Real Madrid 2-1 Osasuna: Los Blancos win the Copa del Rey for the 20th time after Rodrygo brace

Carlo Ancelotti won his 10th trophy as Real Madrid coach when his team beat Osasuna 2-1…and it was like watching Brazil.

Wingers Rodrygo and Vinicius were the stars of the show with the former scoring twice on the latter’s brilliant assists.

If Ancelotti ever takes over the Brazil job, these two will be the first names on his team sheet. As it is, they are the terrible tandem in Spain terrorizing the defense and they were too much for Osasuna.

Jon Moncayola was given the ominous task of dealing with Vinicius and he failed his first test, but he wasn’t alone. There were less than 100 seconds on the clock when Vinicius passed Osasuna’s right back. He then passed Ruben Peña and got around Aridane.

The blistering run up the right flank ended with a cross to the Brazilian on the other wing, Rodrygo, who had arrived at the edge of the box. He hit the ball past Osasuna keeper Sergio Herrera with a slight deflection on Juan Cruz. Madrid took the lead within two minutes.

Rodrygo scored a goal in each half as they lifted the trophy for the first time since 2014

The winger combined beautifully with his compatriot Vinicius Junior throughout the match

Twenty minutes later Vinicius went past Moncayola again and when the defender pulled him back he received the first red card of the game. In Madrid’s next attack, Vinicius again passed Moncayola and crossed for Rodrygo who set up Benzema whose shot was saved.

Osasuna’s first chance came next with the lively Abde nipping the ball from Eder Militao and sending a diagonal shot past Courtois, only for Dani Carvajal to clear off the line. Frustrated by the near-miss, the Barcelona winger on loan kicked a water bottle behind the goal and hit his head against the post. Osasuna knew there would be few opportunities and they had to take them.

Madrid continued to lead and David Alaba fired a long-range free kick over the crossbar on the favourite’s next chance. Osasuna struggled to contain Madrid and David Garcia was booked for a rugby tackle by Benzema.

Vinicius tangled Osasuna and Garcia risked a second yellow card in a confrontation with him. The winger went nose to nose with Vinicius and he ruffled the hair of the Real Madrid striker.

As the two teams left the field at halftime, Osasuna substitute Chimy Avila sought out Vinicius as the players descended the steps of the tunnel. Madrid substitute Lucas Vazquez, who had previously had a calming word in Vinicius’s ear, stepped between the two.

That sparked a further flare-up of tempers and things got lively in the tunnel with reports that Osasuna’s director of football Braulio Vazquez had to be restrained by colleague Jose Antonio Cata Preito in what appeared to be a brooding altercation with someone from the Madrid bench.

Rodyrgo opened the scoring in the second minute of the match

Lucas Torro pulled one back on the hour mark, but Osasuna couldn’t find a second goal despite a brave display

Carlo Ancelotti has now won 10 trophies with Real Madrid in two spells at the club

If the rise in temperature between the two teams was in anyone’s favour, it was in Osasuna’s favour, and they were level on minute 57 when midfield’s Lucas Torro scored the goal of his life by kicking Courtois from outside the box. beat with an unstoppable shot into the corner.

It was his first goal of the season and the red half of the Cartuja Stadium was enraptured. A flare thrown from the Osasuna end after the target went in then set fire to something behind the target and security had to bring a fire extinguisher to the flames.

With 20 minutes to go Madrid took the lead again and once again it was the Brazilians who pulled it off. Vinicius drove to the touchline and when he withdrew the ball, Garcia went straight to Toni Kroos. His shot then hit Garcia’s heels and raced to Rodrygo who doubled his tally in the final.

Vinicius might have made three in the 89th minute, but he selflessly tried to roll back to Benzema and when the pass fell short, Osasuna cleared. Five minutes were added, but with Luka Modric on, as a late substitute ran Madrid short of time to win their 20th Spanish Cup.