REAL HUMILIATION IN THE CUP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOzSisLEXFs 

This short video shows Real Madrid being humiliated by 3rd Tier club, CD Alcoyano (from Valencia), playing in Segunda B, in the Round of 32 of the Copa del Rey. Manager, Zidane, brought a strong squad including Benzema, Marcelo, Vinicius, Isco and Vasquez. Alcoyano were as strong as they could be.

From the lower leagues in Spain and playing at their home ground, Estadio El Conao, Alcoyano went behind to Militao's header after 45 minutes. It looked as though it might be a whitewash, but Solbes scored at 80 minutes to take the game into Extra Time. When Olivan was red carded and the home team down to 10 men, Casanova brought much love to the game with a giant killing winner at 115 minutes.

Prior to this humiliation, Real had played and lost to Athletico Bilbao 1-2 in the semi-final of the Spanish Supercopa de Esspana. 

Alcoyano is famous across Spain for a "proverbial match" in which they were facing a very adverse score. When the referee was about to blow for full time, the Alcoyano players kept asking for more time to score back and reach a draw. Thus the phrase tener más moral que el Alcoyano ("to have greater morale than Alcoyano") is common place in Spain's language.

More fun below, especially with the commentary. Fouling or been fouled, footballers always pull their socks up!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz3bHETquUI

The Alcoyano defeat rates as the worst result for the giants, Pellegrini's Real Madrid, since their embarrassment on 27th September 2009, when they lost to AD Alcorson, 4-0. 2,997 watched the game!

The Cup tie was two legged and Madrid could only reply with a 1-0 win at their place. They went on to lose to Racing Santander 2-3 in the next two leg round.

AD Alcorson, fondly known as "Alfareros" The Potters...Spain's Stoke City, was founded in 1971.They played in the same division, Segunda B, as the Real Madrid Youth side. The best selling LOTTERY ticket in Spain at Christmas that year was number 27109, the date of the humiliation. Nothing superstitious about that. An average salary for the Potters' players was 36,000 Euros, as much as Ronaldo of RM earned in a day that season.

This evening our FA Cup brings together Premier Leaguers, Wolves, who visit, minnows (this season's giant killers) Chorley FC from the Sixth Tier.