Gaya: Maybe the absences of Bale and Benzema will help Valencia Valencia The left-back previewed the semi-final

Jose Gaya will be hoping to help lead Valencia past Real Madrid in the semi-final of the Supercopa de Espana and he won't have to worry about Gareth Bale or Karim Benzema as he takes to the field in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The left-back admitted that these absences could help Valencia, although he did point out that they have significant injuries too.

"They are two great players and two very important players for Real Madrid," he said when asked about the Frenchman and the Welshman during the pre-match press conference.

"Maybe this can benefit us, but you never know.

"Real Madrid have a great squad with lots of players of a high level.

"We also have absentees and are missing Rodrigo Moreno, who is a fundamental player for us.

"He links the midfield with attack and is a reference point."

Valencia played Real Madrid just a few weeks ago in LaLiga Santander and Gaya was asked if Los Che have learned anything from that 1-1 draw.

"We know what we have to do against Real Madrid, but each match is different," he said.

"Given that we played so recently, we can analyse video well and see the things we did well and the things we did not so well.

"We learned that you can't relax for a second.

"If we want to win then we have to play 95 or 96 minutes of maximum concentration."