Real Madrid saw its crisis grow on Wednesday night (14). In coach Álvaro Arbeloa’s debut match, the team lost 3-2 to Albacete, from the Spanish second division, and was eliminated from the Copa del Rey in the round of 16.
The duel at the Carlos Belmonte stadium, in Albacete, was decided with a goal scored by Jefté Betancor in the 49th minute of the second half. He had a first shot attempt blocked and was very happy in the second, covering goalkeeper Lunin.
Javier Villar del Fraile had opened the scoring at 42 in the first half. Franco Mastantuono equalized at 48. In the final stage. Betancor put Albacete ahead, and Gonzalo García equalized again, in stoppage time, in the 46th minute. Then, however, Betancor decided and was moved to tears.
It was a poor start for Arbeloa, who managed Real Madrid’s B team and was promoted to the main group following the dismissal of Xabi Alonso. This fell after the 3-2 defeat to arch-rivals Barcelona, last Sunday (11), in the final of the Spanish Super Cup. In the Spanish Championship, the team is in second place at the end of the first round, four points behind Barcelona.
Before the match against Albacete, striker Vinicius Junior was the target of racist chants. A video published by the newspaper As shows a group near the stadium in the city of Albacete calling the Brazilian athlete “mono”, monkey in Spanish.
“Completely shameful. It is not the image that represents the people of Albacete or the club,” Albacete posted on social media.
