Atalanta and Real Madrid confirm their starting XIs

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Joel Sanderson-Murray·24 February 2021

Atalanta and Real Madrid confirm their starting XIs

Atalanta and Real Madrid meet in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie in Bergamo tonight.

Here are how the two sides line up …

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Zinedine Zidane has only been able to name five outfield substitutes due to an injury crisis at the club.

Thibaut Courtois is surrounded by a back four of Lucas Vázquez, Raphaël Varane, Nacho and Ferland Mendy.

Zidane does have the ability to call upon his trusted midfield three of Casemiro, Toni Kroos and Luka Modrić.

📋✅ ¡Nuestro XI inicial 🆚 @Atalanta_BC! @Liberbank | #UCL
– Wednesday, 24 February 2021

Isco has surprisingly been tasked with replacing Karim Benzema up front and is flanked by Marco Asensio and Vinicius Junior.

As for the hosts.

Atalanta starting XI v Real Madrid: Gollini - Tolói, Romero, Djimsiti - Mæhle, De Roon, Freuler, Gosens - Pessina - Zapata, Muriel.
– Wednesday, 24 February 2021

Gian Piero Gasperini has named an unchanged side from the one that beat Napoli 4-2 on Sunday.