Alcorconazo

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] The first leg received this name because of the defeat of Real Madrid, one of the largest clubs in Spanish football and indeed in the world, by a modest Alcorcón team which then played in the third-tier Segunda División B. Because Real Madrid won the second leg only 1–0, Alcorcón advanced victorious to the next round.

Alcorcón vs Real Madrid
Event2009–10 Copa del Rey
Round of 32
First leg
Date27 October 2009
VenueEstadio Santo Domingo, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
Man of the MatchBorja Pérez (Alcorcón)
RefereeJavier Turienzo Álvarez
Attendance2,997

This defeat was a lead sports story throughout Europe, being the title page in British,[2] French[3] and Italian publications.[4] 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 30 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.[5]

It generated superstition and the number of the 40 day, 27 October 2009, (27,109) was one of the best-selling lottery tickets on Christmas 2009.[6]

Both matches were broadcast to the entire country on Canal +.

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 youth side played in Segunda B alongside Alcorcón – and had lost only once in seven previous meetings between the two.[7]

Match reports

Round of 32

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Alcorcón 4–1 Real Madrid 40 01

First leg

Alcorcón4–0Real Madrid
Report
Attendance: 2,997
Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez (Castile and León)
Alcorcón
GK1 Juanma 90+1'
DF17 Rubén Anuarbe
DF18 Íñigo López 52'
DF20 Borja Gómez
DF15 Nagore 7'
MF8 Rubén Sanz
MF11 Ernesto 63'
MF10 Sergio Mora
MF16 Fernando Béjar 75'
FW14 Diego Cascón
FW22 Borja Pérez 81'
Substitutions:
GK13 Eladio
DF4 Mario
MF21 Jérémy Lempereur 63'
MF19 Carmelo 73'
FW9 Bravo 81'
Manager:
Juan Antonio Anquela
Real Madrid
GK13 Jerzy Dudek
DF2 Álvaro Arbeloa
DF18 Raúl Albiol 61'
DF21 Christoph Metzelder
DF15 Royston Drenthe
MF6 Mahamadou Diarra 77'
MF14 Guti  43' 45'
MF23 Rafael van der Vaart
MF24 Esteban Granero 61'
FW7 Raúl 71'
FW11 Karim Benzema
Substitutions:
GK26 Antonio Adán
DF19 Ezequiel Garay
MF5 Fernando Gago 45'
DF12 Marcelo 61'
FW17 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)

References

  1. Alcorconazo, El País.com (in Spanish), October 27, 2009
  2. Minnows knock Madrid out of cup BBC Sport, November 11, 2009
  3. Alcorcon donne la leçon au Real Archived 2010-03-10 at the Wayback Machine France Football (in French), October 28, 2009
  4. Real una débacle storica perde 4-0 con squadra di C Gazzetta.it (in Italian), October 27, 2009
  5. 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
  6. ¿Tiene el 27109?, Leonoticias.com (in Spanish), November 30, 2009
  7. Lowe, Sid (28 October 2009). "Manuel Pellegrini is on the ropes after Real Madrid's greatest humiliation". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
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