They think it's run over... it is now: Real Madrid star drops trophy under wheels of bus during open-top victory parade



Dropping the cup is the kind of things footballers usually joke about as they parade the silverware.

But last night Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos let slip the Copa del Rey trophy - the Spanish equivalent of the FA cup - from the top of an open-topped double-decker bus.



Fans were celebrating wildly, cheering and letting off flares as Real toured the streets of the capital after beating arch enemies Barcelona 1-0 with a goal from Ronaldo in Valencia.

See Ramos drop the trophy in the videos below...



His cup falleth over: The Copa del Rey was dropped from the top of a double-decker by Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos and can be seen here beneath its wheels Going down: The cup - level with the top of the bus windscreen in the picture on the left - plummets to the ground and, right, one of the players leans over in an attempt to see what happened to the trophy, circled



The parade - which would normally take weeks to organise in England - was all passing off relatively peacefully until Sergio Ramos was overcome by the occasion.

The defender somehow lost his grip on the King's Cup and watched it drop agonisingly down the front of the bus before slipping under the wheels as the coach driver ploughed on.

The trophy appeared to be flattened, although Ramos - a World Cup winner with Spain in South Africa - later claimed it was 'ok'.



T elevision pictures also appeared to show emergency services gathering up the broken pieces of the cup.

Tellingly, it was also absent from the traditional celebration spot of the Plaza de Cibeles in central Madrid.

Whoops: Police and security officials gather up the pieces of the battered trophy I'll drop you off later: Red-faced Sergio Ramos, left and goalkeeper Iker Casillas pose with the Copa del Rey trophy and, right, Cristiano Ronaldo, who helped win the match with a header in extra time



The incident, which took place at around 4.15am local time, failed to derail celebrations which ended with the traditional crowning of the Cibeles statue.

The current Copa del Rey trophy is is the 12th version of the cup to be commissioned.



The 11th trophy was awarded to Athletico Madrid on the death of General Franco in 1976, leading to the striking of the current cup in 1976.

But it was the first won by Madrid coach Jose Mourinho, the former Chelsea manager.

He will use it as a huge motivational tool as his team prepares to meet Barcelona again in the two-legged Champions League semi-final, starting on Wednesday in the Bernabeu.

Should they go on to win the event, the final of which this year is being held at Wembley, they might be advised to hand Mr Ramos a pair of goalkeeping gloves for the victory parade.

