- Champions League
Costa and Ronaldo win fitness race
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo and Atletico Madrid's Diego Costa have overcome recent injury problems and will start in Saturday's Champions League final.
Costa was a major doubt for the Lisbon showpiece having been diagnosed with a grade 1 hamstring tear last Monday, but having undergone a "miracle" horse-placenta treatment in Belgrade this week, the Atletico top scorer surprisingly took some part in team training on his return to Madrid on Thursday.
Meanwhile Ronaldo - who has not played since substituting himself with a thigh muscle problem just eight minutes into Madrid's 1-1 draw at Valladolid on May 7 - also returned to group training for the first time this week at his club's session on Thursday at Valdebebas, although AS reports that he only took part in a limited role for precautionary reasons.
Real Madrid starting XI: Casillas, Varane, Ramos, Coentrao, Khedira, Ronaldo, Benzema, Bale, Carvajal, Modric, Di Maria Substitutes: Lopez, Pepe, Marcelo, Arbeloa, Morata, Isco, Illarra
Atletico Madrid starting XI: Courtois, Juanfran, Godin, Miranda, Filipe Luis, Gabi, Tiago, Koke, Raul Garcia, Villa, Costa Substitutes: Aranzubia, Alderweireld, Sosa, Mario Suarez, Diego, Rodriguez, Adrian
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