The Champions enters its decisive phase and Real Madrid will be one of the first teams to raise the curtain on the qualifying rounds of the highest continental competition. PSG awaits the whites at the Parc des Princes this Tuesday, February 15, at 9:00 p.m. (live on Movistar + Champions League) in the first leg of the round of 16. An appointment that Carlo Ancelotti will be able to face with his gala eleven.
Courtois is indisputable in goal. Ahead of him, Militao and Alaba become a couple of central defenders with maximum guarantees. Carvajalwho is picking up the rhythm of matches again after his positive for COVID in the Super Cup, is running for the right back. On the left, Mendy is already fully recovered and will arrive on time. The Frenchman did a full session with the group this Sunday and is 100%.
The center of the field is the sanctuary of the Holy Trinity formed by Modric, Casemiro and Kroos. A trio of legends who, added to their individual numbers, add to their credit more than a thousand games with Real Madrid and experience in their career of 311 games in the Champions League. Ancelotti reserved Modric in Vila-real (he played the last 12 minutes) to keep the Croatian fresh in the Parc des Princes.
The avant-garde line has also outlined its starters throughout the season. vinicius He has become the owner of the left wing based on overflow, definition and assists. Asensio It seems to have won the pulse of Rodrygo and is outlined from the beginning on the far right; although Madrid could also come out with Valverde and four midfielders, an option that Ancelotti hinted at at a press conference. In any case, as has been happening throughout the season, that right wing is the only one without a fixed name.
Benzema, for his part, will play. As AS has learned, he will be the starter. The French striker, author of 24 goals this season (five of them in the Champions League), has not been able to be in the last three games due to a micro-tear in the biceps femoris. With him, everything has been happening according to the plan that this newspaper advanced: treat him with the utmost care the week before and the day before, let him try on. So it was, yesterday she trained with the group and will be.
AS announced on its cover on Thursday, February 10, that the gala team would be there.
AS newspaper
Possible eleven of Real Madrid against PSG in Champions
Thus, the possible eleven that Carlo Ancelotti can alienate from the start in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against PSG is made up of: Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Mendy; Modric, Casemiro, Kroos; Asensio, Benzema and Vinicius.
And you, what starting eleven would you put in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against PSG?