Article: La Coruna spoils Real party European Soccer

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Even on the field of kings, sport$-$ ing history cannot be delivered to order. It was approaching midnight when Juan Carlos, the king of Spain and, this year, the honorary president of Real Madrid, took his own cup, the Copa del Rey, and handed it to ... Deportivo la Coruna. ­ How marvelous soccer can be. How honest and deserving a triumph for La Coruna, which came down from Galicia to the Santiago Bernabeu to perform with a vigor and discipline that Madrid's gifted individuals could not match. La Coruna won the 100th King's Cup on the 100th birthday of Royal Madrid, 2-1, Wednesday night. Javier Irureta, the undemonstrative coach who fashioned this victory, could ...

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