Real Madrid arrive at Liverpool with absences for the Champions League

O Real Madrid prepares for the start of yet another Champions League knockout match in its history. Despite this, the biggest and current champion of the competition will have important absences for the first game of the round of 16, and will have to resort to the youth of its base to replace them.

Toni Kroos It is Bye-bye were out of the trip to Liverpool, and therefore will not be available. In the first team, the midfield must be formed by Camavinga, Modric It is onionssince the absences of the German and the Frenchman were caused by gastroenteritis and the flu, respectively.

Even so, the main innovations are due to the presence of Mario Martin It is Alvaro Rodriguez, both aged 18, on the bench. While the first will be the only defensive option for the midfield during the match, the second is a promise for the merengue attack, which has great expectations from the fans.

However, the news is not all bad, as the main player, and captain of the team, Karim Benzema he is with the group and should be in the starting lineup, even with the sequence of physical problems he has been suffering in recent months. Éder Militãowho missed out on the Club World Cup, has also recovered and will play.

Therefore, Real Madrid and Liverpool will make one of the most anticipated round of 16 of this edition of the Champions, as it is also the reissue of the last final. With the first game scheduled for this Tuesday, the 21st, in England, the return will only take place on the 15th of next month, in Madrid, to find out who will pass to the next phase.