Rafa Benitez just cost this football fan €14k

He'd just correctly predicted seven drawn games of football, including the goalless encounter between Morton and St Mirren in the Scottish Championship.

But one unlucky football fan has Rafa Benitez and £300m worth of attacking talent to blame for missing out on €14,000 (£10,200).

Images of a betting slip showing a €1.50 accumulator placed with Paddy Power spread on social media on Sunday night, hours before 32 times Spanish champions and 10 times European champions Real Madrid took on newly-promoted Sporting Gijon.

The punter only needed a Madrid win in order for his bet to pay off.

Alas, with new manager Rafa Benitez so far having failed to secure a new centre-forward, Madrid started the game without a recognised striker and the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and James Rodriguez failed to break down a determined Gijon defence, with the game ending 0-0.

To top things off, one bookie even claimed it offered the punter €11,200 for the slip before the game kicked off.

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