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Real Madrid suffer historic humiliation with loss to 10-man third division side – The World Game
Real Madrid have suffered a humiliating Copa del Rey exit, losing 2-1 after extra-time to the 10 men of third-tier side Alcoyano.
Real coach Zinedine Zidane had warned there was no such thing as an easy game before the tie and his decision to rest a host of stars spectacularly backfired.
The visitors opened the scoring just before halftime with Eder Militao crashing in a header from a cross from Marcelo.
Alcoyano levelled in the 80th minute through Jose Sobes with Madrid unable to avoid the embarrassment of extra-time.
Worse was to come.
To put this in context, Alcoyano – who beat Real Madrid despite a red card and playing…
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