Real Madrid will face Chelsea on Wednesday 6 April in an entertaining match that will take place at Stamford Bridge as part of the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals. The thirst for revenge is marked in the visitors after the elimination of 2021, so they will seek to go out and win this match, whose referee will be the Frenchman Clément Turpin.
The 'merengue' team reaches the duel with the English taking first place in the spanish LaLiga having scored 69 points. He has won 21 games, tied in 6 and lost just 3 times. Precisely, the last defeat came to Barcelona in 'El Clásico' two dates ago, but against Celta de Vigo they claimed and won by 2 to 1. In this way, they are the clear favorites to win the championship title, taking into account that the second place, the Catalans, have 57 points and 8 dates to be played.
In terms of performance, the presence of Federico Valverde has given the team a physical plus, considering that both Toni Kroos and Luka Modric have already exceeded thirty and their minutes on the field have been reduced to have them in important matches. This has not been an impediment for those led by Carlo Ancelotti to have a fairly high performance with 61 goals in favor and 26 against, having the second least beaten fence of the championship behind Sevilla with 20.
Now, on his participation in the top European club tournament, he beat group D comfortably by scoring 15 points, 5 more than the second that was Inter Milan. However, his greatest exhibition was given in the round of 16 duels against PSG. In the first leg they lost 1 to 0 but they annihilated him on the return by a 3 to 1, where Karim Benzema was the great figure when he turned a 'hat-trick'. This result gave them the place to the quarterfinals for the match with the 'blues', with whom they will seek revenge after last year's elimination in the semifinals by an overall score of 3 to 1.
Precisely, the English team is the third team placed in the Premier League with 59 points. Quite a far cry from the top two which are Manchester City (73 points) and Liverpool (72 points). Similarly, there are 8 dates left before the end of the league but it seems unlikely that it will reach the 'cityzens' and 'reds' due to their great form. He will only seek to secure that pass to the next edition of the Champions League.
In this edition of the highest European competition, they placed second in group H, scoring 13 points, 2 less than the first one that was Juventus de Italia. Already in the round of 16, they beat Lille de France by an overall result of 4 to 1.
Players like Mason Mount or Kai Havertz have been the most prominent. In fact, in the English league they have 8 and 6 goals, respectively. But the proper collective functioning employed by the German coach Thomas Tuchel has been the main weapon to carry out his matches despite the situation with the sale of the club by the owner Roman Abramovich.
ABSENCES AND DOUBTS
Regarding the absences, the 'White House' will not have three elements due to injury: Spaniard Isco, Belgian Eden Hazard and Serbian Luka Jovic. For its part, the local squad will not have Ben Chilwell (out since December 2021), nor will Callum Hudson-Odoi. In addition, coach Carlo Ancelotti will also not be available for this match due to being infected with COVID-19. In that case, his son and technical assistant, Davide Ancelotti, is expected to be in charge of the squad.
Those who are conditioned to miss the return match are Real Madrid defender Éder Militão and Chelsea's English steering wheel Ruben Loftus-Cheek. In this way, we will have to be vigilant in case anyone receives the yellow card.
STATEMENT
“I think it has nothing to do with last season's match (Champions League semifinals). Sincerely. I didn't look at it in the preparation. We didn't watch last year's games. That might answer the question. For us, there is nothing to prove again or whatever. We are there to recover from Saturday's performance (against Brentford),” said the coach of the English team about the match.
For his part, the goalkeeper of the Spanish team, Thibaut Courtois, declared the following: “Last season's tie was different. There were no fans and it was in the semifinals. This is a new season, it is the first leg of the quarterfinals and we all feel great and we know what we are playing. We're going to give everything to win the match. If we have the right intensity, we are able to win.”
LAST CLASHES
Chelsea 2-0 Real Madrid (Champions League – 2021)
Real Madrid 1-1 Chelsea (Champions League – 2021)
Real Madrid 3-2 Chelsea (International Friendly — 2016)
Real Madrid 3-1 Chelsea (International Friendly — 2013)
Real Madrid 0-1 Chelsea (European Super Cup — 1998)
REAL MADRID VS. CHELSEA: POSSIBLE LINEUPS
Real Madrid: Thibaut Courtois; Dani Carvajal, Eder Militão, David Alaba, Ferland Mendy; Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Luka Modric; Marco Asensio, Vinicius Jr. and Karim Benzema.
Chelsea: Edouard Mendy; Cesar Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Antonio Rudiger; Reece James, N'Golo Kante, Jorginho, Marcos Alonso; Mason Mount, Christian Pulisic and Kai Havertz
TIMES TO WATCH REAL MADRID VS. CHELSEA LATIN AMERICA
- Peru: 2:00 p.m.
- Mexico: 1:00 p.m.
- Ecuador: 2:00 p.m.
- Colombia: 2:00 p.m.
- Bolivia: 3:00 p.m.
- Venezuela: 3:00 p.m.
- Paraguay: 4:00 p.m.
- Argentina: 4:00 p.m.
- Uruguay: 4:00 p.m.
- Brasil: 4:00 p.m.
- Chile: 4:00 p.m.
CHANNELS TO WATCH REAL MADRID VS CHELSEA LIVE
- Peru: ESPN, Star+
- Mexico: HBO Max, TNT Sports
- Ecuador: ESPN, Star+
- Colombia: ESPN, Star+
- Bolivia: ESPN, Star+
- Venezuela: ESPN, Star+
- Argentina: FOX Sports Argentina, Star+
- Uruguay: ESPN, Star+
- Chile: ESPN Chile, Star+
- Costa Rica: ESPN Norte, Star+
- Dominican Republic: ESPN Norte, Star+
- El Salvador: ESPN Norte, Star+
- Guatemala: ESPN Norte, Star+
- Honduras: ESPN North, Star+
- Nicaragua: ESPN North, Star+
- Panama: ESPN North, Star+, Flow Sports
- United States: Univision NOW, TUDN USA, Paramount+
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