Copa del Rey

Looks like Atletico have got their wish and it will be held in the Santiago Bernabeu on Friday the 17th of may so it won't clash with the Eurovision.


Would be amazing if the first time Atletico beat Real this millenium was in a Cup Final at the Bernabeu. Maybe they'll beat them in the league beforehand as well.

Edited by tribalarmy - 07 Jan 2014 at 5:00pm

Real supposedly wanted to have the final in the biggest stadium possible. ie. They wanted to win it in Camp Nou.

Atletico wanted to keep the final in Madrid They were happy to play in the Bernabeu because of it's size compared to the Calderon, the fact Madrid would never agree to play it at the Calderon and their record in finals against Madrid at the Bernabeu(P3-W3-L0)

The Madrid local council wanted to keep the final in Madrid for the obvious reason of boosting their own economy rather than 90,000+ Madridistas heading over to Catalonia and spending their money.

The RFEF who make the final decision also didn't see any logic in everyone leaving the capital, with a perfect venue, to play elsewhere.

tribalarmy wrote: Real supposedly wanted to have the final in the biggest stadium possible. ie. They wanted to win it in Camp Nou. Atletico wanted to keep the final in Madrid They were happy to play in the Bernabeu because of it's size compared to the Calderon, the fact Madrid would never agree to play it at the Calderon and their record in finals against Madrid at the Bernabeu(P3-W3-L0) The Madrid local council wanted to keep the final in Madrid for the obvious reason of boosting their own economy rather than 90,000+ Madridistas heading over to Catalonia and spending their money. The RFEF who make the final decision also didn't see any logic in everyone leaving the capital, with a perfect venue, to play elsewhere.

Ah ok, cheers for that!

Can't believe they changed the date because of the fúcking Eurovision too, jaysus!

Gaz wrote: This a wind up?! Real don't want to play a final in their own stadium and the game was moved because of the fookin Eurovision

will be in spain for this, better be a buzz about the place

Sensational play from Falcao before the goal.

Haha was just giving out that any Atletico cross id seen had been poison and then your man whips in a beauty for the 2nd goal! Vamos Atleti!

That's a bit harsh on ronaldo. The tackle on him was horrendous to begin with. I would probably have reacted the same way

The ref had lost control of the game at that stage HB, he just paniced and sent him off, referee ruined lost control of that match long before the sending off, entertaining for the neutral but must have been awful as a supporter of either team.