Real Madrid qualified for the knock-out round of the UEFA Champions League with their victory over Braga in the fourth match of the group stage. However, the Merengues still have two more matches to play in the group stage, and one of these matches against Napoli is scheduled for Wednesday night.
The Madrid club has announced the squad that will take to the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu for this match. Twenty-one players have been named in this list, which includes several players from the youth teams, including Mario Martin, Nico Paz, Theo Zidane, and Gonzalo Garcia.
These youth team players have been added to the squad to replace the first-team players who are unavailable due to injury.
The most notable absences for this match include Thibaut Courtois and Eder Militao, who are out for the entire season, as well as Aurelien Tchouameni, Eduardo Camavinga, Vinicius Junior, and Arda Guler, who are also out for some time.
Luka Modric was also seen hobbling during the match against Cadiz and has not been named in the squad for this match.
The full squad for this match is as follows:
Goalkeepers
- Andriy Lunin
- Fran Gonzalez
- Canizares
Defenders
- Dani Carvajal
- David Alaba
- Nacho Fernandez
- Lucas Vazquez
- Fran García
- Antonio Rüdiger
- Ferland Mendy
Midfielders
- Jude Bellingham
- Toni Kroos
- Federico Valverde
- Dani Ceballos
- Mario Martin
- Nico Paz
- Theo Zidane
Attackers
- Rodrygo Goes
- Joselu
- Brahim Diaz
- Gonzalo Garcia
