| Alcorcón vs Real Madrid | |
| Event: | 2009–10 Copa del Rey Round of 32 First leg |
| Team1: | Alcorcón |
| Team1score: | 4 |
| Team2: | Real Madrid |
| Team2score: | 0 |
| Firstleg: | First leg |
| Team1score1: | 4 |
| Team2score1: | 0 |
| Date1: | 27 October 2009 |
| Stadium1: | Estadio Santo Domingo |
| City1: | Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain |
| Man Of The Match1a: | Borja Pérez (Alcorcón) |
| Referee1: | Javier Turienzo Álvarez |
| Attendance1: | 2,997 |
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 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.
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 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.[5]
It generated superstition and the number of the 4 - 0 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+.
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 reserve side played in Segunda B alongside Alcorcón – and had lost only once in seven previous meetings between the two.[7] However, Ronaldo was not included in the squad for the match, along with several other stars who were rested.
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| Man of the Match: Borja Pérez (Alcorcón)
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