Real Madrid were crowned Copa
del Rey champions for the 18th
time after defeating Barcelona
1-0 after extra time as Jose
Mourinho led his side to their
first trophy since 2008.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s tremendous
header in the first period of
extra-time proved enough to
separate the two sides come the
full-time whistle after valiant
defending late on by the side
from the capital.
The opening ten minutes were
fragmented as the players
clashed bringing stoppages to
the game, with Pep Guardiola's
side keeping the ball as per
usual but it was Madrid who had
the first sight of goal.
Mesut Oezil chipped into the
path of Ronaldo but the
Portuguese’s touch made the
angle too acute for a shot on
target; his shot was going wide
before Mascherano hacked it
straight back to Madrid.
Oezil worked space for a cross
and it nearly met by his
international teammate, Sami
Khedira but the German’s flicked
header could only take the ball
away from target.
Free-kicks continued to
dominate the opening exchanges
and as the tensions of the game
grew the referee, Alberto
Undiano, was required to control
a ruckus between the two sides.
Football began to grow in
stature as the game progressed
with Ronaldo forcing Jose Pinto
into a smart save. Los Blancos
broke-away resulting in the
Portuguese forward striking low
from an acute angle but the
Barca‘keeper was able to palm
it away.
Pepe then raced in on Sergio
Busquets, who had reclaimed the
loose ball, and slid into the
Blaugrana midfielder only for
Alberto Undiano to refuse
Barcelona’s claim of a second
yellow card to be shown to the
Portuguese man.
Real Madrid suddenly created
true football class minutes
before the break through Pepe
when Oezil swung in a beautiful
cross. The Portuguese man leapt
higher than Dani Alves, only to
watch as it rebounded off the
inside of the upright and away to
safety.
The second-half brought about
an early penalty appeal for the
Catalan side when Andreas
Iniesta tumbled into the area but
Alberto Undiano signalled for
the Spanish maestro to get back
to his feet.
Barcelona began to get into their
rhythm with Lionel Messi and
Dani Alves combining on the
edge of the Real Madrid penalty
area only for the Madrid
defenders to crowd out the
Argentine international and clear
the danger.

That was a very nice comment, but you forgot to include the man who changed the game style.
the Madrids were really Hot at the start of the match and through out the first halve and were really charging the barcelona's that Barcelona was unable to have its way playing it's normal 1-1 touch pass,
thank God for Iniesta,
He started the Holding and creating a way through the Madrids before the whole teal now woke up and started their normal game.
its God's plan already that barca would loose.