Spanish Copa del Rey: Real Madrid Vs Ponferradina Preview

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 at 11:50 am , filed under Spanish Premiera Division by Alex Callos

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"Real Madrid Vs Ponferradina" Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo will be rested for round of 32 Copa Del Rey second leg match at home against Ponferradina. The Spanish Copa del Rey match between Real Madrid Vs Ponferradina kick-off 19:00 GMT on December 20, 2011 at Santiago Bernabeu, Spain.

Following their fantastic 2-6 away victory against Sevilla at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho is alert of Ponferradina. Mourinho has decided to rest several first-team regulars for Tuesday’s Copa del Rey match.

Real Madrid takes on the challenge of Segunda Division B team in Copa del Rey second leg. The capital club won the first leg with with 2-0 score, thanks to goals from Jose Callejon and Cristiano Ronaldo got on the score-sheet to complete a strong performance.

Real Madrid are top of Spanish La Liga rankings, as they go into the winter transfer market, and have a three-point advantage against champions Barcelona. Also, Real Madrid has won their last six Copa del Rey matches, including the final victory against Barcelona in April.

On the other hand, the visitors have never raced in the top tier of Spanish football. The highest level they have battled in is the Segunda Division, one below the top flight. Ponferradina are second in Segunda B Group 2, and five points adrift of league leaders Mirandes.

Ponferradina won their league matches on Saturday with 2-0 score against Arandina. Brazilian striker Yuri scored both goals.

Real Madrid Line-Up: Casillas, Arbeloa, Diarra, Varane, Marcelo, Altintop, Sahin, Callejon, Kaka, Granero and Higuain.

Ponferradina Line-Up: Quintana, Malo, Samuel, Baro, Sergio, Borja Valle, Ruiz, Isaias, Borja, Yuri and Domenech.

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