MADRID, 20 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The return of Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema is the main novelty in the squad list offered this Monday by coach Carlo Ancelotti to travel to Anfield, where this Tuesday they will face Liverpool in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League (9:00 p.m.).
The French attacker has recovered well from the muscular fatigue that prevented him from traveling to Pamplona -where the Whites beat Osasuna (0-2)- along with the rest of the team, despite the fact that on Sunday he did only part of the training session with his companions.
On the other hand, the Italian trainer takes four Real Madrid Castilla players to English soil; In addition to Luis López, who is the usual Madrid third goalkeeper, he once again calls forward Álvaro Rodríguez, who already traveled with the expedition to Navarra last weekend, and midfielders Mario Martín and Sergio Arribas.
On the other hand, the German midfielder Toni Kroos, afflicted with gastroenteritis that prevented him from being against Osasuna, stayed in Madrid; the French Aurélien Tchouaméni, dropped at the last minute on the last day due to a flu process; and the also injured Ferland Mendy and Mariano Díaz.
The full roster includes Courtois, Lunin and Luis Lopez, as goalkeepers; Carvajal, Militão, Alaba, Vallejo, Nacho, Odriozola, Lucas Vazquez and Rüdiger, as defenders; Modric, Camavinga, Fede Valverde, Ceballos, Mario Martin and Arribas, as centre-backs; and Hazard, Benzema, Asensio, Vinicius, Rodrigo and Alvaro Rodriguez as strikers.