It is looking like a revenge battle tonight between Real Madrid and Alcoyano in the Spanish Copa Del Rey as the Spanish giants are looking to exact revenge on the lower division tier side after they (Real Madrid) succumbed to defeat to this same side and in this same competition last year.
Ancelotti is leaving no room for mistake as he has fielded a very strong eleven which consists of several notable starters.
Zinedine Zidane herded the team last season against Alcoyano and fielded reserve players, clearly underestimating the Alcoyano team and the Frenchman was left biting his fingers at the end of the encounter as Real Madrid were sent parking.
Ancelotti appeared to have learnt from his predecessor's mistakes and must have watched how resilient the Alcoyano players were to send Levante packing from the competition few weeks ago. I am expecting a very tough encounter.
Real Madrid Starting Line-up
Andriy Lunin; Nacho Fernandez, Eder Militao, David Alaba, Marcelo; Fede Valverde, Casemiro, Eduardo Camavinga, Rodrygo Goes, Mariano Diaz, Eden Hazard
Alcoyano Starting Line-up
Jose Juan; Lillo Castellano, Primi Ferriz, Carlos Blanco, Pablo Carbonell; Javi Anton, Fran Miranda, Juanan Casanova, Andy Escudero; Dani Vega, Mourad El Ghezouani
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