The Andalusians opened the scoring in the 11th minute by Borja Iglesias and Hugo Duro equalized at the half-hour mark, before extra time and the penalty shootout sealed by a final achievement from the youngster Juan Miranda for Betis.
The story is good for Joaquina true icon of the Andalusian club, the only player in the current Sevillian squad to have known the coronation of 2005: on the bench at the start of the match, he entered in the 86th, finished the match with the captain’s armband and succeeded to once more offer a major title to his heart club.
Conversely, it is cruel to the Valence CFwho managed to reach the final in the middle of a mixed season, but who failed very close to the goal, on a shot on goal missed by the young American of 19 years, Yunus Musah.
But the suspense held all spain in suspense until late at night, with this indecisive penalty shootout to decide the winner, the first in the final of King’s Cup since 1998, which had opposed the FC Barcelona in Mallorca.
– Duro responds to Iglesias –
Before a tense extension, where the players ended up washed out by the effort, Betis had opened the scoring in the 11th minute thanks to a goal from the head of Borja Iglesias, abandoned in the axis, which rose in the airs to propel a center d’Hector Bellerin at the bottom of the nets.
His 5th goal in the King’s Cup, he who had already scored in the home and away semi-finals once morest Vallecano Ray.
But half an hour into the game, the young Hugo Duro (22) brought his team up to standard, with a nice ball stung over Claudio Bravofollowing being perfectly served in depth by Ilaix Moriba. Duro thus converted Valencia’s first attempt, and what will be the only strike for the men of José Bordalas in the first period.
Because Betis had dominated the start of the match, with a huge opportunity for Juanmi in the 21st and a post hit by sergio canals at the 43rd.
– Betis, direction l’Europe –
Dominated on the lawn of the Cartuja, in front of crowded stands (53,387 spectators) and under the eyes of the coach of the Red Louis Henrythe Valencians however returned from the locker room with more desire.
But at the very end of the match (83rd), it is the French playmaker of Betis, Nabil Fekirwho almost decided the fate of the meeting prematurely.
The world champion collapsed in the surface, jostled in the middle of the race by Carlos, but the referee decided not to whistle anything. And in the process, the former Lyonnais inherited a perfect ball in the area, but stumbled once morest Giorgi Mamardashvili.
Fekir suffered cramps and was substituted in the 111th minute and was unable to take part in the penalty shootout, but he still won the first club title of his career.
With this success, Betis Sevilla, 5th in La Liga in the fight for European places, is now guaranteed to play the Ligue Europa next year. Enough to make the sweet dream of the “verdiblanco” club last in this crazy night in Seville.
