MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid waited nearly three years for a trophy and immediately broke it.
Madrid defender Sergio Ramos dropped the Copa del Rey from the top of the team bus during celebrations early Thursday morning and the bus then ran over the trophy.
Emergency services gathered up the broken pieces and returned them to the bus, but the trophy did not reappear at the club’s traditional celebration spot at the Plaza de Cibeles in central Madrid.
Ramos says the cup is “OK.”
Madrid beat rival Barcelona 1-0 in the Copa del Rey final on Wednesday, with Cristiano Ronaldo’s extra-time goal giving the club its first domestic cup in 18 years.
