"Madrid twice came from behind to level, with Franco Mastantuono and Gonzalo Garcia cancelling out goals from Javi Villar and Jefte Betancor, but Albacete's number 10 netted a dream second - which arrived four minutes into stoppage time - to send the hosts through."
"Albacete, who are 17th in the second tier of Spanish football, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Copa with a famous 3-2 victory at the Estadio Carlos Belmonte."
"Always, at this club, even a draw is bad - it's a tragedy. "It's painful, and I'm sure all our fans are hurting. We knew the difficulties we would have; we saw it against Talavera [in the previous round]. "I am responsible for this, I am the guilty one."
Real Madrid were eliminated from the Copa del Rey after a 3-2 defeat away to second-tier Albacete at the Estadio Carlos Belmonte, with Albacete advancing to the quarter-finals. Madrid twice came from behind to draw level, but Albacete's number 10 scored a stoppage-time winner four minutes into added time to secure the upset. Franco Mastantuono and Gonzalo Garcia scored for Madrid, cancelling goals by Javi Villar and Jefte Betancor. Álvaro Arbeloa accepted full responsibility for the result, called the outcome painful and a tragedy even for a draw, and noted only one other recent Madrid coach lost his debut.
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