España Libre Cup: The Celebration

Rodríguez Tortajada (Valencia president) showed he knows how to lose: "Levante's victory is deserved and it would be unfair not to recognise it as such". He also praised the great performance of referee Menal. Coach Colina ironised with the null result of the red shirts, which were not enough to win. And centre midfielder Iturraspe blamed the defeat on their inadequacy up front: "It was the forward line that failed".

Defender Arater was clear: "Valencia can't beat Levante. We have taken their pulse and they end up going down". And the great striker Gaspar Rubio was exultant: "They came out with red shirts believing that this would bring them luck. Whites or reds would have lost the same thing. They have no striker... I still hope to play another two years of football, counting on the end of that damned war.

Levante was yet another Spanish Cup champion since its birth in 1902. This was reflected in El Mundo Deportivo which, alongside the chronicle of the final won by Levante, attached this list with all the cup winners, runners-up and the cities that hosted the finals. Further proof that this title was the Copa de España of a lifetime.

1937 was Valencia's worst year in their rivalry with Levante. In the Mediterranean League they lost at Mestalla and could only draw in the return leg. And in the Copa they lost in the final after two heavy defeats in the previous league. On 1 August, the rematch of the Sarriá final was played at Mestalla. It was sold as a "hard-fought match between the two eternal rivals". But Levante beat them again, this time 2-4.

On 8 August 1937, after another Levante defeat at Mestalla, a friendly match was played in Vallejo between Levante and Gimnástico. The aim was to pay tribute to the great winners of the Cup and to offer a well-deserved tribute to the fans of the Poblados Marítimos. The final score of 4-4 made it clear that the fun was absolute. This mythical exchange of pennants remained as a memory of that day.