Brazilian Rodrigo led his Real Madrid team to win its twentieth title in the Spanish Football Cup competition, by scoring two goals in a 2-1 victory over Osasuna, on Saturday, at the "La Cartuja" stadium in Seville.

Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti's men ended a lean period that lasted 9 years, specifically since their last title in the competition in 2014.

Real opened the scoring through Rodrigo in the second minute, and Lucas Toro equalized for Osasuna (58), before adding the second Brazilian with a shot from close range that settled into the net (70).

"I'm very happy," Rodrygo told Spanish television station La 1. "We were talking about this trophy this week. It's been a long time since Real Madrid won this competition."

"I just needed this to complete (my collection of titles), it's a very special day for me, with two goals, I'm very happy."

At the age of 22, the Brazilian won all possible club titles with the Merengue team since joining him in 2019 from Santos, and he continued, “I want to continue to win a lot, and win this cup several times….”

And after the league title was logically decided in favor of Barcelona and contented with competing for the “honorable title” with its neighbor Atletico Madrid, Real won its first title this season out of two possible ones, since it continues to defend the Champions League title, as it engages in a grueling confrontation with Manchester City.

Barcelona holds the record for the competition that started in 1903 with 31 titles, in front of Bilbao (23) and Real (20).

The royal club benefited from its experience in the final matches that led it to 61 major titles in terms of cups, including 14 in the Champions League, without counting its 35 titles in the Spanish League, to decide the match against a team that had never reached this stage except once in its history. In 2005, when they lost the cup final to Real Betis on penalties.

Saturday's confrontation was also of moral importance to Ancelotti, as he was now lagging behind the title of orphan from the number of Frenchman Zinedine Zidane in terms of the number of titles as coach of the Royal Club (11).

The Italian currently owns 10 titles, and winning the Champions League will put him at the same distance from the 1998 World Cup champion, who occupies second place on the historical list of honor behind Miguel Muñoz (14 titles during 15 years as coach of the team between 1960 and 1974).
He considered the arrival of the Basque club, which was committed to continuity with its coach, Yaguba Arasati, to the cup final, as a big surprise for a team whose coffers include four titles in the second division and seven in the third.

Real did not wait more than two minutes after the starting whistle to open the scoring through Rodrigo, after a solo effort by his compatriot Vinicius Junior on the left side, to bypass Robin Peña and pass a back ball left by French striker Karim Benzema passing between his feet to reach the Brazilian, who fired it into the net.

Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois shone by blocking two balls from the same attack from two headers, starting from the Croatian Ante Bodemir and then the Moroccan Abdel Samad Al-Zalzouli (8), before Lucas Toro wasted a third header that passed next to the post (15).

And goalkeeper Sergio Herrera saved a goal for Real after a new breakthrough by Vinicius to penetrate into the area and pass the floor that Rodrigo failed to tame, to reach Benzema, which was crawled by the Spaniard (25), before Dani Carvajal prevented, after a minute, the equalizing goal for Osasuna by deflecting a ball at the goal line that was hit by Al-Zalzouli. After a mistake by Brazilian defender Militao, Courtois was unable to stop it (26).

Austrian defender David Alaba hit a free kick from 30 meters after a foul on Rodrigo, which hit the crossbar (32), and Vinicius Junior's through ball passed over the crossbar, missing the opportunity to double the score (35).

With the start of the second half, Real continued his pressure, but Osasuna equalized after a pass from Al-Zalzuli hit Carvajal's head and reached Toro, which was shot powerfully creeping into the far right corner, which Courtois was unable to block (58).

And once again, Rodrigo stood in front of Osasuna's ambitions to achieve his first title, as he returned Real to the fore after a new effort by his compatriot Vinicius, to reach the ball to the German Toni Kroos and from him to the scorer, to punish Herrera with a shot into the net from close range (70).

Rodrigo, the hero of the Seville evening, came out and was replaced by Marco Asensio (89), and Vinicius tried to add the third, but decided to pass without any player being able to reach the ball instead of shooting in front of the goalkeeper (90), before the referee blew the final whistle for Real to win his title. 20 in the competition.