Real Madrid own goal as Ramos drops cup
Thursday 21st April 2011, 9:00AM BST.
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Real Madrid finally ended their three-year wait for a trophy —- and then immediately broke it.
Spain’s most treasured football trophy, the Copa del Rey, slipped from the hands of a Real Madrid player, fell under the team bus and was reportedly crushed into pieces.
Defender Sergio Ramos held the 15 kg trophy above his head in an open-top bus as the triumphant team were about to enter Madrid’s central Cibeles Square, packed with fans partying throughout the night.
But he lost his grip and the cup, which Real Madrid got their hands on just hours earlier for the first time since 1993 after a 1-0 victory over Barcelona, fell in front of the bus. The team bus then ran over the trophy.
“The cup fell, it fell,” Ramos said. “But the cup is OK.”
Police rushed to retrieve the Cup and gave it to the bus driver but it was not displayed to the public again.
Emergency services workers picked up at least 10 pieces of the trophy.
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