The last three titles raised by Real Betis, the King’s cups of 2022, 2005 and 1977, occurred on dates very close to the death of potatoes Benedict XVI, John Paul II and Pablo VI, So when Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, this unique unity came to the memory of the Betics, which came to the doors where the Verdiblano team was arguing the first semifinals in European competition in its history, which would measure Forentina the next day 1 and 8 May, with a position to end of the Conference at stake.
On April 23, 2022, Real Betis won third in Copa del Rey who defeated Valencia CF in the penalty shootout of the final play in La Cartuja. Months later, on December 31 of the same year, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died.
On June 11, 2005, Real Betis won his second Copa del Rey, at Vicentre Calderón, expanding Osasuna (2-1), just two months after Pope John Paul II’s death on April 2, 2005.
On June 25, 1977, Real Betis raised his first Copa del Rey, at Vicente Calderón, after defeating the athletic club at the penalty shootout, and only one year died Pope Paul VI died, in August 1978, after becoming Sumo Pontiff of the Catholic Church for more than fifteen years.
Source: La Verdad
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