MADRID (AP) – El Alcoyano, from the third department, arrived to eliminate Real Madrid on Wednesday 2-1 in the circular of the 16 of the Copa del Rey.
The small club of the East of Spain scored in the 80th minute to force time and backed down in the 115th to qualify for the eighth round.
Alcoyano had fallen to the ground to a red card minutes before Juanan Casanova scored the winning goal from close range after a quick counterattack.
Based in Alcoy, in the east of Spain, alcoyano’s small club reached the quarter-finals of the Cup in 1946. He played four seasons in the First Division, from 1950-51.
Madrid was looking for their first Copa name since 2014, which the last time it reached the final, took it out for Zaragoza in the circular of 16 last season, had not been eliminated in the circular of 16 since losing to Cadiz in 2015-sixteen.
Atletico Madrid, Crosstown’s rival, had already been eliminated through a 3rd-apartment club in the round of moments, wasting Cornell, who will receive Barcelona on Thursday.
Playing without some normal get starteders, Madrid controlled the start from the start but couldn’t open the scoring until Éder Militão controlled a cross from Marcelo in the final minute of the first half.
Madrid continued to fight to create scoring opportunities and the locals discovered the equalizer with a diversity shot from José Solbes after a corner kick.
Alcoyano threatened again before the end of the deal and in additional time, but fell to the ground in the 109th minute when Ramón López sent off with a yellow card for a moment for a hard on Casemiro.
The winner of Casanova came after a missed opportunity through Madrid in a corner.
Alcoyano goalkeeper José Juan Figueras, 41, had to make some key stops to prevent Madrid from recovering.
The fit was played at the 5,000-seat El Collao Stadium, which was unins enthusiastic about the coronavirus pandemic.
Previously, Real Sociedad had eliminated the club from the 3rd department of Cerdoba 2-0 with a pair of goals in the second half of Brazilian striker William José, who to seal a signing by English club Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Last Cup last season between the Society and its Basque Country rival, Athletic Bilbao, has still been played after being postponed indefinitely by the coronavirus pandemic.
SPANISH LEAGUE
In the Spanish league, Villarreal regained fourth place after a 2–2 draw with Granada’s seventh home position.
He advanced to Roberto Soldado at 21 before Villarreal returned with goals from Rubén Pea at 29 and Moi Gómez at 65, Kennedy tied for Granada at 75 and Villarreal striker Paco Alcecer wasted the chance to score the winning goal for lack of a penalty in time off.
Villarreal had won 4 consecutive games in all competitions.
Real Betis beat Celta de Vigo 2-1 with a pair of goals from Sergio Canales. Celtic advanced to Santi Mina at 15, but Canales helped the locals climb with goals in the 25th and 44th minutes.
It was Celtic’s fourth consecutive defeat in all competitions, relegating to the eleventh league position, while Betis climbed to the eighth.
Getafe beat Huesca in the last position 1-0 with a win in the 69th minute through Mauro Arambarri. It’s time for Getafe’s back-to-back win, 10th in the 20-team standings.
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