Last update February 5, 2020 by Javier Argudo
The Copa del Rey is the tournament of the modest. At least that's how it was during a time when the humblest teams in our football aspired to defeat the greats since the first rounds were played in a single match in the field of the weakest set. CD Toledo was one of those that got it.
The Real Madrid there was a cold December night of the year 2000 in The Horse Jump, stadium CD Toledo, to face a local team that at that time was playing in the Second Division B. The meringue team arrived after having been proclaimed champion of Europe for the eighth time in its history a few months earlier..
Forest, Real Madrid coach, he left several of his stars out of the call and gave the opportunity to other less common players, even so, the alignment of the Real Madrid that night he had high quality players as it could not be otherwise. They played start: César Sánchez; Celades, Iron, Ivan Campo, Sanchis, Corrales, Flávio Conceiçao, Rivera, Solari; Sávio and Morientes.
However that was going to be the night of the pupils trained by José Ramón Corchado. The local technician came out with From the source, Israel Villarreal, Ferrer, Cidoncha, Magano, Goal, Carpenter, Muñoz, Gómez, Quini and Israel. An alignment for history.
EL TOLEDO ELIMINATES REAL MADRID
The game was put to the face very soon for La Mancha with two goals from Israel in the minute 5 Y Cidoncha at 14. The 6.000 spectators filling the stands could not believe it. But nevertheless, Savio managed to shorten distances in the 20 game and with so much time ahead, it was normal for the Real Madrid will make the comeback, but it was not like that.
For the first time all white (that day dressed in black) was eliminated by a team of Segunda B. At the end of the match the footballers of the Toledo they hugged and celebrated the feat, While, the madridistas could not believe the humiliation they had just suffered. The anecdote was put by the madridista Flávio Conceiçao, who tried to comfort his teammates by telling them that the second leg was still to come. A clear sign of the concentration and lack of respect with which some faced the game.
