Chelsea, Real Madrid release their line-ups: Eden Hazard starts against his former club, Pulisic on bench

Christian Pulisic is on the bench as Eden Hazard starts for Real Madrid in tonight’s Champions League semi final second leg against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Thomas Tuchel makes one change to the Chelsea side that started the first leg with goalscorer Pulisic dropped to the bench in favour of Kai Havertz; the incoming German netted twice in Saturday’s win over Fulham.

Antonio Rudiger, Cesar Azpilicueta, N’Golo Kante and Jorginho were all rested for the the weekend’s West London derby but return this evening as Tuchel reverts to a 3-4-2-1 shape that has Mason Mount and Havertz operating behind Timo Werner.

Hazard, however, starts in attack alongside Karim Benzema and Vincius Junior, while other significant team news for Madrid sees captain Sergio Ramos start in defence.

It looks set to be a 4-3-3 formation from Zinedine Zidane’s side with Eder Militao partnering Ramos in central defence with Nacho Fernandez and Ferland Mendy as the two full backs.

It is the strongest possible line-up for Madrid who are without the injured central defender Raphael Varane, with a midfield trio of Casemiro, Luka Modric and Toni Kroos.