Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti insists their team are playing the same strategy but with quality in attack from injured Karim Benzema.

. italian Just missed out on losing to Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey with a score of 1-0 thanks to Alex Berrenguer’s goal in the 89th minute, stopping them at just the 8th round. The last team.

Carlo Ancelotti admitted Real Madrid missed the quality of Karim Benzema as he claimed their Copa del Rey exit to Athletic Bilbao was not a surprise.

The LaLiga leaders were beaten 1-0 at San Mames on Thursday. Alex Berenguer scoring a brilliant winner in the 89th minute to send Athletic into the semi-finals.

It was a measure of revenge for Marcelino’s men, who lost 2-0 in the Supercopa de Espana final to Madrid last month, in which Benzema scored the second goal.

“Kroos and Vinicius were replaced because they were tired. At first I thought of changing players for extra time,” Ancelotti said after the game.

“We are hurt because we want to win every tournament. But I think it won’t have any impact because it will make us stronger

. But the game plan hasn’t changed. We tried to play from the back but we couldn’t do it ourselves.

“It wasn’t the worst game of the season. It was a difficult game and played closely until the last minute. But it wasn’t our worst game.”