicates the participation in Europe.

There is no shortage of controversy

The match was epic, played from power to power, maybe La Real did more to win it, they enjoyed the clearest chance after the goals, Becker’s denied Sadnessand, above all, the clear double where Samú Costa He kept the goal off the line on two occasions, first to protect Merino’s header and then to stop the missile from Tierney. The clear establishment that this ball did not go in must be a matter of faith, similar to the offside of learn not mentioned in the objective Gio. You have to believe in stripes and obsolete goal line technology.

Mikel came back, Mikel scored

There are moments for everyone, Real lost it with the goal of Gio and the penalty decision braise with 0-0, it seems to turn to enter the field of Oyarzabal and his purpose. The extension, Anoeta’s first this century, went rogue when they had to leave due to injury hut and then Merino, Real dominated, but Mallorca, always intense, always well positioned, almost nothing. AND Muriqi He is licensed to distribute the tow and stick out his elbows on the walk.

And then came the fateful penalty shootout. We didn’t have to wait long. Real started shooting and the one who always scored missed: Oyarzabal. Already behind, all the royalists who kicked scored: Turrientes, Olasagasti, Zubimendi and Becker. But also five from Mallorca: Muriqi, Morlanes, Mascarell, Radonjic and darker.

Broken heart

February 27, 2024 is now the night of broken hearts in the royal family. Rivers overflowed in the morning in several Gipuzkoan towns and the passion for Real also overflowed throughout the day, weeks in fact, since the victory over Celta in the quarterfinals. Who else has a hotel, house, studio, camping in Seville and its surroundings reserved for April 6, but the Mallorca of Aguirre He broke the dream and in a very cruel way. And now, not a dream, or Seville, or a trip, or a Cup, or that image that every realist has painted in his head as if it were a canvas in recent weeks: wearing txuri urdin, in the heat of Seville, in stands. of Cartuja with Oyarzabal once again raised the beauty of a trophy to the sky. Nothing. Either Real will pull off a victory next week and overcome PSG’s 2-0 deficit or the season is over. And be careful because if Mallorca doubles up and ends up winning the Cup, the options for getting a European place will be even more limited.

Product of collapse

A month and a half ago, Real was the big favorite, according to the position, the game, the history and the potential, a squad of almost 500 million euros against one in 90 and going home. But the passing of the weeks confirmed the progressive fall into hell of a team that touched the football heaven in the first games of the Champions League, which was a symphonic band of 30 violins, 12 violas and 12 cellos, but now an orchestra from a neighborhood that does not prepare, that has terrible problems in scoring a goal – the ‘9’ thing can already be considered a big mistake – and prevents them from scoring.

A slap in the face to the 36,000 present in the stadium, to the thousands who came to greet the bus, to the dozens who traveled hundreds of kilometers to enjoy this match and to all those who wanted to eat gloriously on Christmas Saturday of the Resurrection is morrocotuda. But the Real of Imanol always get up. It was the biggest blow in five years, but he accepted it because he was there, in the gap. Those who never fight for anything must suffer more.

Altxa erase. Go ahead