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Real Madrid’s 2-1 defeat in overtime against Alcoyano in the middle of the week is the latest in a series of lapses in the Copa del Rey at the capital club. Not all are at the same level, but every time the Whites have lost to a Segunda B team there have been great consequences for the coach in charge.
Looking back, only Vicente del Bosque survived after losing such a game, to Toledo in 2000. Other coaches ended up paying with their jobs.
After losing to Leganés, Celta Vigo and Real Sociedad before this season, Zinedine Zidane has once again shown that he has a difficult relationship with the Copa del Rey.
The disappearance of Bernd Schuster in Irún
Another of the defeats against a Second B team was with Schuster. Then, it was against the Real Unión de Irún and two games. The Basques won 3-2 at home and then 4-3 in the capital, scoring their third goal in the final. Schuster was fired a month later.
The Alcorconazo sentenced Manuel Pellegrini
This was the Chilean’s biggest setback in Madrid. A 4-0 loss to Alcorcón almost saw him fired that night. Back to two games away, Real Madrid only managed a narrow victory at home. He watched the rest of the season, but that defeat and the elimination of the Champions League against Lyon had already sealed his fate.
Rafa Benítez and the Denis Cheryshev case
Against Cádiz, Benítez faced Cheryshev and the Russian went on to score in the 3-1 victory. But, having collected accumulated yellow cards in the previous season’s competition with Villarreal, the player was not eligible for the match.
As a result, Los Blancos were eliminated from the competition.
A month later, Benítez was dismissed to be replaced by Zidane.
It’s true that a 4-0 loss to Barcelona didn’t help Benítez’s case either.
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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