The 1927 Copa del Rey Final was the 27th final of the Spanish cup competition, the

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

. The final was played at Torrero, in

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, on 15 May 1927.

Real Unión Real Unión Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Irun, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, near the border with France. Founded on 15 May 1915 it currently plays in Primera División RFEF ...

beat

Arenas Club de Getxo Arenas Club de Getxo is a Spanish football club based in the town of Getxo, near Bilbao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1909, it currently plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at Campo Mu ...

1–0 and won their fourth and last title. The only goal of the match was scored in

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On 15 May, the Real Unión de Irún played against the Arenas Club de Guecho at the

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, which presented a packed stadium at five in the afternoon. This meeting went down in history because it was the first to be broadcast on the radio, specifically by ''Unión Radio de Madrid''. The Irundarras, who had two great figures of the time in their team, such as Gamborenea and

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, the latter as an offensive reference, beat

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in the quarter-finals and then in the semifinal they eliminated

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with a 2–0 win, courtesy of Gamborenea and Echeveste. On the other hand, Arenas had eliminated

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and

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in a single-leg semi-final. This victory was especially heartfelt because Arenas were taking revenge for what happened in

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when the

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took the Cup after beating Arenas 2–0 in the

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. The game was tight and René Petit had a golden chance from 12 yards, but he failed to convert a

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that would have done justice to Unión. The game thus ended with a goalless draw in its 90 regulation minutes, which forced extra time, where Irundarras still managed to find when Echeveste, after receiving a pass from Villaverde, scored the only goal of the match with just three minutes to go.

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