Valencia 'charges' Athletic and will seek to succeed Barça in the Cup final

Valencia returns to the final of the Glass of the King three years after his last title (2-1 in front of the FC Barcelona) and left to the Athletic of Bilbao to the doors of his third consecutive final. The group 'che' won with a golazo of Gonçalo Guedes to some Basques that arrived in series after deleting to the Barça and to the Real Madrid, but that in the semifinals were unable to surpass to the group directed by José Bordalás, that three weeks ago had rescued a tie in Saint Mamés (1-1).

In Mestalla, the visitors went out to presionar from the start, closing the spaces to a Valency that grieve happened to contrary field in the first 10 minutes of game. However, from an arrival in the minute 12 in where Bryan Gil finished crossed brushing the stick, the venues settled in rival field and the Bilbao grieve had a clear arrival in all the first time, in a manually wasted hand by Iñaki Williams in front of a Mamardashvili that baled out to time.

It ran the minute 41 in the action of Williams and a pair of minutes later decided the party. Guedes Did with a refuse, drove to his right and took out a powerful finish hit to the paral right of Julen Agirrezabala to open the marker in the 43'. The venues could close the eliminatory before the rest, but the archer bilbaíno attained to contain a finish of Carlos Soler. The bad news of the first stretch for Valencia was the injury of José Luis Gayá, the one who left to the changing room in the minute 33.

In the second time had arrived in both areas, but with little clarity. The Athletic grieve finished once to the arch in the 90 minutes, with a free shot of Iñigo martínez that contained without problems Mamardashvili. The 1-0 sustained to the end and Valencia classifies by decimooctava time to the final of the Glass of Rey, where will look for his title number 9. In 2019, the then directed by Marcelino García Toral, today technician of the Bilbao, won to the Barça with goals of Kevin Gameiro and Rodrigo (1-2). Leo Messi discounted by the culés. For the 'lions' completes a new disappointment copera, after the two stray finals in 2021 in front of Real Sociedad (1-0) and Barcelona (4-0).

Valencia expects by Betis or Ray

This Thursday will define the another finalist of the Glass of the King 2021-22. The Betis will receive to the Ray Vallecano with the advantage of the gone contested in Madrid (1-2) and will try to return to the decisive instance of the tournament 17 years afterwards. The 'verdiblancos' won in 2005 to the Osasuna in the stadium Vicente Calderón (2-1) and will try to be local in The Cartuja. The Ray, by his part, will look for the miracle to classify to his first final in which, up to now, has been his best historical participation in the tournament.