Real Madrid, which faces Deportiva Minera (D4) this Monday in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey, should present a largely overhauled team. The Merengue coach will carry out numerous rotations in order to best prepare for the Spanish Super Cup starting on January 9 in Saudi Arabia.
An experimental Real Madrid are set to face a fourth division side. This Monday, the Merengues travel to the pitch of Deportiva Minera, a Segunda RFEF club. For this round of 16 of the Copa del Rey, which marks Casa Blanca’s entry into the competition, Carlo Ancelotti has planned to make a myriad of changes, reports Marca.
At the dawn of the Spanish Super Cup semi-final against Mallorca, and the long journey to Saudi Arabia, the Italian coach is aware that his group must take a breather. Pushed to their limits this Friday by Valencia (1-2), the Madrilenians are entering a busy month of January with La Liga, Copa del Rey, Super Cup and Champions League on the menu. This is why Ancelotti should bet on youth in Murcia.
Gonzalo Garcia and Lorenzo Aguado expected to start
Still according to the Spanish daily, the transalpine technician will place his trust in Gonzalo Garcia and Lorenzo Aguado, who should start the match. Marca even specifies that Garcia will form the attacking duo with Endrick. The Spanish center forward and right back will respectively replace Kylian Mbappé and Lucas Vazquez, who were rested for this trip. Just like Courtois, Rüdiger, Vinicius and Bellingham. Raul Asencio, on the other hand, will find the joy of the starting eleven, a month after his last start.
Among the members of the youth teams, Chema, David Jimenez and Victor Munoz should also be part of Ancelotti’s group unveiled this Sunday after the traditional match eve press conference. The goalkeeper Mestre, usually a member of Real Madrid C, will also be there alongside Lunin and Fran Gonzalez.
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