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Bellingham returns to aid Madrid's comeback effort at Bayern

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Jude Bellingham returned to the starting XI as one of four changes made by Real Madrid coach Alvaro Arbeloa for Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg at Bayern Munich.

Bayern won the first leg 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu last week.

England midfielder Bellingham, who impressed off the bench in the opening leg, starts for the first time in the Champions League knockout phase this season.

Captain Federico Valverde, Antonio Rudiger and Ferland Mendy replaced Thiago Pitarch, Aurelien Tchouameni, Dean Huijsen and Alvaro Carreras respectively.

Tchouameni is suspended, while Carreras was dropped after struggling against Bayern winger Michael Olise in the first leg.

Bayern coach Vincent Kompany named an unchanged line-up from the side which won in Madrid.

Midfielder Tom Bischof, who came off the bench in the first leg, was ruled out with a calf strain an hour before kick-off.

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