39-40: Silicius Alcobendas comes back and wins the Copa del Rey by a single point
He Silicius Alcobendas came back ‘in extremis’ to ruin the dream of the Complutense Cisneros and win (39-40) the King’s Cup rugby in the Leganés Ontime Stadiumin a great match of both fifteens that was decided in the last minutes.
The university team, a historic Spanish rugby team, lost its third consecutive final this Saturday after the 2015 Cup and 2025 League. Their last title dates back to 1985: a League.
The Alcobendas team made use of their greater physical power and, although they were defeated at the beginning of the match, with a 13-0 deficit, they turned the score around with a try from the Georgian Kokushvilitransformed by Cittadini.
Cisneros beat Alcobendas in all phases of the game at the beginning of the match and with two shots from Bottom -a colossus all afternoon without a mistake in the kicks- and a rehearsal of Vallejotransformed by Infer himself, made it a resounding 13-0 in the 21st minute.
Those from the north of Madrid. There was no other option. Their powerful forward began to work, while a certain fatigue appeared in the blue-blue fifteen.
Alcobendas took the oval to the rival field, in such a way that Lopez-Hernandiz and Micheils They crossed the Complutense goal line with two transformations from Cittadini and a hit from Infer between the two tries, bringing the score to 16-14 at half-time, which made almost everything start again during the restart.
The field of play seemed to lean towards the scarlet side on the return to the field with marks of From Minteguiaga and Coast. Cisneros seemed to pay for their brilliant start and Alcobendas led for the first time with two transformations by Cittadini, 19-28, in the 56th minute.
It was a mirage because the magic of the blue-blue line reappeared on the Butarque grass so that Soriano He would join two consecutive tries and return the advantage to the blue-blue.
In the 62nd minute, the Cisnerian Jorge Gonzalez He had to be treated in the center of the field with a strong blow and taken to a hospital.
The match had become a beautiful give and take after Soriano’s two tries and a kicking duel between Infer and Cittadini, chosen as the most valuable player of the match. On the electronic: 33-28 with 20 minutes left.
Technical sheet
39 – Complutense Cisneros: Fernández-Durán, Andrés Petros, Vallejo, Riva, Bolger, Salvador, Borraz, Antonzzi; Infer, Ike Irusta; Fonseca, Nicolás Petros, Alejandro García, Francisco Soriano, Laforga -initial team-; Ozonas, Gonzalo González, Jorge González, Ávila, Yako Irusta, Espídos, Flores and Cachorro.
40 – Silicius Alcobendas: Aranda, Vidal, Zivanai, Gougy, Guirao, Carlos Rodríguez, Alejandro Suárez, Kokushvili; De Minteguiaga, Cittadini; López Hernándiz, Rus, Micheils, Lura, De la Pisa -initial team-; Costa, Carvajales, Marcos Pérez, Medina, Antem, Serrano, Yago Fernández and Suárez.
Referee: Alberto Diaz.
Marker: 3-0. min. 6: Infer hit. 10-0, min.11: Vallejo try, who passes Infer. 13-0, min.21: Infer hit. 13-7, min.34: try by López Hernándiz, which Cittadini passes. 16-7, min.36: Infer hit. 16-14, min:41: try by Micheils, which Cittadini passes. 19-14, min.46: Infer hit. 19-21, min.51: try by De Minteguiaga, which Cittadini passes. 19-28, min. 56: try by Costa, which Cittadini passes. 26-28, min. 58: Soriano’s essay, which passes Infer. 33-28, min.61: Soriano try, who passes Infer. 33-33, min.64: try by López Hernándiz. 36-33, min.68: Infer hit. 39-33, min.72: Infer hit. 39-40, min.79: try by Kokushvili, which Cittadini passes.
Incidents: Final of the Copa del Rey played at the Ontime Stadium in Butarque de Leganés. Three quarters of entry. Cittadini, chosen best player of the match.
A test of Lopez Hernandez They tied it at 33 and two shots from Infer raised the score to 39-33 in the 72nd minute. Cisneros’ defense was about to ruin the rival’s comeback. But after a foul in a scrum – much protested by the university students – in their 22, the oval returned to the hands of the grana so that Kokushvili and Cittadini They gave the Cup to Alcobendas.
