Real Madrid are still capable of winning La Liga and the
Champions League, according to the club legend Fernando
Hierro.
While Madrid are in third place and only four points off
Barcelona, Benitez's tenure has already experienced
difficulties including reported dressing room tensions, a
Clasico thrashing at the hands of Barcelona and a Copa del
Rey expulsion.
The latter came about due to Denis Cheryshev's selection
against Cadiz - the club's hierarchy claiming not to have
been notified that he had yet to serve a suspension in the
competition before eventually accepting their exclusion - but
the 4-0 defeat to Barca at Camp Nou brought the most
stinging criticism of Benitez.
But Hierro - who served under Benitez's predecessor Carlo
Ancelotti having won five La Liga titles and three Champions
League medals as a player - backed his former club to
remain in the hunt for silverware.
The former Spain defender told www.sc.qa: "Losing [El
Clasico] by such a big margin at home hurts and people are
not comfortable with that.
"If there is a team in the world you can never write off it is
Real Madrid. We have extraordinary players. There is still a
long way to go in the league.
"Madrid can be a very dangerous team in the Champions
League and they will fight until the end in the Spanish league
as well."
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