La Liga giants Real Madrid found their scoring touch at the weekend, ahead of their Champions League Group D clash with Ajax on Tuesday.
Jose Mourinho has been under pressure recently, after Madrid failed to score in consecutive league matches, but a Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick at the Bernabeu on Saturday helped ease the pressure on the master tactician.
However, the Spanish powerhouse also shipped two goals, and had midfielder Angel di Maria sent off - two aspects that would no doubt upset the Portuguese mentor.
Mourinho will return to the sideline for the first time in four UEFA matches after serving a suspension, but Marcelo will be absent for the clash after seeing red in Real's 1-0 win over Dinamo Zagreb to open the group stages.
Ajax should be boosted by the weekend return of Miralem Sulejmani and Vurnon Anita from injury, after Sulejmani picked up a hamstring injury in their 0-0 draw with Lyon in the opening match.
Lyon welcome Zagreb in the other group encounter at Stade de Gerland, hoping to emulate their league form which sees them top of the Ligue 1 table.
Similarly, though, their Croatian opponents top their league table in the Prva HNL, meaning neither side has an excuse for a poor performance on Tuesday.
Dinamo are competing in their first CL campaign in 12 years, and will need to kickstart their run with at least a point if they hope to progress past the group stages.
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