Barca's double double hailed in Spanish media


Barcelona's Jordi Alba celebrates after winning the Copa del Rey Final Reuters / Juan Medina

BARCELONA, May 23 (Reuters) - Spain's sports press hailed Barcelona on Monday after the La Liga champions beat Sevilla to lift the King's Cup for the 28th time and clinch a second successive domestic double.

Goals from Jordi Alba and Neymar in extra-time gave their team a 2-0 triumph in Madrid’s Vicente Calderon stadium on Sunday, eight days after they won La Liga for the sixth time in eight years.

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