Official: Big names absent as Real Madrid name squad to face Benfica | OneFootball

La Liga giants Real Madrid have unveiled the club’s travelling squad to face Benfica on Tuesday night.

And if it features more than one high-profile absentee.

Los Blancos are of course primed to turn focus back towards matters on the continent tomorrow evening.

After missing out on automatic qualification for the Last-16 of the Champions League, Álvaro Arbeloa’s troops are primed to make the trip to Lisbon, to take on Benfica.

With confidence high in the camp fresh off a dominant La Liga victory over Real Sociedad at the weekend, Real Madrid will be hopeful of securing a first-leg advantage to take back to Spain’s capital.

As alluded to above, though, in efforts towards as much, Arbeloa and co. will be forced to make do without several key performers.

Real’s travelling squad bound for Portugal was unveiled across social media on Monday.

And nowhere to be seen owing to a combination of injury and suspension are all of Rodrygo, Jude Bellingham, Raúl Asencio and Éder Militão.

Conor Laird – GSFN