Albacete Upset Real Madrid

ESPN FC

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Sports, Soccer

4.2 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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The FC crew react to Albacete upsetting Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey Round of 16 and question if new manager Alvaro Arbeloa is in over his head. Plus, the guys explain why Chelsea's 3-2 loss to Arsenal is actually a flattering result for the blues. Colin Udoh also joins to break down Senegal and Morocco advancing to the AFCON final on Sunday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.7	Hello and welcome into the latest edition of ESPNFC, Kay Murray, Alejandro Moreno and Stevie Nicol here in the studio, kicking things off tonight with Real Madrid and their first game under Alvaro Arbeloa.
0:45.6	It was the last 16 of the Copa del Rey. It was against AlbuSete and they lost. They had to twice come from behind as well.
0:53.2	Late stages, two, two after
0:54.6	Gonzalo Garcia had the second of the replies, but Albersete would strike again
1:00.0	through the man of the match on the night, Hefde Benton Kerr, for a dramatic ending, and that
1:05.5	knocks Real Madrid out of the Copa del Rey at the round of 16. Alba Sette closed as an 8 to one underdog to win.
1:13.0	They advanced to the quarter finals of the competition
1:15.4	for the second time and the first since the mid-90s.
1:19.1	It means Real Madrid is eliminated by lower league
1:21.5	opposition for the first time since the 2021 season.
1:25.7	As for Alvesetti, they are 17th in the second division,
1:29.3	just one point above the relegation zone.
1:32.3	Alex Kirkland and Madrid correspondents here.
1:34.3	This is a disaster for Real Madrid, Alex.
1:37.3	Yeah, it's the worst possible start for Arbaloa.
1:41.3	This defeat isn't on him.
1:42.3	Yeah, it's not entirely his fault. He literally
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