Benitez stays defiant in new-year message to Real Madrid fans
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Carlo Ancelotti's successor has not proved particularly popular with the crowd at the Santiago Bernabeu but he moves to reassure fans that the team will fight for them
Carlo Ancelotti's successor has not proved particularly popular with the crowd at the Santiago Bernabeu but he moves to reassure fans that the team will fight for them