Real Madrid were jeered off by their own fans after being knocked out of the Copa del Rey by minnows Alcorcón after only managing a 1-0 win at the Bernabéu in their fourth-round second-leg tie.
Madrid suffered one of the biggest humiliations in their history when they lost the first leg 4-0 to the club who play in Spain's third tier, and the Spanish giants could not undo the damage as battling Alcorcón frustrated their big-spending neighbours.
Rafael van der Vaart's 81st-minute goal gave Madrid the victory on the night, but it was not enough to save the home side from either exiting the competition or incurring the wrath of their own fans.
Following the game, Real's director general Jorge Valdano said the club had "absolute confidence" in coach Manuel Pellegrini.
"I understand the mood of the fans and their emotions but the club cannot act on emotions," Valdano told Spanish TV after some supporters had chanted for Pellegrini to quit. "We remain calm. There is absolute confidence in the coach. We know we have to keep working intensively and with humility so we don't suffer any more surprises of this nature."
Chants of "Pellegrini quit" rang out around the Bernabeu for around 20 seconds when the Chilean took off midfielder Lassana Diarra in the second half and replaced him with defender Marcelo.
The supporters booed their side off at half-time, and once again at the end of the match.
The capacity crowd did give third-tier Alcorcón a tremendous ovation at the end as the club from the south of Madrid claimed a historic scalp. Madrid had twice fought back from 4-0 deficit in the past – going on to win the cup on both occasions (1947 and 1975) – and they looked determined to repeat the feat at the start of tonight's match.
However, after Ruud van Nistelrooy and Alvaro Arbeloa had been denied by the visiting goalkeeper, Juanma, in the opening 10 minutes, a strong Madrid side ran out of ideas in the remainder of the first half, as Alcorcón limited them to a handful of half-chances.
Madrid upped their game after the break, and Van Nistelrooy struck the crossbar while Pepe and Kaká both went close before Van der Vaart fired home from the edge of the box to finally give the home side the goal they were desperately seeking.
Gonzalo Higuaín then also hit the woodwork but it was too late for Madrid, who might have suffered further embarrassment if Alcorcón had made the most of two late chances for Nagore and Ernesto Gómez.