Barcelona's Lionel Messi and teammates celebrate winning the Copa del Rey with the trophy RFEF, Seville, Spain, April 17, 2021.
Messi suffered some rough tackles from Athletic but got his revenge with a spectacular goal in the 68th, tearing his way through the defence down the right wing and combining with De Jong before dancing around another defender to slot home. "It's very special to lift this Cup as captain of this club, it's a very happy day for this group," said Messi.
The Basques have lost their last six appearances in the final and only two weeks ago were beaten 1-0 by Real Sociedad in the rescheduled 2020 showpiece, which was also played at an empty La Cartuja stadium in Seville."We were really looking forward to the game but they were superior from the first half. We managed to survive that but then we lost focus and they were much better than us and we had no chance.
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