Alcorconazo

Alcorcón vs Real Madrid
Event	2009–10 Copa del Rey; Round of 32; First leg
Date	27 October 2009
Venue	Estadio Santo Domingo, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
Man of the Match	Borja Pérez (Alcorcón)
Referee	Javier Turienzo Álvarez
Attendance	2,997

Alcorconazo is the name given by fans and by the Spanish sports press to the first leg of a 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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

27 October 2009

22:00 CET

Alcorcón	4–0	Real Madrid
Borja 16', 53' Arbeloa 22' (o.g.) Ernesto 39'	Report

Estadio Santo Domingo, Alcorcón

Attendance: 2,997

Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez (Castile and León)

Alcorcón

Real Madrid



GK	1	Juanma	90+1'
RB	24	Nagore	7'
CB	18	Íñigo López	52'
CB	20	Borja Gómez
LB	16	Fernando Béjar		75'
RM	17	Rubén Anuarbe
CM	10	Sergio Mora
CM	8	Rubén Sanz (c)
LM	11	Ernesto Gómez		63'
SS	14	Diego Cascón
CF	22	Borja Pérez		81'
Substitutions:
GK	13	Eladio
DF	4	Mario Sánchez
FW	9	Sergio Bravo		81'
FW	19	Carmelo Yuste		73'
FW	21	Jérémy Lempereur		63'
Manager:
Juan Antonio Anquela



GK	13	Jerzy Dudek
RB	2	Álvaro Arbeloa
CB	21	Christoph Metzelder
CB	18	Raúl Albiol	61'
LB	15	Royston Drenthe
DM	6	Mahamadou Diarra	77'
RM	24	Esteban Granero		61'
LM	14	Guti	43'	45'
AM	23	Rafael van der Vaart
CF	11	Karim Benzema
CF	7	Raúl (c)		71'
Substitutions:
GK	26	Antonio Adán
DF	12	Marcelo		61'
DF	19	Ezequiel Garay
MF	5	Fernando Gago		45'
FW	17	Ruud van Nistelrooy		71'
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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alcorcón	4–1	Real Madrid	4–0	0–1

Legacy

This defeat was a lead sports story throughout Europe, being the title page in British,^[3] French^[4] and Italian publications.^[5]

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.^[6]

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.^[7]

Aftermath

While Real Madrid won the second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu, Alcorcón advanced victorious 4-1 on aggregate to the next round.

References

^ Alcorconazo, El País.com (in Spanish), October 27, 2009
^ Lowe, Sid (28 October 2009). "Manuel Pellegrini is on the ropes after Real Madrid's greatest humiliation". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
^ Minnows knock Madrid out of cup BBC Sport, November 11, 2009
^ Alcorcon donne la leçon au Real Archived 2010-03-10 at the Wayback Machine France Football (in French), October 28, 2009
^ Real una débacle storica perde 4-0 con squadra di C Gazzetta.it (in Italian), October 27, 2009
^ Pellegrini y Guti discutieron en el descanso y el jugador mandó al técnico a tomar por el c*** MARCA.com (in Spanish), October 28, 2009
^ ¿Tiene el 27109?, Leonoticias.com (in Spanish), November 30, 2009

External links

Report on RFEF website

[Alcorconazo-1] Alcorconazo, El País.com (in Spanish), October 27, 2009

[2] Lowe, Sid (28 October 2009). "Manuel Pellegrini is on the ropes after Real Madrid's greatest humiliation". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2012.

[Minnows_knock_Madrid_out_of_cup-3] Minnows knock Madrid out of cup BBC Sport, November 11, 2009

[Alcorcon_donne_la_leçon_au_Real-4] Alcorcon donne la leçon au Real Archived 2010-03-10 at the Wayback Machine France Football (in French), October 28, 2009

[Real,_una_débacle_storica_perde_4-0_con_squadra_di_C-5] Real una débacle storica perde 4-0 con squadra di C Gazzetta.it (in Italian), October 27, 2009

[Pellegrini_y_Guti-6] Pellegrini y Guti discutieron en el descanso y el jugador mandó al técnico a tomar por el c*** MARCA.com (in Spanish), October 28, 2009

[7] ¿Tiene el 27109?, Leonoticias.com (in Spanish), November 30, 2009

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Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón
History Players Managers Seasons Europe Statistics Honours
Teams	Alcorcón Alcorcón B Alcorcón (women's futsal)
Home stadium	Santo Domingo
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Finals	1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 (FECF & UECF) 1911 1912 1913 (FECF & UECF) 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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