Cacereno – Real Madrid

Real v Cacerenho will have a productive second half

On Wednesday, 4 January, Real will begin their journey into the Real Madrid CF Cup. The opponents are very fortunate. Madrid will play against a club from the fourth ranked division. Real travel to visit the humble team of Cacerenho. Madrid have a very busy calendar of matches in January and February. A difficult mini-tournament in the battle for the Super Cup of the King is expected ahead. Real Madrid do not have a deep squad. Carlo Ancelotti has to look for options. The path to victory in the league game against Valladolid was found, although it was very difficult. Real Madrid put the pressure on a tough opponent in the closing stages. The quality of the game was not high. Valladolid could have even counted on winning. The Thibaut Courtois factor came into play at the right moments. The Belgian made a spectacular save. Then, with great difficulty, Real Madrid created a number of dangerous situations. However, the winning goal was scored only on penalties. The positive point in such a game was the state of Karim Benzema. The Frenchman converted a double and was very useful. Carlo Ancelotti claims that the player will be in a completely different form than in the first half of the season. A squad of deep reserves is expected in the cup match. Real Madrid have a very dangerous away trip to Villarreal already scheduled for the seventh. Thus, it is easy to predict Lunin, Azar, Odriosola, Vallejo, Fernandez and other players in the starting line-up. Any players in the club's system should be enough to beat Cacerenho. Real Madrid's opponents play in the fourth ranked Spanish division and even there are a long way from dominating the team. At the moment, Cacerenho are in sixth place in one of the fourth league divisions. Undoubtedly, the main success of the season has already been achieved. The team knocked off Girona, the rivals of the Primera Division, at the last stage of the Copa del Rey. The Catalans played with a reserve team, but such results are very rare in Spanish football. Still, the initial class difference is too great. Against Real, the home side's real task is to avoid a defeat. Given Madrid's long downtime and the absence of their leaders, local problems in any part of the match are quite possible. In particular, this could happen in the first half. Real Madrid are unlikely to be able to decide the outcome of the match before half-time. In the second half, a rout is more likely. It is logical to predict at least two goals after the break. The opponents will start to tire, and the Real reserves will remain motivated. Plus someone from the youth team might get a chance in this game. Importantly, the hosts have shown a consistent pattern in favour of attack in recent matches. Three meetings at once for a total of more.