European superpower Real Madrid were humbled 6-1 by
Real Zaragoza in the first leg of their Spanish Cup semi-final.
This was the heaviest defeat inflicted on the Spanish giants since they fell 6-0
to Valencia also in a Cup semi-final first leg match in 1999.
Most of the damage inflicted on David Beckham, Ronaldo and company was done by
Zaragoza's Argentinian striker Diego Milito, who knocked in four of the goals
with Brazilian Ewerthon's double completing the rout.
Milito played havoc with Real's limp defence, putting Zaragoza 3-0 up after just
34 minutes to conjure up memories of his first half hat-trick against Barcelona
in the quarter-finals.
Brazilian striker Julio Baptista pulled one back for Real before the break but
any hopes of a recovery were quickly dashed when Milito and then Edwerson
wrapped up proceedings in the second half.