Pamplona (EFE) the Plaza del Castillo as the high point of the celebration.
The minutes that followed the goal scored by youth player Pablo Ibáñez were filled with emotion and contained tension that broke out at the end of the match, at which point the applause, shouts and chants from the fans and the launching of firecrackers already heralded the start of a celebration night.
madness breaks loose
Little by little, from different areas of the Navarrese capital, fans began to arrive at the Plaza del Castillo, where they gathered in a festive atmosphere shouting “illa, illa, illa, we’re going to Seville”, accompanied by the usual rojillo chants and of the traditional “Riau, riau” from San Fermin.
In that environment they waited for the Osasuna players and technical team that arrived from Bilbao around three in the morning. With them the madness broke out and the party continued until after four.
The “good behavior” of the rojillos fans has been highlighted by the Pamplona Municipal Police in that celebration, since they saved an isolated throw of a bottle at the agents, who was booed, no incident has been recorded, they have indicated to EFE police sources.
Some 20,000 tickets for the final
The move to the Copa del Rey final on May 6 has activated Osasuna to get a seat at the Cartuja stadium.
The illusion will live installed in Pamplona for the next month. The Navarrese fans have had to wait 18 years to see her team again in a new final and hope to make up for the 2005 defeat against Betis in Madrid.
The exact number of tickets that the club will have is not yet known. Logic says that the distribution should be carried out equally. La Cartuja has 57,619 seats, so some 20,000 would be for the entity chaired by Luis Sabalza, but there is nothing official.
A meeting in Madrid with the finalists
A meeting with the two finalists will take place in Madrid at the beginning of next week. It will be time to reach an agreement. Osasuna hopes to have as many fans as possible.
In the last Cup final, Valencia and Betis each won 20,757 tickets in the fifth largest stadium in Spain. The Federation obtained 10,500, some 2,000 for the Junta de Andalucía and 3,000 were discarded and put at a reduced price due to their low visibility.
Many rojillos fans have already booked accommodation in the Andalusian capital without knowing if their team was going to be among the two privileged ones. With the confirmation of yesterday in San Mamés, the furthest behind have set to work to find a place to sleep before obtaining the most precious asset, the ticket.
The Government of Navarra congratulates the club
The Government of Navarra has congratulated Club Atlético Osasuna for reaching the final of the Copa del Rey after drawing at San Mamés.
The spokesperson for the Provincial Executive, Elma Saiz, pointed out at the press conference after the weekly government session that “it has been a moment of happiness that has united us with Navarrese society even more in this spirit to Osasuna”
In addition, he wished that on “May 6 we have another greater cause for celebration because it would mean a first great title in the history of our beloved club.”