Real Madrid Wins 2024 Copa del Rey in ACB After Intense Match Against Barça

Real Madrid, champion of the 2024 Copa del Rey in the ACB (EFE/ Daniel Pérez)

Málaga, four years later, is once again synonymous with the Copa del Rey basketball game for Real Madrid. The whites once again add one of their favorite tournaments to the showcases thanks to their best performance in the last quarter, against a Barça that put up very tough resistance until the decisive minutes. Ones in which success and the administration smiled more on the one who was the main favorite to win the title. At the moment of truth, expectations were met and the merengue team’s 29th jersey in this competition (96-85) arrived.

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After four consecutive cup finals lost against the eternal rival, Madrid, in the event in which the Laso era was inaugurated, it returned to its usual jurisdiction in the stage currently headed by Chus Mateo. As in the last edition that was held at the Martín Carpena, the person who smiled the most in the ranks of the champion was a prodigal son like Facundo Campazzo. Unleashed upon his return, he was not going to slow down one bit in the Cup, one of the events always marked in red on the calendar. The MVP was his fully deserved.

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But the victories of this Madrid are choral. Only in this way, trusting in the strength of the collective, could Barça get off the path to the highest place on the podium. When the clock began to die, no one had more and better fangs than Facu and Deck, on the one hand, and Yabusele and Poirier, on the other. Without the power of these Argentine and French duos when the ball was hotter, the final escape would not have occurred. Because, it must be taken into account, the comfortable advantages did not reach the game until the horn was really close.

Tavares tries to score in the final against Barça (acb Photo / David Grau)

By hitting the three-point shot and defending with a head, it was possible to eliminate all ambition in the Barça ranks. Which was a lot in almost the entire duel, although the gasoline, when push came to shove, favored Madrid much more. Without the lucidity of ideas that had been given previously, the scoreboard ended up dictating what has been seen so far this year: the leaders of the ACB and the Euroleague are not getting off the plane, while the new culé project It still needs time to set. Although, after a certain crisis a few weeks ago, the feelings are not bad at all.

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The show rose to the occasion. From a Classic, you can expect emotion and talent in abundance. This Sunday’s event had both in many of its phases. The electronic couldn’t be tighter. Although Madrid showed signs of wanting to escape, Barça was not willing to allow it. With Satoransky and Laprovittola at the helm, they managed to neutralize the first white advantages. And even turn it around, with a Jabari Parker of exquisite workmanship and plasticity and a Jokubaitis who carries the microwave with him on every worthy occasion.

The swords were at the top in defense and the outside shot made Barça smile more. Hezonja, like his muse, had his moment of glory. He was well supplied by a Sergio Rodríguez who insists on continuing to turn the field into Hogwarts every time he invents a fantasy pass. Poirier was already beginning to spread panic in the area, as Tavares had previously achieved with blocks. But no one could distance themselves, there was no way.

Musa tries to score against Laprovittola (EFE/ Daniel Pérez)

A good part of the trophy at stake was going to be won in the area. Hence the rush by Jan Vesely after the break. Water, because Madrid did not give up and he picked up the gauntlet that his nemesis threw at him. The give and take did not lose one bit of intensity, with hints of small breaks on both sides. They stayed at that, in attempts, but Madrid began to threaten with the final break with ten minutes to go.

He would achieve it from that 6.75 that Barça had relied on so much. Rather, it disappeared when the confetti began to appear. It would be dyed white, although one fact that shows that the culés were very worthy opponents is that they were five points away from signing the highest overall score in the last 37 years in the Cup. Minor consolation, but a symptom that the team Roger Grimau has earned a credit that was doubted about him not so long ago. Whoever has left over, there are two titles out of two possible, for a Madrid that has left the accelerator stuck. And let’s see who is the handsome one who, today, fixes it.

2024-02-18 19:32:00
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