On Monday, Real Madrid will participate in the 2024/25 Copa del Rey, where they will face Deportiva Minera in the round of 16. Los Blancos will fancy their chances of winning the competition, although Carlo Ancelotti plans to play a significantly weakened team for the match as it comes before next week's trip to Saudi Arabia for the Spanish Super Cup.
According to MD, players such as Thibaut Courtois, Antonio Rudiger, Federico Valverde, Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappe will be rested, while Raul Asencio, Arda Guler and Endrick Felipe will start.
Furthermore, Ancelotti is expected to hand his first-team debuts to midfielder Chema Andres and forward Gonzalo Garcia Torres. Both players have impressed in the youth categories over the past twelve months and this would be their reward.
It is undoubtedly a risk for Real Madrid to rest so many first-team players for the match, although they should still have enough quality to progress to the Copa del Rey quarter-finals.
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