2002 Copa del Rey Final

2002 Copa del Rey Final
Event 2001–02 Copa del Rey
Date 6 March 2002
Venue Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Referee Manuel Mejuto González
Weather Clear
7 °C (45 °F)[1]

The 2002 Copa del Rey final was the 98th final since its establishment. The match took place on 6 March 2002 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid. The match was contested by Real Madrid and Deportivo de La Coruña, and it was refereed by Manuel Mejuto González. Deportivo lifted the trophy for the second time in their history with a 1-2 victory over Real Madrid.[2]

Match details[3]

6 March 2002
21:00 CET
Real Madrid 1 2 Deportivo de La Coruña
Raúl  58' Report Sergio  6'
Tristán  37'
Real Madrid
Deportivo
(4-4-2)
GK 13Spain César Sánchez
DF 2Spain Míchel Salgado
DF 4Spain Fernando Hierro  25'
DF 22Spain Francisco Pavón  46'
DF 3Brazil Roberto Carlos
MF 10Portugal Luís Figo  83'
MF 24France Claude Makélélé
MF 6Spain Iván Helguera  81'
MF 5France Zidane
FW 7Spain Raúl
FW 9Spain Fernando Morientes  67'
Substitutions:
GK 1Spain Iker Casillas
MF 8England Steve McManaman  83'
MF 14Spain Guti  67'
MF 16Brazil Flávio Conceição
MF 21Argentina Santiago Solari  65'  46'
Manager:
Spain Vicente del Bosque
(4-2-3-1)
GK 1 Spain José Francisco Molina  90'
DF 12Argentina Lionel Scaloni
DF 5Spain César
DF 4Morocco Noureddine Naybet
DF 3 Spain Enrique Romero
MF 16 Spain Sergio
MF 6Brazil Mauro Silva  10'
MF 18 Spain Víctor  31'  88'
MF 21 Spain Juan Carlos Valerón  62'
MF 10Spain Fran  70'  83'
FW 9Spain Diego Tristán
Substitutions
GK 13Portugal Nuno
DF 15Spain Joan Capdevila  83'
MF 8Brazil Djalminha  88'
MF 23Argentina Aldo Duscher  62'
FW 7Netherlands Roy Makaay
Manager:
Spain Javier Irureta

In popular culture

This match is commonly known in Spain as El Centenariazo. Real Madrid were expected to win the final comfortably as they were at the time one of the most competitive teams in Europe and the final was being played at their home ground, the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. Everything was prepared so that after the victory Madrid could celebrate their 100 anniversary lifting this new trophy. Real Madrid were indeed founded on exactly the same day 100 years ago.

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