Real Madrid 1-0 Alcorcon

Real Madrid tried hard to turn around their first leg defeat against Alcorcon, but had no luck. They dominated the match and had countless chances on goal throughout the entire game, but imprecisions in attack, up to three shots to the posts and goalkeeper Juanma’s excellent performance thwarted their chances and only allowed them to net one strike. Alcorcon made history at the Bernabeu by reaching the Last 16 of Copa del Rey.

Alcorcon had the same lineup as in the first leg, while new faces were on the Real Madrid starting eleven. The Whites wanted to do their best to thrill the 80,000 fans that gathered at the stadium, but Alcorcon were well positioned and managed to thwart their incessant bouts in attack.

Van Nistelrooy had two shots on goal; Arbeola pulled off a powerful low shot; a cross from Albiol was cleared by the defence; Juanma saved a shot from Lass; the defence cleared corner kicks served by Kaka and Higuain… Real Madrid lacked precision in their many chances, while Alcorcon proved to be dangerous with shots from outside the box and in set pieces.

The Whites’ intensified their game after half-time and had seven shots on target in the opening seven minutes. Pepe tried with a header; a long shot by Van der Vaart slightly missed the mark; Van Nistelrooy hit the crossbar; Van der Vaart hit a post; Van Nistelrooy crossed a shot; Juanma cleared a shot from kaka; Higuain tried again from outside the box… Nothing worked.

The match carried on this way until the end. Alcorcon did their best to withstand Real Madrid’s onslaughts, which finally found their reward when Van der Vaart scored from outside the box with then minutes to go to the final whistle. This wasn’t enough and Alcorcon qualified to play in the Last 16 of the Copa del Rey despite Real Madrid’s victory. The Santiago Bernabeu crowd gave Alcorcon a standing ovation at the end of the encounter.

Lineups

Real Madrid: Dudek, Albiol, Pepe, Arbeloa, Gago, Kaká, Lass (Marcelo 72′), Diarra (Van der Vaart 48′), Higuaín, Van Nistelrooy, Raúl;

Alcorcón: Juanma, Nagore, Iñigo López, Borja Gómez, Rubén Anuarbe, Rubén Sanz, Sergio Mora, Ernesto Gómez, Fernando Béjar (Vara 75′), Diego Cascón (Carmelo 60′), Borja Pérez (Jeremy 81′);

Goals:

1-0, 83′: Van der Vaart;

Referee:

Booked: Albiol, Kaka, Nagore, Ruben Sanz.

Played at: Santiago Bernabeu.

Lineups

Real Madrid: Dudek,Albiol, Pepe, Arbeloa, Gago, Kaká, Lass (Marcelo 72′), Diarra (Van der Vaart 48′), Higuaín, Van Nistelrooy, Raúl;

Alcorcón: Juanma, Nagore, Iñigo López, Borja Gómez, Rubén Anuarbe, Rubén Sanz, Sergio Mora, Ernesto Gómez, Fernando Béjar (Vara 75′), Diego Cascón (Carmelo 60′), Borja Pérez (Jeremy 81′);