Neither Asensio nor Hazard. In the absence of Rodrygo, Carlo Ancelotti has opted to return Lucas Vázquez to his natural winger position to complete his gala eleven against Shakhtar. The Galician will form together with Benzema and Vinicius to complete the attacking trident that will ‘compete’ to score the 1,000th goal for Real Madrid in the history of the European Cup of Europe. Behind them there is no news. With Courtois in goal, the wings are for Carvajal and Mendy, who have already picked up pace after overcoming their injuries and will flank the Militao-Alaba central pair. In the center of the field, nobody disputes the Holy Trinity: Modric-Casemiro-Kroos.
It will be the second game that Lucas Vázquez plays as a winger this season. Ancelotti has claimed him mainly as a right back. The recovery process that Carvajal dragged from last season and a subsequent injury to Leganés have meant that the Galician has played from the beginning in the rear in the other six games that had been of the game.
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* Data updated as of November 3, 2021
Lucas Vázquez has played another four games starting from the bench: in attack against Betis and Mallorca and in the rear against Valencia and Osasuna In total, Curtis has played 682 minutes in the 11 games in which he has participated this season and scored the second goal for Real Madrid in the Clásico against Barcelona played at the Camp Nou.