Plastic fantastic for Real

Real will not to protest to the Spanish Football Federation about the Copa del Rey clash at Playes de Jandia, despite playing on a plastic pitch.

The Madrilenos were drawn against the Canary Island outfit for the second round of the competition to be held on October 10.

However, they would be well within their rights to ask the FEF to re-locate the game, seeing as Playas de Jandia's Benito Alonso de la Pared stadium has a synthetic playing surface.

But there are no suitable, grass pitch venues in the Fuerteventura region and Real have opted to grin and bear it on what will be foreign conditions for them.