On Monday, Actual Madrid will enter the 2024-25 Copa del Rey, as they tackle Deportiva Minera on the spherical of 16 stage. Los Blancos will fancy their possibilities of successful the competitors, though Carlo Ancelotti intends to play a considerably weakened staff for the match, on condition that it comes earlier than subsequent week’s journey to Saudi Arabia for the Spanish Tremendous Cup.
As per MD, the likes of Thibaut Courtois, Antonio Rudiger, Federico Valverde, Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappe are to be rested, with Raul Asencio, Arda Guler and Endrick Felipe set to begin.
Moreover, Ancelotti is predicted handy first staff debuts to midfielder Chema Andres and attacker Gonzalo Garcia Torres. Each gamers have impressed within the youth classes during the last 12 months, and this may be their reward.
It’s undoubtedly a threat for Actual Madrid to relaxation so many first staff gamers for the match, though they need to nonetheless have greater than sufficient high quality to progress to the quarter-final stage of the Copa del Rey.