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Good evening and welcome to LIVE coverage of Real Madrid v Malmo from the Santiago Bernabeu. It is a 7:45pm kick-off in this one. Madrid are facing a Swedish side who cannot qualify. Madrid are already through in top spot from Group A whatever happens in the match between PSG and Shakhtar Donetsk.

Champions League / Group Stage
Bernabéu / 08.12.2015
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    Desmond Kane

    Updated 08/12/2015 at 21:38 GMT


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    Here is today's edition of Euro Papers for you to pore over.
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    Real Madrid won the previous match these teams played out during this Champions League campaign (0-2); the only time they have faced each other. Real Madrid have won 31 of their last 38 games in the group stages of the Champions League, drawing six times and losing only once (2-1 defeat v Borussia Dortmund in October 2012).
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    Real Madrid coach Rafa Benitez: "Yes, it's a day to rotate always with the idea of winning. We are very pleased to have qualified as group winners but we also want to keep winning and manage the two things - the possibility of winning and the chance to rotate players - so that we can all get to the Villarreal game in the best possible condition."
    Malmo coach Age Haredie: "I don't want to think of this as my last match with Malmö, just a normal game. It has been a fantastic journey these past two years. We have experienced a lot together. I will continue following this team as a supporter. We played very well against Real Madrid at home, but maybe there was too much fanfare around the match and that affected us. We did a great job, but the main difference is on the bench: Real Madrid have a lot of quality there."
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    TEAM NEWS: Real Madrid coach Rafa Benitez has the luxury of making changes for Tuesday's Champions League gam so that his team are in the best possible shape for Sunday's La Liga match at Villarreal. Real are through to the last 16 as Group A winners with a game to spare and Benitez said the Swedish side's visit was a chance to give some second-rank players a chance and to allow those who have been out injured recently to get playing time. Sergio Ramos, Dani Carvajal, Abner amd Raphael Varane all miss out, but Cristiano Ronaldo starts up fron alongside Karim Benzema.
    Zlatan Azinovic and Guillermo Molins are out for Malmo with knee injuries. Rasmus Bengtsson is suspended.
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    Teams: Real Madrid: Kiko Casilla, Danilo, Pepe, Nacho, Arbeloa, Casemiro, Kovačić, Isco, Rodríguez, Ronaldo, Benzema..subs: Yáñez, Kroos, Marcelo, Vázquez, Jesé, Cheryshev, Llorente////Malmö: Wiland, Tinnerholm, Yotún, Carvalho, Rakip, Lewicki, Adu, Árnason, Sana, Berget, Djurdjić...subs: Andersson, Konate, Brorsson, Wolff Eikrem, Rodić, Mehmeti