Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Casillas want their first Cup, Puyol seeks more

Iker Casillas, captain of Real Madrid will try to boost on Wednesday its first Copa del Rey in the match that he will face Barcelona at the Mestalla, whose captain, Carles Puyol, you know what is to give fans the trophy in Valencia Stadium . While walking orphan titles Casillas butler, Puyol is still recent memory the success against Athletic Bilbao at the Mestalla in 2009 (4-1) in a season in which his team captured every title that got in his way in the best campaign story that reminds a football club.

Mestalla has already seen eight times as Captain of a team receiving the Cup, a series that began precisely Barcelona in 1926 and is also the last chapter in the Catalan club to the aforementioned title of 2009. Although the box at the Mestalla has been marching along its long history of eight captains to receive the Cup, only seven were those who had the honor, as though one of them repeated on two different computers.

Was the case with Ricardo Zamora, who had the privilege of taking the trophy in 1929 and 1936 as Espanyol goalkeeper of Real Madrid. Puyol now aspires to be the second player to lift the cup at the Mestalla for the second time. Chronologically, the first captain who raised a glass of Spain in Mestalla was the Barca José Samitier, after his team's victory against Atletico Madrid (3-2) in 1926, which meant the first game of the four made by the Barcelona in the area of Valencia.

Three years later, in 1929, Zamora did the same thanks to the victory (2-1) Espanyol against Real Madrid, a team that was able to recover in 1936, beating Barcelona 2-1 in a victory that allowed the historic repeat instant keeper but with a different jersey. It took 54 years for a new shelter Mestalla Final and although the teams were the same in 1936, Barcelona and Real Madrid, this time the title was for all FC Barcelona, whose captain Jose Ramon Alexanco picked up the trophy.

The next stop on the Cup Final in Mestalla was in 1993. Then, Manolo Sanchis was the picture of success of Real Madrid after his team won by 2-0 at Real Zaragoza and he plays for the first time the trophy as captain Madrid. The last three Cup finals have been played out in the field of Valencia were played in 1998, 2000 and 2009.

In the first, Captain Luis Figo staged as Barcelona win against Mallorca, which won on penalties after tying goal in the match, while Raul Tamudo followed suit in 2000, which accounted for Espanyol second title at the Mestalla after beating Atletico Madrid (2-1). Nine years later, Puyol received from King Juan Carlos Cup 2009 to be imposed on the Athletic Club.

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