The club have been backed to end the season with silverware despite recently suffering a heavy Clasico defeat to Barcelona
While Madrid are in third place and only four points off Barcelona, Benitez's tenure has already experienced difficulties including reported dressing room tensions, a Clasico thrashing at the hands of Barcelona and a Copa del Rey expulsion.
The latter came about due to Denis Cheryshev's selection against Cadiz - the club's hierarchy claiming not to have been notified that he had yet to serve a suspension in the competition before eventually accepting their exclusion - but the 4-0 defeat to Barca at Camp Nou brought the most stinging criticism of Benitez.
But Hierro - who served under Benitez's predecessor Carlo Ancelotti having won five La Liga titles and three Champions League medals as a player - backed his former club to remain in the hunt for silverware.
The former Spain defender told www.sc.qa: "Losing [El Clasico] by such a big margin at home hurts and people are not comfortable with that.
"Madrid can be a very dangerous team in the Champions League and they will fight until the end in the Spanish league as well."
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