Zinedine Zidane has his preferred front three of Hazard, Benzema and Asensio fit and ready for Real Madrid's Champions League clash at home to Inter on Wednesday, report agencies.
On July 23, 2019, Zinedine Zidane lost a vital part of his favourite attacking department. A year later, Zizou was able to start his Hazard, Benzema and Asensio in attack against Huesca and the result could not have been better, a convincing 4-1 win at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano. It was Hazard's return to the starting eleven and also Asensio's fourth consecutive start. It now looks like Benzema has the support either side of him that Zidane always wanted.
Meanwhile, Real Madrid will again be without the services of Nacho, Martin Odegaard and Dani Carvajal through injury, while Alvaro Odriozola remains a doubt due to a calf problem.
The Spanish club's issues at right-back have also intensified with Lucas Vazquez picking up a muscular problem against Huesca, meaning that Ferland Mendy could start on the right with Marcelo on the left.
Toni Kroos started on the bench at the weekend but should come into the XI on Tuesday night, while Eden Hazard got his name on the scoresheet on his return to the team against Huesca, and the Belgium international could again feature alongside Marco Asensio and Benzema as a front three.
As for Inter, Romelu Lukaku is a huge doubt with a muscular strain, and it seems incredibly unlikely that the striker will even be fit to even make the bench, which would be a huge blow.
Lautaro Martinez is certain to start in the final third of the field, while he could be joined by Alexis Sanchez, with the Chile international being left out against Parma on Saturday with a view to being fit for this game.
Arturo Vidal, Marcelo Brozovic and Ashley Young could all be back in the starting side, while Danilo D'Ambrosio is expected to be handed a role in the back three.
