Spanish Copa del Rey

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Real Madrid dumped from Copa del Rey in Arbeloa's 1st game

Álvaro Arbeloa got off to a dismal start as the new coach of Real Madrid, seeing his team lose to second-division club Albacete 3-2 and drop out of the Copa del Rey in the round of 16 on Wednesday.

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Highlights

01:14 Albacete vs. Real Madrid - Game Highlights Watch on ESPN 00:09 Andriy Lunin makes a great save Watch on ESPN 01:11 Javi Villar gets on the scoresheet for Albacete Watch on ESPN 00:21 Franco Mastantuono scores goal for Real Madrid Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

RMA leads series 4-0

Lineups

ALB · 5-3-2

  1. 13Raúl LizoainG
  2. 18Javi VillarCD
  3. 21Carlos NevaCD-L
  4. 5Javier MorenoCD-R
  5. 27Daniel BernabeuLB
  6. 2Lorenzo AguadoRB
  7. 17Alejandro MeléndezCM
  8. 6Antonio Pacheco RuizCM-L
  9. 26CapiCM-R
  10. 16LazoCF-L
  11. 19Dani EscricheCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Samuel ObengSUB
  2. 3Jonathan GomezSUB
  3. 1Diego MariñoSUB
  4. 11Víctor Valverde Da SilvaSUB
  5. 8Riki RodríguezSUB
  6. 28Antonio VelillaSUB
  7. 22Jon MorcilloSUB
  8. 15Fran GamezSUB
  9. 4Agus MedinaSUB
  10. 10JeftéSUB
  11. 23Pepe SanchezSUB

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 13Andriy LuninG
  2. 24Dean HuijsenCD-L
  3. 17Raúl AsencioCD-R
  4. 20Fran GarcíaLB
  5. 35David JiménezRB
  6. 28Jorge CesteroCM
  7. 15Arda GülerLM
  8. 8Federico ValverdeRM
  9. 16Gonzalo GarcíaF
  10. 7Vinícius JúniorLF
  11. 30Franco MastantuonoRF

Substitutes

  1. 6Eduardo CamavingaSUB
  2. 43Sergio MestreSUB
  3. 37Manuel ÁngelSUB
  4. 38César PalaciosSUB
  5. 26Fran GonzálezSUB
  6. 4David AlabaSUB
  7. 19Dani CeballosSUB
  8. 2Dani CarvajalSUB
  9. 36Joan MartínezSUB

Timeline

  1. 42' Goal! Albacete 1, Real Madrid 0. Javi Villar (Albacete) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by José Carlos Lazo with a cross following a corner.
  2. 45'+3' Goal! Albacete 1, Real Madrid 1. Franco Mastantuono (Real Madrid) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  3. 57' Substitution, Albacete. Agus Medina replaces José Carlos Lazo.
  4. 58' Substitution, Albacete. Jefté Betancor replaces Dani Escriche.
  5. 58' Substitution, Albacete. Riki Rodríguez replaces Capi.
  6. 65' Dean Huijsen (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 65' Substitution, Real Madrid. David Alaba replaces Dean Huijsen.
  8. 65' Substitution, Real Madrid. Eduardo Camavinga replaces Fran García.
  9. 74' Substitution, Albacete. Jonathan Gómez replaces Daniel Bernabéu.
  10. 77' Substitution, Real Madrid. César Palacios replaces Franco Mastantuono.
  11. 77' Substitution, Real Madrid. Dani Carvajal replaces David Jiménez.
  12. 77' Substitution, Albacete. Pepe Sánchez replaces Antonio Pacheco.
  13. 82' Goal! Albacete 2, Real Madrid 1. Jefté Betancor (Albacete) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner following a corner.
  14. 86' Substitution, Real Madrid. Manuel Ángel replaces Jorge Cestero.
  15. 90'+1' Goal! Albacete 2, Real Madrid 2. Gonzalo García (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Arda Güler with a cross following a corner.
  16. 90'+2' Raúl Asencio (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 90'+4' Goal! Albacete 3, Real Madrid 2. Jefté Betancor (Albacete) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner following a fast break.
  18. 90'+5' Jefté Betancor (Albacete) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  19. 90'+6' Riki Rodríguez (Albacete) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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