Schalke 04 Vs Real Madrid, UEFA Champions League 2013-2014: Projected Lineups

Round of 16 First Leg: 2013-2014 UEFA Champions League
	v
February 26th, 2014
Veltins-Arena: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:45 CET - 14:45 EST
Canal+ Liga Campeones
Starters
Timo Hildebrand	GK	Iker Casillas
Tim Hoogland	RB	Álvaro Arbeloa
Joel Matip	CB	Pepe
Felipe Santana	CB	Sergio Ramos
Sead Kolasinac	LB	Marcelo
Roman Neustädter	DM	Xabi Alonso
Kevin-Prince Boateng	CM	Luka Modric
Max Meyer	CM	Ángel Di María
Jefferson Farfán	RW	Gareth Bale
Julian Draxler	LW	Cristiano Ronaldo
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	ST	Karim Benzema
Notes
@Bayern Munich (Bundesliga)	Next Games	@Atlético de Madrid (Liga BBVA)
Atsuto Uchida, Marco Höger, Dennis Aogo, Christian Clemens	Missing Players	Sami Khedira
Jens Keller	Coaches	Carlo Ancelotti

Carlo Ancelotti confirmed that Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema will start the game. That means Jesé Rodríguez will stay on the bench. Ángel Di María and Luka Modric should also start the game in the midfield, escorted by Xabi Alonso. Ancelotti won't rotate on defense, so Arbeloa, Pepe, Ramos and Marcelo should be ahead of Iker Casillas' goal.

For Schalke, Dutch striker Huntelaar has recovered from his injury and will try to end Casillas' clean-sheet streak. Playmaker Julian Draxler is still not at 100% but will likely face Álvaro Arbeloa on Schalke's left wing.