Real Betis became the second finalist in the 2021/2022 Copa del Rey after an exciting tie against Rayo Vallecano, especially in the final minutes of the second leg. Borja Iglesias was one of the great Verdiblanco heroes when he scored the goal in the 92nd minute that tied the score at one (3-2 on aggregate) and prevented extra time.
The panda was also the scorer of Betis’ second goal in the first leg in Vallecas and thanks to those goals he has entered the select club of players who have scored at least one goal in both the first leg and the second leg of Cup semifinals, according to journalist Pedro Martín on his Twitter account.
In 2001 Eduardo Berizzo got it in the ranks of Celta de Vigo. His two goals against Barcelona (4-2 on aggregate) gave the sky-blue team a pass to the final, although they ended up losing to Zaragoza.
Six years later it was Dani Güiza who scored in the two semi-final matches also against FC Barcelona, in this case in the ranks of Getafe who were the runners-up in the tournament. In 2008 it was Casquero, also with the azulón team, who scored in both games to lead his team to another final that they could not win.
Fernando Llorente is the only player who has achieved such a feat twice, the first in 2009 and the second in 2012, both in the ranks of Athletic Club and in both cases the lions qualified for a final that they would lose against Barcelona.
In the 2012/2013 edition there were two players who achieved it, Diego Costa with Atlético de Madrid and Raphael Varane in the ranks of Real Madrid, becoming champion and runner-up respectively.
Two years later, in 2015, Aduriz scored two of the three goals that gave Athletic a place in the final against Espanyol. In 2017 it would be Luis Suárez who achieved it with the Barcelona shirt in a semi-final against Atlético de Madrid.
And before Borja Iglesias, the last to achieve this feat was Mikel Oyarzábal with Real Sociedad in 2020 against Mirandés, an edition that the txuriurdin team ended up winning.
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