Lautaro Martinez, Benjamin Pavard and Federico Dimarco return to Inter‘s starting XI against Alvaro Morata’s Atletico Madrid in the Champions League Round of 16 second leg.

It kicks off at 20:00 GMT at the Civitas Metropolitano.

The Nerazzurri must cope without the injured Juan Cuadrado, Marko Arnautovic and Carlos Augusto, plus Stefano Sensi, who is not on their UEFA list.

Lautaro, Pavard, and Dimarco were unused substitutes in a 1-0 victory in Bologna on Saturday but will return to the starting XI tonight. The Argentinean striker and Inter’s top scorer this season will partner Marcus Thuram in attack.

Stefan de Vrij is expected to start in a three-man defence alongside Pavard and Alessandro Bastoni, while Denzel Dumfries is favourite over Matteo Darmian as a right wing-back.

José Maria Gimenez and Thomas Lemar are not available for the La Liga giants, but ex-Juventus star Morata is expected to start with Antoine Griezmann in the Colchoneros’ attack.

Nahuel Molina, Rodrigo De Paul, and Stefan Savic are other ex-Serie A players who will also start against the Nerazzurri tonight.

Atletico Madrid-Inter, probable line-ups

Atletico Madrid (3-5-2): Oblak; Savic, Witsel, Hermoso; Molina, Llorente, Koke, De Paul, Lino; Morata, Griezmann.

Inter (3-5-2): Sommer; Pavard, De Vrij, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Thuram, Martinez.

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