[1] The 1924 final is often listed as the greatest match in the history of the Prince of Asturias Cup, an inter-regional football competition contested by the regional selections of Spain.
[2] In the quarter-finals, Centro took revenge on Galicia (who had eliminated them in the previous season) by beating them 1–0 in Madrid, with the only goal of the game being scored by Antonio De Miguel.
In the semi-finals, they met the South team (an Andalusia XI) at the Estadio Metropolitano and they defeated the Andalusians with a 2–1 win thanks to a brace from Juan Monjardín, who would play a pivotal role in the final.
[3] On the other hand, 7 of the players that started for Catalonia in the first leg, had been on the line-up of the Barcelona team that won the 1922 Copa del Rey Final 5–1, with the outcasts being Caicedo, Trabal, Martí and Feliu.
The final was played on 24 February 1924 on neutral ground at the San Mamés in Bilbao, resulting in a tremendously competitive clash, with back-and-forth drama on the scoreboard, and up for grabs.
[1] Sagi's last-minute heroic actions meant that the game had to be repeated two days later, and the replay also was a roller coaster of emotions with back-and-forth drama as Carulla made it 1–0 shortly after the start, but then the Centro team produced a come back of which Monjardín was the sole orchestrator, scoring twice to give a 2–1 lead to his side, but still before the break Samitier and Piera turned the score around yet again, which no longer moved after the break, thus Piera's goal turned out to be the match-winner, and Catalonia become the champions for the second time in the competition's history.