Real Madrid start against Valladolid with the same attacking line 5 years ago

Real Madrid played against Real Valladolid with the same attack that lined up at Anoeta some five years ago.

With Eden Hazard out injured and Vinicius Junior on the bench, Zinedine Zidane was forced into using some familiar faces in his starting line-up.

On August 31, 2014, Carlo Ancelotti started with Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, James Rodriguez and Isco away at Real Sociedad after Cristiano Ronaldo was rested.

Los Blancos took a 2-0 lead that day thanks to goals from Bale and Sergio Ramos but eventually fell to a 4-2 defeat.

Five years later, it was the same four attackers lining up against Valladolid at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

Dani Carvajal, Ramos, Marcelo and Toni Kroos were the other two players to start the two games five years prior.

Only Iker Casillas, Pepe and Luka Modric from that side weren't involved on Saturday, but nine of the eleven that faced Valladolid were at the club during the 2014/15 season.