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Real Madrid are out of the King's Cup
By h.b. - Nov 11, 2009 - 7:24 AM
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Real Madrid's Higuaín fights for the ball with Mora from Alcorcón - EFE
The Galacticos score only one goal in the Bernabéu
Real Madrid are out of the King’s Cup.
Two weeks ago the Alcorcón from the Segunda B division had a four nil win at their home ground, and the Real Madrid guns were out for the return leg at the Bernabéu on Tuesday night, but with Pellegrini’s side needing five goals to remain in the competition they could score no more than one.
It was still goalless at half time, and the always critical home crowd started to call, with whistles and handkerchiefs, for the resignation of the Chilean manager.
The single goal from Van der Vaart in the second half, in the 80th minute, was little comfort for the fans.
The result takes sport onto the front pages of Spain this morning, and as Público puts it – ‘A fascinating failure’.
Real Madrid therefore knocked out of the King’s Cup before the last 16 for the second consecutive year.
Now the post mortem will start, and it has already emerged that Sergio Ramos was not called to play as the club mistakenly thought that he was under a sanction, when in fact he wasn’t.
And to make matters worse for the Real Madrid fans, arch rivals Barcelona went out and scored those five goals.
Cristiano Ronaldo remains out injured from the side. Yesterday he travelled to Portugal, called by his national side, but once there the Portuguese doctors confirmed the diagnosis and said he could not play. The player is now back in Madrid.
Other Kings Cup results from Tuesday night
Barcelona 5 –Cultural Leonesa 0. Bojan scored twice and the other goals came from Pedrito, Messi and Xavi.
Atlético de Madrid 6 – Marbella 0
Sevilla 5 – Atlético Ciudad 1
Deportivo 0 – Murcia 0
Tenerife 0 – Celta 1
Málaga 0 - Zaragoza 0
Osasuna 1 - Xerez 0
Sporting 1 - Recreativo 1
So five Primera Liga sides go out of the competition – Real Madrid, Tenerife, Zaragoza, Xerez and Sporting.