The time is edging ever-closer to the Real Madrid vs Benfica Champions League match which is scheduled to start shortly, and the teams have now been announced.
Here is the starting line-up for Real Madrid which is confirmed as follows:
Real Madrid
Thibaut Courtois #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.99m
Weight: 94kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Belgium
Place of birth: Bree, Belgium
Álvaro Carreras #18
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Ferrol, Spain
Antonio Rüdiger
Defender
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Berlin, Germany
Raúl Asencio del Rosario #17
Also known as Asencio
Defender
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Trent Alexander-Arnold
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 27
Nationality: England
Place of birth: Liverpool, England
Aurélien Tchouaméni #14
Midfielder
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 26
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Rouen, France
Eduardo Camavinga #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 23
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Miconge, Angola
Federico Valverde
Midfielder
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Uruguay
Place of birth: Montevideo, Uruguay
Arda Güler #15
Midfielder
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Turkey
Place of birth: Altındağ, Turkey
Vinicius José Paixão Oliveira #7
Also known as Júnior
Forward
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: São Gonçalo, Brazil
Gonzalo García Torres #16
Also known as García
Forward
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Madrid, Spain
The team sheet line-up for Benfica has also been confirmed as follows:
Benfica
Anatoliy Trubin
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.99m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Ukraine
Place of birth: Donetsk, Ukraine
Samuel Dahl
Defender
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Sweden
Place of birth: Västerås, Sweden
Tomás Lemos Araújo #44
Also known as Araújo
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Famalicão, Portugal
Nicolás Otamendi #19
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 38
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rui Pedro Ferreira da Silva #94
Also known as Silva
Defender
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 18
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Portugal
Amar Dedić
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 23
Place of birth: Zell am See, Austria
Fredrik Aursnes #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Norway
Place of birth: Hareid, Norway
Richard Ríos
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 25
Leandro Barreiro
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 26
Andreas Schjelderup #21
Forward
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Norway
Place of birth: Bodø, Norway
Vangelis Pavlidis
Forward
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Greece
Place of birth: Thessaloniki, Greece
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