A third-division team expels Real Madrid from the Spanish Cup
The third-division Alconia team blew a heavy surprise by eliminating its guest Real Madrid from the 32nd round of the Spanish Cup in football when they beat them 2-1 after the extension (regular time 1-1) late at night on Wednesday.
Real Madrid was the first to score by Brazilian defender Eder Militao in the 45th minute with a header after a wonderful pass by fellow countryman Marcelo, but Alcunia managed to equalize in the 80th minute by Jose Solbes requesting the extension, as he had the last word with a second goal scored by Juanan Casanova in the 115th minute, Although he was playing with ten men after Lopez Olivan was sent off, five minutes before the goal.
Real Madrid's exclusion came a week after they were knocked out of the semi-finals of the local Super Cup at the hands of Athletic Bilbao 1-2
and the French Zinedine Zidane rested many of his basic elements, and none in the starting lineup was only Brazilian Casemiro and Lucas Vasquez, giving the opportunity to Isco, Marcelo and Uruguayan Federico. Valverde and Brazilian Vinicius Junior before he pushed his compatriot Karim Benzema in the 67th minute in the place of Dominican Mariano Dias, and Marco Asensio, Vinicius' place in the 90th minute, to no avail.
Zidane also joined the Belgian Eden Hazar and the German Toni Kroos in the 98th minute without avoiding leaving the competition and failing to win in his last three matches in various competitions.
In a second match, Real Sociedad booked their card to the last 16 by defeating their third-class host Cordoba with a double for Brazilian striker Willian Jose in the 57th and 84th minutes.
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