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UEFA Champions League final: Team news, lineups for Real Madrid vs Liverpool

Liverpool are starting all their big guns while Real have, perhaps unsurprisingly, kept Gareth Bale on the bench!

UEFA Champions League final: Team news, lineups for Real Madrid vs Liverpool

Real Madrid Fans (Photo: AFP)

The 2018 UEFA Champions League final is less than an hour from kick off and the lineups for Real Madrid vs Liverpool have been revealed.

 

Zinedine Zidane is opting for his standard 4-3-1-2, with Isco starting in place of Gareth Bale.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema lead the Spanish giants, while Toni Kroos, Luka Modric and Casemiro.

At the back, it’s the familiar four of Marcelo, Raphael Varane, Sergio Ramos and Dani Carvajal that start in front of custodian Keylor Navas.

Jurgen Klopp has sent out his Reds in their customary 4-3-3, with Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah all starting at the apex of their attack.

Jordan Henderson is flanked by James Milner and Georginio Wijnaldum while Emre Can makes do with a place on the bench.

Andy Robertson, Virgil van Dijk, Dejan Lovren and Trent Alexander-Arnold get the nod in defence, with goalkeeper Loris Karius retaining his place between the sticks.

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Los Blancos, on the verge of doing a three-peat, are in sight of their 13th Champions League title and due to their edge in experience, are definitely the favourites.

They’ve claimed the scalps of Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Bayern Munich and while they haven’t been particularly impressive, the teams they have beat suggest a cup triumph would be well deserved.

However, Liverpool have surprised all with their cavalier displays this season, downing the likes of Manchester City en route to their first final in over a decade and will be determined not to be overawed by the occasion.

Real Madrid: Navas, Marcelo, Ramos (C), Varane, Carvajal, Kroos, Modric, Casemiro, Isco Benzema and Ronaldo.

Liverpool: Karis, Robertson, van Dijk, Lovren, Alexander-Arnold, Wijnaldum, Henderson (C), Milner, Mane, Firmino and Salah.

Match kicks off at 20.45 GMT/00.15 IST.

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