On the other side of the board, Jagoba Arrasate, the Osasuna coach, was crying after losing the Copa del Rey final against Real Madrid. “These fans deserved the Cup. Proud of this team. Real Madrid in the finals is lethal. It couldn’t have been, but we’ve tried,” said the Osasuna coach. “I would say to the fans that I am very sorry and that we are very proud of them. We will try again,” he said.
The Pamplona team sold their defeat dearly in a game in which they tied in the second period through Lucas Torró on the brink of the hour of play, but it was not enough for the Pamplona team to achieve their first title in history in their It was their second presence in a Cup final, after they also lost it eighteen years ago.”We’ve been close. We’ve fought a lot in the second half. We haven’t been able to keep up with Real Madrid and the second goal has hurt us a lot. We were also very tired,” admitted Lucas Torró.
Asked about the early goal that Real Madrid conceded, Torró acknowledged that “we talked about it before the game that we had to try to keep a clean sheet for as long as possible and the opposite has happened. But afterwards we have given everything and we have even marked. Congratulate Real Madrid, they played a great game. But I’m proud of this team”, he declared
Finally, asked about the difficulty of defending and marking VinÃcius, which made Moncayola desperate, with a yellow card from minute 21, and Rubén Peña, who tried to help his teammate; unlucky. Even ‘Chimy’ Ãvila, with five minutes in his legs, Torró limited himself to slipping a “VinÃcius is an unbalancing player. He has had a hard time defending him. But the team has been well covering him”, he sentenced “.
