Alcorconazo!! Copa del Rey Round-Up: 10.11.09

Real Madrid huffed and puffed, but they just couldnt blow the Alcorcón defence down. The team in yellow frustrated a desparately poor Madrid, who only managed a Van Nistelrooy shot against the crossbar before Van der Vaart's goal in the 82nd minute spared 'Los Blancos' the ignomany of failing to score against their supposedly far inferior opposition over two matches. Five goals was what the engineer ordered, but they never looked like getting them.

The Bernabeu crowd let their team know in no uncertain terms how they felt about the whole matter with a monumental wall of whistles and boos as they left the pitch. There will be renewed calls for Pelligrini's head from those who believe it will provide a quick fix, but Madrid would be foolish to break up Florentino's masterplan before it's even got off the ground. Pre-season predictions of a triple where fanciful to say the least, and they have only served to add extra pressure to the whole 'project'. But there is no escaping the humilliation of this 'Alcorconazo', and Pelligrini will do well to engineer a low profile over the next few days.

There were a couple more cupsets on the night, although not quite on the same scale, with both Tenerife and Sporting de Gijón dropping out of the competition to rivals from the second division, Recreativo and Celta Vigo. Atlético Ciudad, another team from 'Segunda B', got to within a goal of Sevilla on aggregate, but that was as close as it got, with Navas, Kanoute, Luis Fabiano and young Jose Carlos (2) netting in quick succession to secure an emphatic passage to the next round.

In the final cup tie of the evening, Barcelona took a while to kill off the men from León, with the usual tiki-taka ('Street-spanish' for quick, first time passing) football, but no end product infront of goal. The second half saw an end to that with Bojan (2), Pedro, Messi and Xavi all netting within 20 minutes to send Barca flying into the next round.


Copa del Rey Results (Round of 32) 10.11.09:  Tonights score (Aggregate score)


Real Madrid 1-0 Alcorcon (1-4) Alcorcón through

Valencia 2-2 Alcoyano (3-2) Valencia through

Villarreal 2-1 Puertollano (2-1) Villarreal through

Atlético 6-0 Marbella (8-0) Atletico through

Osasuna 1-0 Xerez (3-1) Osasuna through

Málaga 0-0 Zaragoza (1-1) Malaga through on away goals rule

Deportivo 1-0 Murcia (1-0) Deportivo through

Sporting 1-1 Recreativo Huelva (2-2 aet, 2-4 pens) Recreativo through

Tenerife 0-1 Celta Vigo (1-3) Celta Vigo through

Sevilla 5-1 Atlético Ciudad (9-3) Sevilla through

Barcelona 5-0 Cultural de Leon (7-0) Barcelona through