Albacete 3-2 Actual Madrid: Arbeloa endures nightmare begin

Alvaro Arbeloa endured a nightmare debut as Actual Madrid coach as Los Blancos suffered a surprising 3-2 loss to second-tier Albacete within the Copa del Rey.

Arbeloa was swiftly appointed by Madrid after Xabi Alonso was relieved of his duties within the wake of their Supercopa de Espana last loss to arch rivals Barcelona.

However a Madrid facet that was a good distance from full energy suffered humiliation by the hands of a facet seventeenth within the Segunda, as Albacete prevailed due to Jefte Betancor’s chic Ninety fifth-minute winner.

Javi Villar headed Albacete into the lead within the last-16 tie, just for Franco Mastantuono to shortly stage.

Betancor’s far-post end eight minutes from the tip of regular time restored Albacete’s benefit, earlier than it was erased once more by Gonzalo Garcia’s 91st-minute header.

But there was a last twist within the story as an extended clearance despatched Betancor free down the left channel and into the field. After seeing his first effort blocked, he produced an exquisitely composed follow-up that looped into the far nook to ship the Carlos Belmonte into raptures and condemn Arbeloa to a dismal begin that may instantly place him underneath substantial strain.

Albacete stun Actual Madrid

Main probabilities proved laborious to return by for a lot of the primary half as Madrid had been pissed off by their lower-league hosts.

Fede Valverde fired large with a long-range effort early on, however the Madrid onslaught most might need anticipated didn’t materialise, and Albacete produced a warning shot when Dani Bernabéu surged in from the left on a superb particular person run however failed to seek out the telling end.

But Albacete did stunningly take the lead within the forty second minute as Villar met José Carlos Lazo’s nook with a nice near-post header.

Albacete’s pleasure was short-lived, although, Mastantuono restoring parity with a routine end from shut vary after Dean Huijsen’s header had been stored out by Lizoain.

A member of the Albacete teaching workers was proven a purple card at half-time as they protested Madrid being allowed to take the nook from which they scored within the third minute of harm time after two had been signalled by the fourth official.

Nonetheless, Madrid struggled to construct a lot in the best way of momentum within the second half following the leveller, although Gonzalo Garcia wasted a gilt-edged likelihood when he headed narrowly over from a nook.

And Madrid could be made to rue that miss as Betancor took full benefit of their incapacity to cope with a ball into the field as he fired beneath Andriy Lunin on the half-volley.

Further time regarded inevitable when Garcia turned house from Arda Guler’s nook after intense Madrid strain. Nevertheless, Betancor rescued Albacete from the problem of the additional half hour with a purpose that may see his title written into membership folklore as Madrid’s season hit a brand new low.