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16 Spanish champions Real Madrid host Inter Milan in a Group B blockbuster in the Champions League tonight.
Both sides are still looking for their first wins of this season’s competition.
Zinedine Zidane’s Real have lost to Shakhtar Donetsk and drawn with Borussia Monchengladbach and pressure is building on the French boss.
Inter, meanwhile, have played out draws with both those sides to open up their European campaign and need to find their top form as well.
Zinedine Zidane is under pressure at Real Madrid ahead of their clash with Inter MilanGetty ImagesLATEST CHAMPIONS LEAGUE NEWS
Real Madrid v Inter Milan: Date and time
The Champions League Group B tie will take place on Tuesday, November 3.
It will kick off at 8pm UK time and is being held at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano.
These two European giants have not met since the 1998/99 Champions League group stage.
Real won 2-0 at home before Inter claimed a 3-1 victory in Italy.
Real Madrid v Inter Milan: TV channel and live stream
The game will be shown live on BT Sport ESPN, with coverage underway from 8pm.
BT Sport subscribers can live stream this match via the app on their computer, mobile and tablet devices.
Alternatively, EE phone customers can watch the action for FREE with a three-month trial on the BT Sport app – just text SPORT to 150.
Real Madrid v Inter Milan: Team news
Dani Carvajal, Nacho and Martin Odegaaard are all out injured for Real Madrid while Eder Militao also misses out having tested positive for coronavirus.Inter have suffered a major blow with the news that Romelu Lukaku is out with a muscular strain.Alexis Sanchez has been back in training having sat out the past three matches but starts from the bench in Madrid.Real Madrid: Courtois, Lucas, Varane, Ramos, Mendy, Valverde, Casemiro, Kroos, Asensio, Benzema, Hazard.
Subs: Modric, Marcelo, Lunin, Jovic, Vinicius Junior, Isco, Mariano, Rodrygo, Altube, Santos.
Inter Milan: Handanovic, D’Ambrosio, De Vrij, Bastoni, Hakimi, Barella, Brozovic, Vidal, Young, Martinez, Perisic.
Subs: Gagliardini, Sanchez, Kolarov, Ranocchia, Eriksen, Padelli, Stankovic, Darmian, Skriniar, Nainggolan, Pinamonti.
Referee: Clement Turpin
Inter Milan star Romelu Lukaku has been ruled out of facing Real MadridGetty Images - Getty
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Real Madrid v Inter Milan: What has been said?
Real boss Zinedine Zidane: “I don’t think about the pressure on me, I think about it positively and about the game tomorrow.
“We’re lucky enough to play in a Champions League match and we’re focusing on that. What we have to do is prepare well for the match and give our all.
“[The strong group] is what it is, it’s luck of the draw. All the groups are very good and competitive, ours too.
“Every match is hard to win and we’ve got a home game we want to try to win, that’s the way it is.”
Inter boss Antonio Conte: “In every match you have to try to get points. You do not always manage to take home three points, either because of your opponent’s skill or you are in games like those against Shakhtar and Borussia in which you deserved more but you came out with a draw.
“Real Madrid is a strong team that is built to win this competition. They have players who have won this cup several times.
“We know we are facing a team that is coming off of a strange defeat with Shakhtar and came back to get a draw with Borussia.
“We will have to try our best, if we do our best, we can take away some satisfaction. We come here to play our game, we will not put ourselves in a corner like a boxer who defends himself looking for a single shot for the knockout.
“We will play the game without fear towards anyone, imposing our qualities.”