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Real Madrid coach Ancelotti ponders changes for Union Berlin

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti admits there's likely to be rotations for their Champions League tie with Union Berlin.

Real have already been confirmed group winners ahead of the final round tie.

Ancelotti said: “We have achieved our aim of finishing top of the group. We've done a good job so far and now we want to finish strongly with a good game, a positive performance. It's a special competition and we have to respect it with a good game. We're playing for our professionalism and our plan is to play well and try to win the game.

“Given its history, Real Madrid is always a candidate to win this competition, whatever happens in the Group Stage. We've done really well, it's always tough to win it but we have the quality to fight until the end.

“My plan is to assess how the guys who played in Seville have recovered and then pick the best eleven from there. If the ones who played aren't tired, they can play, but if there are guys with fatigue after the Betis game then they will be rested. I won't be rotating for the sake of it, only if there is a player who's at risk of having problems due to fatigue."

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