James Rodríguez was conspicuous by his absence from the group in Real Madrid's last pre-derby training session.

The Colombian has therefore been ruled out of the grudge match against Atlético at the Calderón, joining Pepe and Danilo on the list of absentees.

Rafa Benítez will, however, welcome back Sergio Ramos and Gareth Bale, who trained at full pelt with the rest of the team for the second day running. Benítez kicked off Saturday's session - in which three B-team players featured - with some passing drills and a light warm-up, after which the doors were closed to the media as Real Madrid finalised their preparations to take on their local rivals.