2009 Copa del Rey final

2009 Copa del Rey final 2008–09 Copa del Rey Barcelona 1 Athletic Bilbao 4 13 May 2009 Mestalla Valencia Luis Medina Cantalejo 50,000 Partly cloudy18 °C °Fhttp://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/LEVC/2009/5/13/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA Local Weather Forecast, News and Conditions | Weather Underground 2008 2010 The 2009 Copa del Rey final was the 107th final of the Spanish cup competition, the Copa del Rey (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). 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 2008–09 Copa del Rey BarcelonaRoundAthletic BilbaoOpponentResultLegsOpponentResultLegsBenidorm2–00–1 away; 1–0 homeRound of 32Recreativo3–22–0 home; 2–1 awayAtlético Madrid5–21–3 away; 2–1 homeRound of 16Osasuna3–11–1 away; 2–0 homeEspanyol3–20–0 away; 3–2 homeQuarterfinalsSporting Gijón2–10–0 home; 1–2 awayMallorca3–12–0 home; 1–1 awaySemifinalsSevilla4–22–1 away; 3–0 home Match details 13 May 2009 22:00 CEST Barcelona 1–4 Report Athletic Bilbao Toquero 8 Touré 32Messi 55Bojan 57Xavi 64 Estadio Mestalla, Valencia 50,000 Luis Medina Cantalejo _redlower _3redstripes2 _redlower FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 000000 Athletic Bilbao_fcbarcelona0809H _fcbarcelona0809h _fcbarcelona0809h 0000bf C32148 bf0000 0000bf bf0000 Barcelona GK 1 ESP Gorka IraizozRB 15ESP Andoni IraolaCB 20ESP Aitor OcioCB 5 ESP Fernando AmorebietaLB 3 ESP Koikili Lertxundi 35CM 16ESP Pablo Orbaiz 61CM 24ESP Javi MartínezRW 10ESP Francisco Yeste (c)LW 7 ESP David López 29 56CF 9 ESP Fernando LlorenteCF 2 ESP Gaizka Toquero 61Substitutes:GK 13ESP ArmandoCB 18ESP Carlos GurpeguiCB 29ESP Xabier EtxeitaLB 42ESP Mikel BalenziagaMF 14ESP Markel Susaeta 56MF 17ESP Joseba Etxeberria 61FW 18ESP Ion Vélez 61Manager:ESP Joaquín Caparrós GK 13ESP José Manuel PintoRB 20BRA Dani AlvesCB 24CIV Yaya Touré 21 89CB 3 ESP Gerard PiquéLB 5 ESP Carles Puyol (c)DM 28ESP Sergio BusquetsCM 6 ESP Xavi 88CM 15MLI Seydou Keita49RW 10ARG Lionel Messi 50LW 11ESP Bojan 84CF 9 CMR Samuel Eto'oSubstitutes:GK 1 ESP Víctor ValdésCB 2 URU Martín CáceresDF 16BRA Sylvinho 89MF 7 ISL Eiður GuðjohnsenMF 29ESP Víctor SánchezFW 21BLR Alexander Hleb 84FW 27ESP Pedro 88Manager:ESP Pep Guardiola Anthem controversy The pre-match playing of Spain's 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.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0514/breaking66.html Spain sacks TV head after anthem booed Reuters 15 May 2009 The Irish Times 2009-05-15 2012-10-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20121021030001/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0514/breaking66.html dead See also Athletic–Barcelona clásico References External links AS.com es 1 Category:2009 controversies Category:May 2009 sports events in Spain Category:2009 in Valencia 2009 Category:FC Barcelona matches Category:Athletic Bilbao matches Category:Football competitions in Valencia Category:2008–09 in Spanish men's football Category:Controversies in Spain