Alaves' fans upstage Barcelona despite losing Copa del Rey final

After capturing their third straight Copa del Rey, Steve Nicol doesn't think Barca will be pleased with their season overall. MADRID -- The thousands of Alaves fans -- representing some significant percentage of Vitoria, their little northern town -- began filling the hot streets of Madrid well before noon. For hours, it seemed as though their alleged rivals from Barcelona wouldn't even deign to join them. The conclusion of their meeting in the Copa del Rey was that foregone. If there is anything more universal than football, it's the desire to see its biggest underdogs succeed. So it was impossible to wade through those...