Madrid’s sports daily Marca claims today that Carlo Ancelotti is already making plans for El Clasico against Barcelona that will be played on October 26th.
According to the Spanish paper, the Italian manager is considering lining-up Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo and Angel di Maria, leaving Karim Benzema in the bench. “Three bullets for Camp Nou”, Marca titles.
Marca also states that Ancelotti is hoping to have Xabi Alonso back for the crutial game against their arch-rivals. The Basque could even be recovered from his injury for the previous match against Malaga.
Meanwhile, the other main Madrid sports newspaper, As, brings to its front page yesterday’s statements by Karim Benzema. The French international claimed his problem is not lack of attitude and insisted his barren spell will end. “Benzema is not stressed”, As titles.
As also puts its focus on the issue of Real Madrid’s debt. The paper publishes an interview with Borja Martinez Laredo, one of the candidates to replace Florentino Perez, who claims “it would be unacceptable that the debt would force us to become a public limited company.”
Good always