• Chronicle. Real Madrid, humiliated and eliminated from the Copa del Rey by Alcoyano

Zinedine Zidane

smiled towards his bench after Alcoyano's second goal.

It was the laugh of disbelief.

The French coach did not believe the saves of José Juan, hero of the night, and the failures of his footballers.

With the final whistle, he faced the press room under the same black night atmosphere of the defeat in

Ukraine

against

Shakhtar

.

On that occasion, Madrid observed the European elimination, the Frenchman assured that he was not going to resign and the team responded.

Yesterday, the whites added

another page to their historical list of great cup failures

, the trophy that Zidane still lacks.

"

It is not a shame,

" the Frenchman hastened to reflect, who assumed the blame and affected the bad luck of his family in the face of the door.

A situation similar to the last meringues defeats.

"

The responsibility is mine

, the players have tried."

The coach was especially surprised by the individual errors of his team, which again met with a great performance from the rival goalkeeper.

“We have had occasions and when you don't put it in, anything can happen.

If we had scored the second goal it would have been another game.

Soccer is that.

Poke the chances.

The goalkeeper made two or three stops, the ball did not want to enter and we are out, "summed up the Frenchman.

The defeat in Ukraine forced an

emergency meeting between Florentino Pérez and Zidane in Valdebebas

, and despite the fact that the Cup is not at the same level as the League or the Champions League, falling into the home of a Second B will have

consequences, at least morals, in the white environment

.

"

We're not going to go crazy,

" the Frenchman warned.

«These are things that can happen in a footballer's career.

Players always want to win but sometimes different things happen.

It is a painful day, but we are going to continue working, "he acknowledged, and faced the questions about a possible change in the bench:" There is always talk, but I take responsibility and whatever has to happen will happen.

Let's see what happens in the next few days, "he said.

On the table, a lineup full of substitute footballers who were not up to the task and an emergency solution that sent

Kroos, Hazard, Asensio and Benzema

to the grass

, who in Zidane's planning were not going to dress short in Alcoy.

The starting eleven, however, with

Vinícius, Lucas and Mariano at the top and with Isco on the hook

, did not generate what was desired.

"I think the players believe in me, although you have to ask them if they get the message," he said.

An encounter that will remain in the memory of the white fan, such as the

only match against Toledo

in the final 30s of the 2000 Cup edition, the tie against

Real Unión de Irún in 2008-2009 and the 'Alcorconazo

' of the 2009-2010, these last two two-legged, for greater disaster.

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