Rafael Benitez promises attacking Real Madrid side

Real Madrid head coach Rafael Benitez has insisted that his side will play positive, attacking football under his management.

The former Napoli boss was appointed as Carlo Ancelotti's successor earlier this month, with reports suggesting that he could ditch his predecessor's favoured 4-3-3 system and switch to a more defensive approach.

However, the Spaniard says that he has not yet decided on a formation for his side.

"We have attacking players, so our idea is to play offensively. You have to distinguish between a playing model and a system. A lot of people think that the players' position on the pitch, 4-4-2, 4-3-3, is a playing model and it isn't," Benitez told the club's official website.

"Our model will be based on playing attacking football, keeping possession as much as we can, attacking by moving the ball quickly and trying not to lose the balance between defence and attack.

"We'll try to impose our game but we have to be capable of using other alternatives when needed. That's the difference between a model of play, basically attacking in our case, and a system, which is where the players line up on the pitch."

Benitez arrived at Santiago Bernabeu off the back of a two-year stint at Italian side Napoli.