Real Mallorca beat Real Sociedad on penalties and Mexican coach Javier Aguirre reached his second Copa del Rey Final after doing so in 2004-2005 with Osasuna and losing at the hands of Real Betis.
After a goalless first half, but with the tension generated by an innocent handball by the captain of Mallorca, Antonio Raillo, in the 44th minute, in a cross from the right and he gave the maximum penalty in favor of Real Sociedad.
Brais Méndez, at 45+1′, took the penalty and goalkeeper Dominik Greif saved with his leg a shot that went to the center of the goal and led to the goal shout at the Reale Arena in San Sebastián, home of Real Society.
It was in the second half that the goals came, first at 50′, Jaume Costa put a cross from the left to the second post where Giovanni González rose and finished with a header to open the scoring.
The pleasure was short-lived for Mexican coach Javier Aguirre after in the 71st minute, Brais Méndez sent a filtered pass to the recently entered Mikel Oyarzabal who scored cross-field and level with the grass to make it 1-1 with less than 10 minutes on the field after entering change for Zakharyan at 63′.
Dominik Grief, this time not in a penalty kick, once again made a tremendous save on a play by Sheraldo Becker who, in the 78th minute, took a powerful shot from below and which the Slovakian goalkeeper managed to spit at a corner kick without the score subsequently being affected. .
The duel, without more goals, lasted until extra time. It was Samú Costa, in the first extra time, who made the most controversial play of the match, after he blocked a shot on the goal line and with his leg, in a counterattack he again contained the shot between his chest and face in a play that had to go to review to validate that the ball had not gone in completely.
With the tension at its peak and the stadium turned towards Real Sociedad, the game did not avoid going until the penalty shootout in which Mallorca won after a blocked penalty against Mikel Oyarzabal, who scored in regular time.
Real society
Mikel Oyarzabal, STOPPED by Grief
Beñat Turrientes, SCORED
Jon Ander Olasagasti, SCORED
Martín Zubimendo, SCORED
Becker, SCORE
Mallorca
Vedat Muriqi, SCORED
Manu Morlanes, SCORED
Omar Mascarell, NOTED
Radonjic, SCORED
Darder, SCORE