After the victory of Real Betis once morest Rayo Vallecano (2-1), the second leg of the Spanish Cup semi-final pitted Athletic Club and Valencia CF once morest San Mamés. The Basques were keen to win in front of their home crowd, in front of whom they had already eliminated FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. As for the club, it had to get rid of teams from lower divisions before beating Cadiz in the quarter-finals.
The two teams left in a draw (1-1) before the trip to Valencia. In a hotly contested match, the locals opened the scoring thanks to the header of Raul Garcia, well served by Iker Muniain (1-0, 37th). We had to wait for the second period to witness the reaction of the Merengots through Hugo Duro as a surface fox (1-1, 65th). See you on March 2 for the return match at La Mestalla.