2009 Copa del Rey Final

2009 Copa del Rey Final
Event 2008–09 Copa del Rey
Date 13 May 2009
Venue Mestalla, Valencia
Referee Luis Medina Cantalejo
Attendance 50,000
Weather Partly cloudy
18 °C (64 °F)[1]

The 2009 Copa del Rey Final was the 107th final of the Spanish cup competition, the Copa del Rey. The final was played at Mestalla in Valencia on 13 May 2009. The match was won by FC Barcelona, who beat Athletic Bilbao 4 1. This was the first title of Barcelona that year, before winning la Liga and the UEFA Champions League to earn their first treble.

Road to the final

For more details on this topic, see 2008–09 Copa del Rey.
Barcelona Round Athletic Bilbao
Opponent Result Legs Opponent Result Legs
Benidorm 2–0 0–1 away; 1–0 home Round of 32 Recreativo 3–2 2–0 home; 2–1 away
Atlético Madrid 5–2 1–3 away; 2–1 home Round of 16 Osasuna 3–1 1–1 away; 2–0 home
Espanyol 3–2 0–0 away; 3–2 home Quarterfinals Sporting Gijón 2–1 0–0 home; 1–2 away
Mallorca 3–1 2–0 home; 1–1 away Semifinals Sevilla 4–2 2–1 away; 3–0 home

Match details

13 May 2009
22:00 CEST
Athletic Bilbao 1 4 Barcelona
Toquero  8' Report Touré  32'
Messi  55'
Bojan  57'
Xavi  64'
Athletic Bilbao
Barcelona
ATHLETIC BILBAO:
GK 1 Spain Gorka Iraizoz
RB 15Spain Andoni Iraola
CB 20Spain Aitor Ocio
CB 5 Spain Fernando Amorebieta
LB 3 Spain Koikili Lertxundi  35'
CM 16Spain Pablo Orbaiz  61'
CM 24Spain Javi Martínez
RW 10Spain Francisco Yeste (c)
LW 7 Spain David López  29'  56'
CF 9 Spain Fernando Llorente
CF 2 Spain Gaizka Toquero  61'
Substitutes:
GK 13Spain Armando Riveiro
CB 18Spain Carlos Gurpegui
CB 29Spain Xabier Etxeita
LB 42Spain Mikel Balenziaga
MF 14Spain Markel Susaeta  56'
MF 17Spain Joseba Etxeberria  61'
FW 18Spain Ion Vélez  61'
Manager:
Spain Joaquín Caparrós
BARCELONA:
GK 13Spain José Manuel Pinto
RB 20Brazil Daniel Alves
CB 24Ivory Coast Yaya Touré  21'  89'
CB 3 Spain Gerard Piqué
LB 5 Spain Carles Puyol (c)
DM 28Spain Sergio Busquets
CM 6 Spain Xavi  88'
CM 15Mali Seydou Keita  49'
RW 10Argentina Lionel Messi  50'
LW 11Spain Bojan Krkić  84'
CF 9 Cameroon Samuel Eto'o
Substitutes:
GK 1 Spain Víctor Valdés
CB 2 Uruguay Martín Cáceres
DF 16Brazil Sylvinho  89'
MF 7 Iceland Eiður Guðjohnsen
MF 29Spain Víctor Sánchez
FW 21Belarus Alexander Hleb  84'
FW 27Spain Pedro  88'
Manager:
Spain Josep Guardiola

Anthem controversy

The pre-match playing of the Spanish national anthem prompted widespread booing from Catalan nationalist fans of FC Barcelona and Basque nationalist fans of Athletic Bilbao. Televisión Española (TVE) cut away from its coverage as soon as this started and consequently did not show the playing of the anthem live, instead showing it at half time with the booing edited out. Afterwards, its director Javier Pons apologised for the "mistake", and Julian Reyes, the head of sports news, was fired as a result of the censorship.[2]

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