The revenge of last season’s final comes early for a renewed Borussia Dortmund against a Real Madrid that is still not convincing
The opportunity for revenge in the Champions League arrived immediately for the Borussia Dortmundwho this Tuesday visits the Real Madridwho suffered a surprising defeat on the second day against Lille and will seek to react in a key duel before facing Barcelona in the Spanish Classic.
Rodrygo’s presence is the main novelty in Real Madrid’s starting team to face Borussia Dortmund on the third day of the Champions League.
With the Brazilian, Ancelotti recovers the 4-3-3, with Mendy on the left back and leaves Modric with the controls.
Ancelotti introduces three new additions to his starting team compared to the one that beat Celta in Balaídos on the last day of LaLiga.
Mendy enters in place of Fran García and Aurélien Tchouaméni and Eduardo Camavinga are substitutes for the entry of Modric in the midfield and Rodrygo in the trident along with Vinícius Jr. and Kylian Mbappé.
Official lineups for Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund
Real Madrid: Thibaut Courtois; Lucas Vazquez, Eder Militão, Antonio Rüdiger, Ferland Mendy; Federico Valverde, Luka Modric, Jude Bellingham; Rodrygo, Vinícius Junior y Kylian Mbappé.
Borussia Dortmund: Kobel; Ryerson, Nmecha, Schlotterbeck, Bensebaini; Süle, Gittens, Julian BrandtSabitzer, Malen; y Guirassy.
Arbitrator: István Kovács (Romania).
Estadio: Santiago Bernabéu.
Time: 11:00 am ET, 10:00 am PT, 1:00 pm MX.
