What makes Omar Mascarell doubly exciting

Omar Mascarell (Tegueste, Tenerife, February 2, 2023) faced a challenge that was not hidden from him. The midfielder of Real Mallorca aspires to be a champion Copa del Rey this Saturday with him Real Mallorca he is new Athletic Club of Bilbao in the latest happening in the stadium of The Charterhouse of Seville. And this is not the first time, because on May 19, 2018, he was able to lift a similar trophy when he led the team’s midfield. Eintracht Frankfurt.

He also did it against the odds. The vermillions are not favorites this time against the ‘lions’. There was also no set of Frankfurt In front of a Bayern Munich with the current Barcelona player as its spearhead Robert Lewandowski. In fact, the center forward scored Munich’s only goal that day (min. 53) compared to the three scored by the team he coached Niko Kovacjob of Rebic on two occasions (m. 11 and 82) and Gacinovic (m. 94). In that way Bavaria who they also defeated Kimmich, Alaba, Javi Martínez, Thiago Alcántara, Müller, James Rodríguez and Ribery, Besides others. I trained him Jupp Heynckes.

Omar He remembers that meeting with great fondness. “It’s one of the best moments of my career. It’s my first title and the truth is it’s an incredible experience because of how we won and because of how important that title is to the club and to the city ​​man. We had a great team and an amazing group and that’s what made us achieve something as great as cup of that person,” he explained.

Six years later, he had the chance to repeat and was hoping to get fit, as some muscle discomfort threatened to keep him out. “I see the final as a very nice experience that we have to live. A match to enjoy to the fullest. It will be a very complicated match because we have a great rival ahead of us who is very fit this season. But this is football and anything can happen in a match. We believe in ourselves and although we will see what happens, we are going with the mentality to win it and take the title in Majorca . There was no other thought in our heads,” he said.

Reaching here has been a heroic feat for us. Javier Aguirre. Among the other teams that fell this powerful year Gironain the quarterfinals, and another ‘seed’ like Real societyin a dramatic penalty shootout at Anoeta wherein Mascarell he scored his shot. “The road was not easy, there were many qualifying rounds where the team had to perform at a good level to advance to the next round. I think there is one match that marks a lot and it is the victory in the quarterfinals against Gironawhich at that time preceded the League. That victory, which put us in the semi-finals, beating a good team today, gave us a real illusion that we could win,” he said.

And he added that “we really believe. In the semifinals, without being the favorite, I think the team gave a good level so that we could enter the final after many years. It was a very good path, with a lot of work, but there is much joy for us and Mallorcanism.

As he repeated on several occasions OmarIt will not be by illusion. “The atmosphere is incredible Majorca and in Majorca. As I said later, the group we have is amazing. We’re like a big family, I really mean it, and that’s what makes us strong. We have a goal and we will fight to the death and to the end to achieve it,” he says with conviction.

He tried out at Barça and signed for Real Madrid

Omar Mascarell Arrived at Majorca at the beginning of this season from Elche, where he served in two previous campaigns. He signed a contract until June 2026. It can be remembered that the native of Tenerife knows a little. The Masia. And the midfielder was tried by Barça for ten days in 2010. The test was carried out in the middle of the season and those responsible for the Catalans announced the player for the next campaign. In that ‘no man’s land’, the real Madrid He intercepted and took her to be part of his quarry. Apart from the clubs mentioned, he has also played in Derby Countyhe Sporting Gijón and the Schalke 04. And it has a good relationship with Peter.