Real Madrid Knocked Out of Copa Del Rey

Real Madrid Knocked Out of Copa Del Rey

Real Madrid have been knocked out of Copa del Rey by Leganes. The won the opening game 1-0, but lost at Bernabeu yesterday 1-2. The aggregate score was 2-2 but they lost on away goals!.

Neither Ronaldo nor Bale started the game for Real Madrid

Leganes made a bit of history Wednesday, becoming the first side in history to dump Real Madrid out of the Copa del Rey with a win at the Santiago Bernabeu after losing the first leg at home.

Before Wednesday, the Copa del Rey and Champions League were the best hopes of silverware left for the team and, after finding a late winner at the Estadio Municipal de Butarque through Marco Asensio, Madrid would have been confident in advancing to the semi-finals against a team that struggled against relegation last season.

After all, Los Blancos had never once in their history failed to defend a first-leg Copa lead at their home ground and Leganes, though much improved this campaign, are still a bottom-half team in La Liga.

The loss is a brutal blow for Madrid, who face the daunting task of Neymar, Edinson Cavani and Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League round of 16, with Europe’s top prize the only realistic chance for silverware remaining in what has become an unfathomably disappointing season.

Madrid will face three league matches against Valencia, Levante and Real Sociedad, before they get their first crack at PSG on Feb. 14, but Zidane’s side will have to find some way to get the ship righted to have any real hope of moving past the French giants.