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Militao injured his ACL in Real Madrid's opening match of the 2023-24 La Liga campaign, but he returned to action as a late substitute against Athletic Bilbao at the end of March.

The Brazil international has been involved in each of his side's last seven league games, playing the full 90 minutes in three of them, and he will again feature in Sunday's clash with Villarreal.

Militao has only played 10 minutes in the Champions League since his return, though, with Aurelien Tchouameni and Nacho instead being used alongside Antonio Rudiger in the middle of the defence.

Tchouameni is a major doubt for the final due to a foot problem, and Ancelotti has said that Militao could play from the first whistle against Borussia Dortmund on June 1.

«It could be that he starts in the final, he is close to 100%,» Ancelotti told reporters ahead of Sunday's La Liga clash with Villarreal.

«He was missing minutes and he is taking them. He will play tomorrow and I see him very close to his best level. It is an option that we have.»

Militao came off the bench in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Manchester City and also featured for the final moments against Bayern Munich in the second leg of the semi-final.

There have also been suggestions that Thibaut Courtois will start in goal against Dortmund, with the club's number one goalkeeper also recently returning from two knee injuries which both required operations.

However, Ancelotti refused to

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