Real Madrid vs. Inter Milan: Los Blancos receive triple boost but eight first-team stars are absent

By Matt Law | 08 Sep 2026 12:20, Last updated: 08 Sep 2026 12:22

Real Madrid person welcomed 3 first-team players backmost into their squad for Tuesday's Champions League contention with Inter Milan successful the Spanish capital.

Arda Guler, Eduardo Camavinga and Bernardo Silva are each suspended for the European clash.

Meanwhile, injured quartet Raul Asencio, Eder Militao, Rodrygo and Ferland Mendy person been joined connected the sidelines by Andriy Lunin, who is unavailable for enactment done illness.

However, Aurelien Tchouameni is acceptable to return, with the France planetary overcoming a thigh wounded which has ruled him retired aboriginal successful the campaign.

Thiago Pitarch and Endrick person besides been cleared to instrumentality for Jose Mourinho's broadside connected Tuesday.

Tchouameni instrumentality is the header quality for Real Madrid against Inter

Youngsters Jorge Cestero, Mario Rivas, Sergio Mestre and Javi Navarro person received call-ups owed to the lack of a fig of first-team players.

Tchouameni is not expected to commencement connected Tuesday evening owed to his deficiency of minutes, truthful Jude Bellingham could diagnostic successful the mediate of the midfield alongside Federico Valverde.

Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior are besides acceptable to beryllium important players against Inter, arsenic Real Madrid look to bounce backmost from a 1-0 nonaccomplishment to Real Betis successful La Liga.

Mourinho volition look his erstwhile nine astatine Bernabeu

The lucifer volition spot Real Madrid caput manager Mourinho instrumentality connected his erstwhile nine Inter, who are managed by the Portuguese's erstwhile subordinate Cristian Chivu.

“It’s thing much than a regular match, though afterward, it won’t be. At Inter, they spot maine arsenic a friend, nary doubt," Mourinho told reporters during his pre-match property conference.

"Before and after, but during, I don’t deliberation they’ll look astatine maine arsenic a person portion I’m the manager of Real Madrid. It’ll beryllium a pleasance to play against them, adjacent though determination aren’t galore from my clip there. But I’ll emotion seeing radical who enactment Inter earlier oregon aft the match.

"I privation to win, and determination won’t beryllium clip to deliberation astir things from a precise beauteous past. Chivu is 1 of mine, the squad is 1 of mine, and it ever volition be.

"I emotion him precise much, and I’m delighted that things are going good for him. It’ll beryllium a pleasance to hug him earlier the lucifer and aft the match, but not during. I’ll retrieve the information that betwixt us, there’s specified an important past.”

Mourinho guided Inter to Champions League glory successful 2010.

Full Real Madrid squad vs. Inter

Courtois, Mestre, Navarro; Huijsen, Trent, Konate, Cucurella, Carreras, Rudiger, Dumfries, Rivas; Bellingham, Valverde, Tchouameni, Thiago, Cestero; Vinicius, Endrick, Mbappe, Espi, Brahim, Diomande