1918 Copa del Rey final

March 2024 1918 Copa del Rey final 1918 Copa del Rey final 2.jpg Patricio Arabolaza in front of Eduardo Teus' goal during the match 1918 Copa del Rey Real Unión 2 Madrid FC 0 12 May 1918 Estadio O'Donnell Madrid Josep Torrens 10,000 1917 1919 The 1918 Copa del Rey final was an association football match between Real Unión and Madrid FC on 12 May 1918, at the O'Donnell Stadium in Madrid. It was the deciding match of the Spanish cup competition, the Copa del Rey. Real Unión beat Madrid FC 2–0 to win their first title. Unión's captain, forward Juan Legarreta, scored both goals. The final was attended by approximately 10,000 spectators. Route to the final 1918 Copa del Rey +Real UniónRoundOppositionScoreQuarterfinal (single leg)Sporting de Gijón4–1Semifinal (single leg)Real Fortuna Football Club de Vigo4–1 The Copa del Rey is an annual single-elimination tournament which at the time, before the formation of the national league, consisted of the winners of Spain's eight regional leagues. Real Unión Club and Madrid FC had qualified to the 16th edition of the Copa del Rey as champions of the North Regional Championship and Central Regional Championship, respectively. Although Real Unión had not won the final before, it was the product of the merger between Irún Sporting Club and Racing Club de Irún, the latter of which had won the 1913 Copa del Rey. In the quarterfinals, Unión beat Sporting de Gijón 4–1 thanks to a hat-trick from René Petit and a header from Agustín Amantegui.Nasarre 1918 12 Sporting's goal came from a penalty.Nasarre 1918 12 Two days later, Unión beat Real Fortuna FC in the semifinals, again with a 4–1 result. Madrid newspaper Gran Vida's Nasarre mentions an upset by the Galicians was expected and noted the excellent quality of their players, although their lack of cohesion allowed Unión to keep possession of the ball throughout the match and win.Nasarre 1918 12 Madrid-Sport singled out José Angoso's "decisive" performance in that match.Madrid-sport 1918 +Madrid FCRoundOppositionScoreQuarterfinal (1st leg)RCD Espanyol0–3Quarterfinal (2nd leg)RCD Espanyol1–0Quarterfinal (replay match)RCD Espanyol2–1Semifinal (1st leg)Recreativo de Huelva2–0Semifinal (2nd leg)Recreativo de Huelva4–0 Madrid faced Catalan champions RCD Espanyol in the quarterfinal. The first leg was played in Barcelona, with the match delayed by one day due to strong rains that lasted until six in the afternoon on the original day of the match.Ruiz Ferry 1918a 3 Espanyol eventually won 3–0.Ruiz Ferry 1918a 3 In the second leg Madrid beat the Blanquiazules with one goal, Espanyol playing with too much restraint to take advantage of the home team according to Ricardo Ruiz Ferry of El Sol.Ruiz Ferry 1918b 3 A replay match was played two days after the second leg which Madrid won 2–1, although Ruiz Ferry commented that Madrid looked dominant throughout the match.Ruiz Ferry 1918c 2 The semifinals saw Madrid play against Southern Region champions Recreativo de Huelva. The first leg was played in Huelva, with La Época and El Imparcial commenting on the locals being "stunned" by Madrid FC's "assault" in the first half.El Imparcial 1918aLa Época 1918 Manuel Posada opened the scoring in the opening half with a "stupendous" headerLa Época 1918 a few minutes into the match.El Imparcial 1918a Santiago Bernabéu followed by scoring a goal of his own.La Época 1918 Both teams created more frequent and "beautiful" chances in the second half, according to La Época, but due to the shot-stopping of Recreativo's goalkeeper and a crucial clearance by Feliciano Rey no goals were scored in the second half, the match ending in a 2–0 score in favor of Madrid.La Época 1918La Correspondencia de España 1918 The second leg was played in Madrid. Huelva quickly gave up a penalty, but it was shot outside of goal.El Imparcial 1918b Madrid followed with a series of shots on goal that were all capably stopped by the Huelva goalkeeper, according to El Imparcial.El Imparcial 1918b Recreativo maintained a defensive posture throughout the first half, giving up a second penalty which Ricardo Álvarez scored to give Madrid the lead.El Imparcial 1918b The match picked up the pace in the second half, although once again Huelva was able to prevent Madrid's many opportunities from resulting in further scoring for most of the second half.El Imparcial 1918b However, shortly before the end of the match Madrid scored three goals in quick succession. With a final result of 4–0, Madrid had won both matches and qualified for the final.Ruiz Ferry 1918d 3 Match right 400 Real union equipo 1918.jpg Real madrid equipo 1918 final.jpg The Real Unión (left) and Madrid FC teams that played the final Build-up The match was completely sold out, for the first time in the stadium's history.Nasarre 1918 12 Those that were unable to buy a ticket stormed the pitch, with La Acción calculating a total attendance of 10,000 and La Tribuna calculating an attendance of 8,000.La Acción 1918aLa Tribuna 1918 Both teams used the 2-3-5 formation.La Tribuna 1918La Acción 1918b Summary thumb|Photograph of the final. The caption reads: "[Real Union player Manuel] Carrasco intercepting a pass from [Madrid FC player Santiago] Bernabeu in the final match of the tournament"Nasarre 1918 12 Real Unión's defense relied on the skill of goalkeeper Muguruza and the combination of center-backs Manuel Carrasco and José Múgica.La Acción 1918b Their three midfielders had a strong "understanding" with the forwards and were "almost always on attack" according to La Acción.La Acción 1918b Their midfielder René Petit was signaled as their key player by El Universo.El Universo 1918 Madrid's team in comparison was lacking the skill that had led them to win the previous year's competition.La Acción 1918b The match started out relatively even, with a high intensity from both teams.La Acción 1918a A goal-scoring opportunity for Madrid as a result of a corner kick was cleared by René Petit.La Tribuna 1918 Moments thereafter, a foul was called against Patricio Arabolaza for touching the ball with his hand in Madrid's goal area.La Tribuna 1918 Shortly before the end of the first half, a shot on target by Unión was blocked by Eduardo Teus.Nasarre 1918 12 An assistant referee waved a handkerchief, indicating a goal was scored,La Acción 1918a explaining to Teus and other Madrid players that the ball had been stopped behind the goal line while the Unión players took advantage of the distraction to place the ball into the goal.Nasarre 1918 12 In the second half, Madrid dominated the first 30 minutes but were unable to score against Irun's "formidable defense",La Tribuna 1918 who prevented Madrid's usual combination passing style.La Nación 1918 The pitch was again invaded by the fans after the referee did not call a penalty against Uníon.La Tribuna 1918 In the last minutes of the second half, Madrid's players became unable to stop their opponents' attacks, leaving Teus "helpless" according to Fr. Nasarre, which led to the second goal of the match by Juan Legarreta in favor of Real Unión.Nasarre 1918 12 The referee Josep Torrens was seen to perform neutrally and capably by La Acción, if only left a bit taken aback by the reactions of the crowd to his calls.La Acción 1918b Eme Erro of El Liberal, however, attributed the victory of Unión to the referee and claimed he changed his mind many times on calls after the crowd's protests.Erro 1918 Details 12 May 1918 Real Unión 2–0 Report Madrid FC Legarreta 45 85 Estadio O'Donnell, Madrid 10,000 La Acción 1918a Josep Torrens (Catalunya) _black_stripes _blackstripes _black_stripes _2_white_stripes 000000 000000 Real Unión _old_laced _2_white_stripes ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff 000000 Madrid FC GK 1 ESP 1874 Domingo MuguruzaDF 2 ESP 1874 Manuel CarrascoDF 3 ESP 1874 José MúgicaMF 4 ESP 1874 Román EmeryMF 5FRA 1830 René Petit MF 6ESP 1874 Ramón EguiazábalFW 7ESP 1874 José AngosoFW 8ESP 1874 Juan Legarreta (c)FW 9ESP 1874 Patricio ArabolazaFW 10ESP 1874 Agustín AmanteguiFW 11ESP 1874 Elías AcostaManager: ? GK 1 ESP 1874 Eduardo TeusDF 2 ESP 1874 E. CorderoDF 3 ESP 1874 Eulogio ArangurenMF 4 ESP 1874 Ricardo ÁlvarezMF 5ESP 1874 Alberto Machimbarrena (c)MF 6ESP 1874 Feliciano ReyFW 7ESP 1874 Antonio De MiguelFW 8ESP 1874 Santiago BernabéuFW 9ESP 1874 Manuel PosadaFW 10ESP 1874 Joaquín CarunchoFW 11ESP 1874 José María SansineneaManager:ENG Arthur Johnson Notes 2 References Gran vida. 1/4/1918 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=118dc47c-eb93-4b3e-8fa5-a8c8c029a751 30 March 2023 Nasarre Fr. 1 April 1918 Spanish Copa del Rey / Spanish Cup 1918 http://www.linguasport.com/futbol/nacional/copa/copa18.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20030912150019/http://www.linguasport.com/futbol/nacional/copa/Copa18.htm usurped 12 September 2003 30 March 2023 www.linguasport.com Velasco Santiago Olazabal Borja 16 November 2018 Real Unión, en el recuerdo de los campeones del balompié https://www.diariovasco.com/deportes/futbol/realunion-realmadrid-veteranos-copa-1918-20181116173141-nt.html 30 March 2023 El Diario Vasco Spanish 6 November 2017 El Real Unión campeón de 1918: histórico por una renuncia https://www.marca.com/futbol/mas-futbol/2017/11/06/59ff8f8222601dd0358b4654.html 30 March 2023 Marca.com Spanish Garcia Diego El Sol (Madrid. 1917). 9/4/1918 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=5ba5cb39-1c15-4365-9852-4813bf6edfe9 31 March 2023 Ruiz Ferry R. 9 April 1918a Spanish El Sol (Madrid. 1917). 15/4/1918 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=857e300a-4320-4b62-81b4-f313ee6f641a 31 March 2023 Ruiz Ferry R. 15 April 1918b Spanish El Sol (Madrid. 1917). 17/4/1918 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=7db34667-024e-4751-a757-3c73b030fbd7 31 March 2023 Ruiz Ferry R. 17 April 1918c Spanish El Sol (Madrid. 1917). 29/4/1918 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=41dcbd47-876c-42f1-aea3-30695ca6e47c 31 March 2023 Ruiz Ferry R. 29 April 1918d Spanish El Liberal (Madrid. 1879). 13/5/1918 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=19dd3f26-45a4-4eaf-9a10-cb93c2349e52 1 March 2024 3 Spanish 13 May 1918 Erro Eme La Nación (Madrid. 1916). 13/5/1918 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=eab48050-84bd-43b1-80c2-99157aab63fd 1 March 2024 5 Spanish 13 May 1918 La Nación CITEREFLa_Nación1918 El Universo (Madrid). 13/5/1918 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=68f63cad-090b-49a9-bb62-04b78b210a71 1 March 2024 4 Spanish 13 May 1918 El Universo CITEREFEl_Universo1918 La Acción (Madrid. 1916). 13/5/1918 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=9466ab54-b3a2-4ccf-aaf0-85d6096e2741 1 March 2024 4 Spanish 13 May 1918b La Acción CITEREFLa_Acción1918b La Tribuna (Madrid. 1912). 12/5/1918 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=049a5c0f-2498-4d94-b243-ef49fb87366f 1 March 2024 Spanish 12 May 1918 La Tribuna CITEREFLa_Tribuna1918 La Acción (Madrid. 1916). 12/5/1918 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=323dd368-f14d-448c-a678-22d91b1e6290 1 March 2024 5 Spanish 12 May 1918a La Acción CITEREFLa_Acción1918a Madrid-sport (Madrid). 16/5/1918 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=7893e605-8d9b-4c79-b01e-cdad3f9e28c1 14 March 2024 8 Spanish Madrid-sport 1918 CITEREFMadrid-sport_1918 El Imparcial (Madrid. 1867). 22/4/1918 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=8ef5d4e9-ffff-4433-83a4-e938a554d047 1 March 2024 4 Spanish 1918a El Imparcial CITEREFEl_Imparcial1918a El Imparcial (Madrid. 1867). 29/4/1918 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=e9eac75f-2828-4ec3-aaf7-ff04fd70acdd 1 March 2024 5 Spanish El Imparcial 1918b CITEREFEl_Imparcial1918b La Época (Madrid. 1849). 22/4/1918, n.º 24.252 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=20491105-b6c5-4771-bdeb-cf4bcaaa0a46 1 March 2024 4 Spanish 1918 La Época CITEREFLa_Época1918 La Correspondencia de España. 22/4/1918, n.º 21.984 http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=855960f9-5934-4655-88eb-8c831da681e7 1 March 2024 7 Spanish La Correspondencia de España 1918 CITEREFLa_Correspondencia_de_España1918 Association football Spain 1918 Copa Category:Real Madrid CF matches Category:Real Unión matches Category:May 1918 in sports Category:Football matches in Madrid Category:1910s in Madrid