| Event | 2009–10 Copa del Rey Round of 32 First leg | ||||||
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| 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 a2009–10 Copa del Rey two-legged matchup betweenAD Alcorcón andReal Madrid in the round of 32, a 4–0 win by Alcorcón.[1]
The first leg received this name because of the defeat of Real Madrid, one of the largest clubs inSpanish football and in the world, by a modest Alcorcón team which then played in the third-tierSegunda División B.
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 thanCristiano 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.
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Alcorcón | 4–1 | Real Madrid | 4–0 | 0–1 |
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 thesuburban 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 ofGuti 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-sellinglottery tickets on Christmas 2009.[7]
While Real Madrid won the second leg at theSantiago Bernabeu, Alcorcón advanced victorious 4-1 on aggregate to the next round.
