Sunday's 1-1 draw with Real Betis was down to the absence
of Gareth Bale and has stressed the capital club can cope
without the Welshman.
Bale missed this weekend's trip to Betis due to a calf
problem and was replaced by James Rodriguez at the Benito
Villamarin.
The Colombia international provided the assist for Karim
Benzema's equaliser, but could not prevent Madrid from
spilling points.
"It would be unfair to say that we missed Bale when you
look at the squad we have," Marcelo told the club's official
website.
"James had a great game, he worked very hard, just as the
whole team did.
"We've got enough in the squad to play well when one player
is out injured, although of course Bale is a great player."
Sunday's draw was the first time Madrid failed to win since
Zinedine Zidane replaced Rafa Benitez as the man in charge,
but Marcelo feels they put in a fine performance
nonetheless.
"We came into the game on the back of some good
performances and I think that, the result apart, it was
another great performance," he added.
"We showed great attitude and we created chances. We
didn't have much luck, but we have to look to take the
positives out of the game. I'm sure that we're going to
improve and we have to see in which areas we made errors.
"In the first half, in the opening minutes we weren't on it, but
after that we saw a totally different Real Madrid
performance. We saw that physically we are in good
condition. Games like this one are very tiring, but we have a
plan, and we're going to follow it."
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