Out of favour Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema return for Real Madrid against Leganes

Sport360 staff 19:45 28/04/2018
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  • Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema return to a young and inexperienced side as Real Madrid take on Leganes – with their thoughts on the second leg of the Champions League semi-final with Bayern Munich on Tuesday.

    There is no place among even the substitutes bench for the likes of  Cristiano Ronaldo, Sergio Ramos or Raphael Varane.

    Instead Zinedine Zidane has taken the opportunity to throw in his fringe players against Leganes (20:30 GST).

    There is a rare outing for former Real Betis starlet Dani Ceballos in midfield, while Borja Mayoral gets the nod up front. Achraf Hakimi is the injured Dani Carvjal’s replacement at right-back.

    Mateo Kovacic will line up at the base of midfield alongside Casemiro, the only player included in the starting line-up that is likely to play from the off against Bayern.

    Real Madrid: Casilla; Achraf, Vallejo, Llorente, Hernandez; Ceballos, Casemiro, Kovacic, Bale; Mayoral, Benzema.

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