UEFA have Benzema starting, Bale dropped in dress rehearsal

According to the video screens in the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, Karim Benzema will be starting on Saturday night against Liverpool. It is unknown as to why they chose the same XI as the one that lined out in Cardiff last year to practice the pre-match ceremony, but in an image of journalist Arancha Rodríguez posted on her Twitter account it shows Benzema before Bale.

Obviously, this is not definitive. Without looking too far, last week before Julen Lopetegui named his Spain squad for the World Cup, a video screen showed a list of players that did not correspond entirely with the eventual list that was named.

Bale has been in flying form recently and bagged a goal against Villarreal in Real Madrid's last game before the Liverpool clash while Benzema watched on from the bench. Recently, Zidane said that the BBC are the best even if they haven't been playing together recently. Those comments do not guarantee they will start as Isco has been in good form and could be key on Saturday too.