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| Round of 16 First Leg: 2013-2014 UEFA Champions League | ||
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| 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.