Madrid won La Liga last season and the Copa del Rey the season before, and having fallen eight points behind Barcelona in the league already this campaign, there are suggestions that Los Blancos could prioritise the Champions League in 2012-13.

"Thank God I have always got to manage the greatest teams, therefore I cannot accept discarding competitions," he said. "No way can I accept this.

"I cannot have my team fighting for a Champions League final spot being 15 points from the top in La Liga, so of course I won't gift the Copa del Rey to anyone so we can be more rested for La Liga three days later.

"We have three competitions at stake and we'll make the most of them. That's why we now have the Supercopa there amongst our titles."

Real Madrid are at Borussia Dortmund for their third Group D fixture in the Champions League on Wednesday.

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2	Barcelona	38	26	7	5	79	44	35	85
3	Girona Girona	38	25	6	7	85	46	39	81
4	Atletico Madrid Atletico	38	24	4	10	70	43	27	76
5	Athletic Bilbao	38	19	11	8	61	37	24	68
6	Real Sociedad	38	16	12	10	51	39	12	60
7	Real Betis Betis	38	14	15	9	48	45	3	57
8	Villarreal	38	14	11	13	65	65	0	53
9	Valencia	38	13	10	15	40	45	-5	49
10	Alaves Alaves	38	12	10	16	36	46	-10	46
11	Osasuna	38	12	9	17	45	56	-11	45
12	Getafe	38	10	13	15	42	54	-12	43
13	Celta Vigo	38	10	11	17	46	57	-11	41
14	Sevilla	38	10	11	17	48	54	-6	41
15	Mallorca	38	8	16	14	33	44	-11	40
16	Las Palmas Las Palmas	38	10	10	18	33	47	-14	40
17	Rayo Vallecano	38	8	14	16	29	48	-19	38
R	Cadiz Cadiz	38	6	15	17	26	55	-29	33
R	Almeria	38	3	12	23	43	75	-32	21
R	Granada	38	4	9	25	38	79	-41	21