Alcorconazo is the name given by fans and by the Spanish sports press to the first leg of the 2009–10 Copa del Rey two-legged matchup between AD Alcorcón and Real Madrid in the round of 32, a 4–0 win by Alcorcón.Alcorconazo, El País.com , October 27, 2009
Origin The first leg received this name because of the defeat of Real Madrid, one of the largest clubs in Spanish football and in the world, by a modest Alcorcón team which then played in the third-tier Segunda División B.
Contrast between Real Madrid and Alcorcón The two competing sides had significantly differing financial support.
The annual salaries of Alcorcón's matchday squad added up to less than €1 million, compared to the €110 million salary of Real Madrid's squad.
Real Madrid had spent €254 million on new signings the previous summer, out of a €420 million annual budget at the time.
On the day before the first leg of the cup-tie versus Alcorcón, one of Real Madrid's corporate sponsors gave the entire senior squad new cars worth a total of €2 million.
The average annual salary of an Alcorcón player at the time, €36,000, was less than Cristiano Ronaldo made in a day that season.
At the time of the match, Real Madrid's reserve side played in Segunda B alongside Alcorcón – and had lost only once in seven previous meetings between the two.
However, Ronaldo was not included in the squad for the match, along with several other stars who were rested. Adding insult to injury, the two Alcorcón goalscorers (Borja Pérez and Ernesto Gómez) were alumni of Real Madrid's youth academy.
Match details
GK 1 Juanma RB 24 Nagore CB 18 Íñigo López CB 20 Borja GómezLB 16 Fernando Béjar RM 17 Rubén AnuarbeCM 10 Sergio MoraCM 8 Rubén Sanz (c)LM 11 Ernesto Gómez SS 14 Diego CascónCF 22 Borja Pérez Substitutions:GK 13 Eladio DF 4 Mario SánchezFW 9 Sergio Bravo FW 19 Carmelo Yuste FW 21 Jérémy Lempereur Manager: Juan Antonio Anquela GK 13 Jerzy DudekRB 2 Álvaro ArbeloaCB 21 Christoph MetzelderCB 18 Raúl Albiol LB 15 Royston DrentheDM 6 Mahamadou Diarra RM 24 Esteban Granero LM 14 Guti AM 23 Rafael van der VaartCF 11 Karim BenzemaCF 7 Raúl (c) Substitutions:GK 26 Antonio AdánDF 12 Marcelo DF 19 Ezequiel GarayMF 5 Fernando Gago FW 17 Ruud van Nistelrooy Manager: Manuel Pellegrini
Man of the Match: Borja Pérez (Alcorcón)
Assistant referees: Luis Cote Sáez (Aragon) Aurelio Asensio Rodríguez (Asturias) Fourth official: Rubén Gómez González (Castile and León)
Overall score
Legacy This defeat was a lead sports story throughout Europe, being the title page in British,Minnows knock Madrid out of cup BBC Sport, November 11, 2009 FrenchAlcorcon donne la leçon au Real France Football , October 28, 2009 and Italian publications.Real una débacle storica perde 4-0 con squadra di C Gazzetta.it , October 27, 2009
It also marked a rise to relative prominence for the suburban Madrid club; in what may or may not have been a coincidence, Alcorcón began a major stadium renovation project the following month.
The half-time substitution of Guti when the score was 3–0 and when he was booked before was another topic in the Spanish press because of words exchanged between the player and his coach, Manuel Pellegrini.Pellegrini y Guti discutieron en el descanso y el jugador mandó al técnico a tomar por el c*** MARCA.com , October 28, 2009
It generated superstition and the number of the 4–0 day, 27 October 2009, (27,109) was one of the best-selling lottery tickets on Christmas 2009.¿Tiene el 27109?, Leonoticias.com , November 30, 2009
Aftermath While Real Madrid won the second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu, Alcorcón advanced victorious 4-1 on aggregate to the next round.
See also 2009–10 Real Madrid CF season
References
External links Report on RFEF website