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The National (Scotland)
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Ewan Paton

Brendan Rodgers names Celtic starting XI for Atletico Madrid clash

Brendan Rodgers has named his Celtic starting XI to take on Atletico Madrid.

The Scottish champions are in the Spanish capital this evening as the Hoops aim to keep their hopes of playing European football after Christmas alive.

Celtic sit bottom of their Champions League group at the halfway stage of proceedings, while Diego Simeone's team are second.

Rodgers rested several of his top performers at the weekend as Celtic comfortably beat Ross County 3-0 in the Highlands. 

But as expected, they come back into the fold for this one as Celtic look to build on their 2-2 draw against Atletico last time out. 

Here's how the teams line up for this one...

ATLETICO MADRID XI: Oblak, Gimenez, Witsel, Hermoso, Molina, Riquelme, Barrios, Koke, Griezmann, Correa, Morata.

Subs: Grbic, A. Gomis, Azplilicueta, Soyuncu, Savic, Javi Galan, Saul, S. Lino, M. Llorenre.

CELTIC XI: Hart, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor, McGregor, Bernardo, O'Riley, Palma, Maeda, Kyogo.

Subs: Bain, Lagerbielke, Phillips, Yang, Turnbull, Holm, Oh, Tomoki, Forrest, Ralston, Welsh, M. Johnston.

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