“Real Madrid Wins 2022/2023 Copa del Rey Championship after 9 Years: Key Facts and Records”

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Waiting 9 Years

The moment Rodrygo scored in the 2022/2023 Copa del Rey final Real Madrid vs Osasuna, Sunday (7/5/2023) (c) AP Photo/Jose Breton

Apart from being the 20th Copa del Rey title, this success was also the first for Real Madrid since the 2013/2014 season, or nine years ago.

At that time Real Madrid won by beating Barcelona 2-1 in the final. Gareth Bale became the hero of Madrid’s victory thanks to his sensational solo run goal.

Since then, Real Madrid has never entered the final, let alone won the championship. Now, the thirst for the Copa del Rey trophy is finally over.

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Only Karim Benzema and Luka Modric remain

Celebration of Rodrygo et al. in the final match of the 2022/2023 Copa del Rey Real Madrid vs Osasuna, Sunday (7/5/2023) (c) AP Photo/Jose Breton

From the victory in the 2013/2014 edition, the majority of Real Madrid’s players at that time were no longer in Los Blancos uniforms.

Interestingly, only two players in the squad for the 2013/2014 season have now won the Copa del Rey trophy again. They are Karim Benzema and Luka Modric.

Benzema and Modric are currently the longest-serving players in the Real Madrid squad. Their loyalty is admirable.

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Karim Benzema’s 25th trophy

Karim Benzema’s celebration in the semifinal match of the Copa del Rey 2022/2023 Barcelona vs Real Madrid, Thursday (6/4/2023) (c) AP Photo/Joan Monfort

The Copa del Rey title this time has made Karim Benzema recorded as having won 25 prestigious trophies while strengthening Real Madrid since 2009.

The achievement of these 25 trophies made Benzema equal Marcelo’s record. Both of them are also the players with the most trophies won at Real Madrid.

Benzema has the potential to break Marcelo’s record because so far the French player has no plans to leave in the near future.

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History of Carlo Ancelotti

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti. (c) AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

Carlo Ancelotti managed to lead Real Madrid to win the Copa del Rey. Interestingly, the last time Los Blancos won this event was in 2014, the coach was also Ancelotti.

Ancelotti also became the first coach to successfully present two Copa del Rey trophies for Real Madrid since Luis Molowny in 1974 and 1982.

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Dwigol Rodrygo’s record

Duel Rodrygo and Juan Cruz in the 2022/2023 Copa del Rey final match Real Madrid vs Osasuna, Sunday (7/5/2023) (c) AP Photo/Jose Breton

Rodrygo became the hero of Real Madrid’s success in winning the title. His two goals in the final clearly made him the main character in Los Blancos’ success.

In this final match, Rodrygo appeared very effective. Rodrygo was noted to have only fired two shots throughout the match, but both of them were successful in scoring goals.

Thanks to these two goals, Rodrygo became the first Real Madrid player to score two goals in the Copa del Ret final since Juan Gomez and Juanito in the 1980 final.

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Player lineup

Real Madrid: Thibaut Courtois; Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, David Alaba, Eduardo Camavinga; Federico Valverde, Aurelien Tchouameni (Antonio Rudiger 69′), Toni Kroos (Luka Modric 82′); Rodrygo (Marco Asensio 89′), Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior.

Coach: Carlo Ancelotti.

Osasuna: Sergio Herrera; Ruben Pena (Ruben Garcia 86′), Aridane Hernandez, David Garcia, Juan Cruz; Jon Moncayola, Lucas Torro (Kike Garcia 86′), Almar Oroz; Moi Gomez (Pablo Ibanez 86′), Ante Budimir (Ezequiel Avila 70′), Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Kike Barja 75′).

Pelatih: Jagoba Arrasate.