MADRID. — Under-fire Real Madrid coach Rafa Benitez must rally his players for the visit of Getafe with the possible elimination from the King’s Cup for fielding an ineligible player just the latest setback in a turbulent first season.
Real won 3-1 at third-tier Cadiz on Wednesday but fielded the suspended Denis Cheryshev. The winger faced a ban carried over from last season when on loan at Villarreal and elimination is the punishment for breaking Spanish federation rules. “We found out at half-time and took him off then as we wanted to do the right thing,” Real coach Rafa Benitez told a news conference. — AFP.



