Will this be able Unicaja Of the 7 titles in 31 months of finishing this 2025 with the curse From a MartÃn Carpena Palace in which the Guindos Club has never achieved a title? The Endesa Malaga Super Cup this weekend has the answer. The green, newcomers from Singapore with their second intercontinental cup, They will try to win on Saturday, in the semifinals, to Valencia; and on Sunday, the winner of the other semifinal, between Real Madrid and Laguna Tenerife. Two games ahead to certify a missing milestone in the green and purple club file: celebrate a great title in front of your hobby.
Many opportunities
The truth is that the story says that the combination of the words “Unicaja”, “Final” and “Carpena” never ends well for the interests of the Cajista club. Unicaja without success sought the triumph in The King of Malaga Cups in 2001, 2007, 2014, 2020 and 2024. It was close the penultimate time, just before the pandemic, but lost the final against Real Madrid.
Nor did he raise the trophy to the Malaga sky in the previous ones Supercopa editions held at Carpena, in 2004, 2006 and 2015. In this case, the team reached the finals in the last two occasions, but in 2006 it fell to the Ceramic Tau and in 2015 the executioner was FC Barcelona.
European disappointment
The most palpable test of that curse that accompanies the Unicaja when it seeks to win a title under the “Green Marea” in its MartÃn Carpena palace arrived in the Final Four of the BCL of 2023. Malaga hosted the fight for the Title of the FIBA ​​competition. Only a couple of months after brilliantly won the Copa del Rey in Badalona, ​​an unknown Telekom Bonn, surprisingly, eliminated Unicaja in the semifinals of what everyone considered “their” final to four. A mazazo that many could only explain for that bad form that pursues the team when a title is played in Malaga.
In fact, that 2023 storage is the The only Four Four of the BCL that has lost the unicaja of the three that he has played consecutively, since the following year, the one played in Belgrade 2024 And this past season the title was also built, in this case in which it was played in Athens 2025.
Garden City, it wasn't talismán either
The truth is that Unicaja disappointments with Malaga do not focus only on the finals played in MartÃn Carpena. Garden City, The mythical pavilion in which the Unicaja played its games until 2000 (the Carpena opened in September 1999, but closed due to infrastructure problems and was no longer reopened until the beginning of the 2000/2001 season) was also elusive for the box.
No one in Malaga has yet forgotten that night of the fourth game of the final play off of the Endesa 94/95 League. Michael Ansley's famous triple day. If that shot entered, the Unicaja would have won that Liga. It was the first time that Malaga was wanting to see his team lift a trophy.
Then, the defeat in the Korac Cup final against French Limoges came. It was a double game final. The first in France and the second in Malaga. The first leg was lost by 22 points of difference (80-58) and, despite the triumph in La Vuelta, the 60-51 of Ciudad JardÃn was insufficient to win the continental trophy, which flew to Galas lands.
From VRSAC to Singapore
The fact is that today, the Unicaja titles map has ten cities marked from Green Cajista, all away from Malaga. VRSAC (Serbia), Zaragoza, Vitoria, Valencia, Badalona, ​​Belgrade (Serbia), Singapore, Murcia, Las Palmas, Athens (Greece) and again Singapore. Those are the 10 cities in which Unicaja has reigned throughout its history. Malaga? … for now, nothing. But this weekend, in the Endesa Super Cup, it will be a good opportunity to make history, break barriers and finally celebrate a title in Malaga. Of course, if this multi -champion unicaja does not do it from Ibon Navarro, no one can do it.
Via: Malaga's opinion
