UEFA leaks start line-ups of European Champion League Final

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Though neither Liverpool FC nor Real Madrid CF has announced their first line-ups for the coming 2017-18 European Champion League Final at the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine on Saturday, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) "accidentally" revealed the first 11s, formations and substitutes of the two teams on the press box monitors on Friday, according to Daily Mirror.

According to UEFA's spoiler, Real Madrid will go with a 4-3-1-2 formation with Keylor Navas as the goalkeeper, Daniel Carvajal, Raphaël Varane, Sergio Ramos and Marcelo as defenders, Luka Modric, Toni Kroos, Carlos Henrique Casemiro and Isco in the midfield, and Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo as strikers.

Meanwhile, Liverpool will field a 4-3-3 formation with Loris Karius as goal keeper, Trent Alexander Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, Dejan Lovren and Jack Robinson as defenders, Georginio Wijnaldum, Jordan Henderson and James Milner as midfielders, and Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane as strikers.

Cristiano Ronaldo (L) and Mohamed Salah (R) /VCG Photo

What is also worth noticing is that Gareth Bale, who is expected to make into Zinedine Zidane's first line-up by many media agencies, will begin from the bench, according to UEFA's revelation.

This is not the first time for the European governing body to make such farces. Shortly after Real Madrid and Liverpool made it into the final, UEFA has announced the latter as the title-winner of 2017-18 European Champion League on its official website, causing mighty uproar among both media and fans. Some even thought that Liverpool had already been chosen as the champion before the final.