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How Valencia beat mighty Real Madrid with former ball boy Soler's penalty hat trick

This is the story of how Valencia's historic 4-1 thrashing of Real Madrid on Sunday owes something to a grandmother, a grandad, Dani Parejo, Peter Lim, Getafe's Djene Dakonam, an angel, a demon and, of course, one of Los Che's most famous ball boys.

This is the jam-packed, Keystone Kops, eye-of-the hurricane saga of how Carlos Soler came to miss, score and then score twice more, all from 11 metres out (36 feet) on the penalty spot, to hand Zinedine Zidane his worst defeat as Madrid manager.