‘Golden wedding’ for Elche and Madrid

EIche and Real Madrid will be able to elevate tonight’s clash to the category of classic. They meet the Golden Anniversary in a single match Cup tie. 49 previous precedents adorn some duels that began to take shape thanks to white goals. Elche’s first visit to Madrid ended with a historic 11-2, in the year 60. The five goals from Pepillo and the four from Puskas presaged what was to come in the future. That 11-2 was the second clash that both teams played in their history. Today, 62 years later, they celebrate their 50th match.

Madrid rules with an iron fist. In fact, Elche has only won six times the white giant, green-fringed executioner for many years. On 32 occasions, the whites won. 11 draws. For decades there was talk of a curse for lands of Elche. Madrid was Elche’s kryptonite, especially recently. Martínez Valero has not tasted a victory over Madrid since 1978. The goals of Antón, Gómez Voglino and Félix Palomares turned the Franjiverde stadium upside down almost 44 years ago. The current streak is the worst in the history of Elche without beating Madrid, since it chains 13 games without knowing the victory.

Madrid also walked through Altabix on many occasions, the first field in which Elche played. The franjiverde squad premiered its winning locker in 1963, with goals from Lezcano and Oviedo. In between, there were historic goals for Madrid, like that 11-2 or 8-0 a year later, in the early 1960s.

Madrid has a devastating balance in terms of goals in favor. In the previous 49 precedents, he scored a whopping 125 goals. The whites score 2.55 goals per duel. Elche is not even capable of scoring a goal per game (47 goals scored in 49 games).

At the Golden Anniversary tonight too The two preceding cupbearers will be remembered, in which Madrid always passed the round. In the 1961-62 season, the Whites went through after winning 3-4 in Elche and 5-1 in Chamartín, in the round of 16. Already in color, in the 88-89 campaign, the crossing was more even, but the outcome was the same. Elche and Madrid face each other for the third time in the Cup, although this time in a single match.

Elche seeks the miracle of eliminating Madrid for the first time in its history, although in mind he also has next Sunday’s heroic deed attempt. And it is that Elche never won at the Bernabéu. Chamartín was always forbidden territory for the people of Elche. But that will come as a hangover from the golden wedding.