Albacete, which is in 17th place out of 22 teams in Spain's second football league, eliminated Real Madrid in the round of 16 of the King's Cup. Javi Villar put Albacete ahead in the first half, Franco Mastantuono equalized, Yefta Betancour scored again in the 82nd minute, Gonzalo Garcia equalized again and then in the 95th minute, Betancour scored the winning goal. This was Real Madrid's first match without coach Xabi Alonso who was fired.

