Copa del Rey, Final
Valencia 3 - Getafe 1
Valencia are this
season's cup winners after they beat Getafe 3-1 in the Vicente
Calderón stadium.
Ronald Koeman's side raced
in to a two goal lead with only ten minutes on the clock, Mata heading in a
David Silva cross to open the scoring and Alexis making it two with another
header from Villa's corner soon afterwards.
Granero gave the Madrid
based side hope, converting a penalty on the stroke of half time after Moretti
brought down Contra inside the area. But with six minutes to go Morientes
reacted quicker than his marker to head the ball past Ustari after the keeper
could only parry a fierce free kick from Baraja.
It was another blow for
Getafe, who lost last season's final to Sevilla and were knocked out of the
UEFA Cup by Bayern Munich just six days ago. Valencia will be in Europe next
year though after their first cup title since 1999, and the under pressure
Koeman can rest easy, for a few more days at least. (16.04.08) |