Having just returned from discomfort in his left thigh, Kylian Mbappé will finally start on the Real Madrid bench to face Lille, who field a defensive team, on Wednesday (9 p.m.) at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy. In his absence, it is Jude Bellingham who should start at the forefront of the starting eleven concocted by Carlo Ancelotti, with the young Endrick (18 years old) on his right, starting for the first time with his new club, and the irremovable Vinicius on the left wing.
If the captain of the France team is not the starter, three other Blues are: Eduardo Camavinga, back from injury, and Aurélien Tchouaméni in midfield, as well as Ferland Mendy at left back.
The rest of the Madrid team composition presents no surprises. Opposite, Bruno Genesio chose to return to a three-way defense with Bafodé Diakité, Alexsandro and Gabriel Gudmundsson, who can transform to five with the pistons Tiago Santos, on the right, and Mitchel Bakker, on the left.
Five trained defenders therefore make up the LOSC eleven, undoubtedly to contain the formidable Brazilians Vinicius and Endrick. As announced by Genesio on Tuesday, Ayyoub Bouaddi is celebrating his 17th birthday with a start against the defending champion, alongside captain Benjamin André. Unsurprisingly, Edon Zhegrova, Jonathan David and Rémy Cabella will be the main offensive leaders of the northern club.
The official line-ups of LOSC – Real Madrid:
Lille : Chevalier – Tiago Santos, Diakité, Alexsandro, Gudmundsson, Bakker – Bouaddi, André, Cabella – Zhegrova, David
Real Madrid : Lunin – Carvajal, Militao, Rüdiger, Mendy – Valverde, Tchouameni, Camavinga, Bellingham – Vinicius Junior, Endrick
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