The merengue coach, Carlo Ancelotti, confirmed the absence of Karim Benzema for the Spanish classic. The Frenchman suffered an injury in the previous day once morest Mallorca and it will be a big loss, due to his scoring streak with Madrid. In addition, ‘Gato’ knows what it is to break the erco culé, he had already done it 11 times.
The French attacker joins Ferland Mendy, a winger who was also left out of the derby due to injury.
