Goal.com's Subhankar Mondal looks at why Mourinho was right to label this game the most crucial in Madrid's season so far...
Manuel Pellegrini cut a forlorn figure at the Municipal Santo Domingo as he agonisingly watched his Galacticos get butchered by Alcorcon. The Segunda Division B side – essentially a third-tier club in Spain - defeated the world’s most successful team 4-0. Even though Madrid would go on to win the second-leg of this Round of 32 tie 1-0, the damage had already been done. For the 17th year in a row los Blancos would fail to win the Copa del Rey.
Should be easy for Mourinho. No way he'd embarrass himself losing to this team