José Mourinho and
Cristiano Ronaldo were both sent off as
Real Madrid lost a dramatic, bad-tempered
Copa del Rey final to
Atlético Madrid – the first time they had been beaten by their city rivals in 26 games, and in their own stadium too. As a fractious game that had confrontations and 14 yellow cards ended, Atlético's players raced to the north end of this stadium to celebrate with their fans, who could hardly believe what had just unfolded before their eyes in extra time: Joao Miranda's header and two superb saves from Thibault Courtois giving them the trophy.
Atlético's fans began an ironic chant of "Mourinho, stay!" The Madrid manager, though, was not there to hear them: he had long since departed, sent off after 77 minutes for remonstrating with the referee. If, as is likely, he is given a two-game ban, he may have sat on the Bernabéu bench for the last time. His final season in Spain has ended in failure, without a trophy.