Real Madrid were dumped out of the Copa del Rey fourth round by minnows Alcorcon.
Pressure mounts on under-fire Pellegrini
Real Madrid suffered one of the biggest embarrassments in their history as they were dumped out of the Copa del Rey fourth round by minnows Alcorcon at the Bernabeu.
There were no such worries for current holders Barcelona as they eased past their third tier opponents.
Valencia only squeezed through to the next round after drawing at home to local side Alcoyano, Atletico Madrid hammered Marbella, Villarreal beat Puertollano and Sevilla thrashed Ciudad de Lorqui.
Celta Vigo eliminated Tenerife, Deportivo La Coruna squeezed past Real Murcia, Malaga defeated Real Zaragoza on away goals, Osasuna progressed against Xerez and Recreativo Huelva downed Sporting Gijon on penalties
Manuel Pellegrini's big-spending
Real Madrid were jeered off by their own fans after only managing a 1-0 fourth round second-leg win over
Alcorcon.
Rafael van der Vaart's 81st minute goal gave Real the victory on the night, but it was not enough to save the home side following their heavy first-leg defeat.
Barcelona wrapped things up against
Cultural Leonesa in impressive fashion, strolling to a 5-0 victory at Camp Nou.
Bojan Krkic (2), Pedro, Lionel Messi and Xavi got the goals to see Pep Guardiola's side through 7-0 on aggregate.
Valencia made hard work of progressing after drawing 2-2 with
Alcoyano, progressing with a 3-2 aggregate win.
The Primera Division side had led through goals by Carlos Marchena and Nikola Zigic but, after Victor Curto pulled one back, Alexis' sending off paved the way for Carpio to level the scores. However, Unai Emery's side held on to edge through.
Atletico Madrid had no such concerns, hammering
Marbella 6-0 to go through 8-0 on aggregate as Maxi Rodriguez hit four.
Villarreal beat
Puertollano 1-0 at El Madrigal to advance, with Giuseppe Rossi scoring the decisive goal 14 minutes from time, after a 1-1 draw in the first leg.
Sevilla hammered
Ciudad de Lorqui 5-1 for a 9-3 aggregate victory.
The Andalucians, however, had to come back from a goal down and scored all of their goals in the second half, with Jesus Navas, Fredi Kanoute, Luis Fabiano and Jose Carlos (2) on the scoresheet.
Deportivo La Coruna kept their tournament hopes alive with a goalless draw against
Murcia at the Riazor to win 1-0 overall.
Celta Vigo won 1-0 at Primera Division side
Tenerife to win 3-1 on aggregate following the 2-1 first-leg win in Galicia.
Malaga went through at
Real Zaragoza's expense, drawing 0-0 at home after a 1-1 draw away was enough to secure their place in the next round.
La Liga strugglers
Xerez lost out at
Osasuna, the Navarran outfit winning 1-0 at home after a 2-1 victory in the first leg last month.
Recreativo got the better of
Gijon as a 4-2 penalty shoot-out win followed a 1-1 draw in normal time.
