Real Madrid captain Casillas: This young team can dominate for years

Real Madrid captain Iker Casillas has defended his young squad.

Casillas says the players' inexperience is having an affect on their title hopes.

He told Real Madrid TV: "It is not easy to have a workforce as young as this. We are very young, in fact I am the second oldest, at 29. But we are here, alive in three competitions and have a very strong group, which shows that there is a team that can be here for many years."

Casillas also took the opportunity to brush off suggestions that there are differences between certain members of the squad, adding: “At no time are people on different sides.

"I think people see that there are good vibes and a great atmosphere, and what is being said is only to destabilise us."