Team News: Carlo Ancelotti names attacking lineup for Real Madrid

Carlo Ancelotti has named Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema up front for the first leg of Real Madrid's Champions League quarter-final against Borussia Dortmund this evening.

Iker Casillas comes in between the posts in place of Diego Lopes, while Marcelo and Angel di Maria are left out of the squad.

Meanwhile, the visitors are without top goalscorer Robert Lewandowski, who is suspended for the first leg of this tie.

Marco Reus and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang lead the attack, while Nuri Sahin and Kevin Grosskreutz also start.

Real Madrid: Casillas, Pepe, Ramos, Coentrao, Carvajal, Alonso, Modric, Isco, Ronaldo, Benzema, Bale Subs: Lopez, Rodriguez, Varane, Fernandez, Casemiro, Illarramendi, Morata

Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller, Hummels, Papastathopolos, Piszczek, Durm, Kehl, Mkhitaryan, Aubameyang, Sahin, Grosskreutz, Reus Subs: Langerak, Friedrick, Hofmann, Jojic, Kirch, Schieber, Ducksch

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