In the new campaign for the Champions League title, Real Madrid will welcome Chelsea on their field in the first leg of the 1/4 finals. In my opinion, the bookmakers have underestimated the Madrid players and their chances of winning this trophy again this year. Real Madrid play in the Champions League on a really different level compared to the league and in it they provide the best games of the season. They enter this match after a 3-2 loss in the league at their home stadium against Villarreal, but it must be noted that as many as 6 players were rested in that match compared to the line-up from the match against Barcelona in which they won 4-0. Modric, Kroos, Valverde, Carvajal and Militao were on the bench, while Benzema left the game in the 60th minute. A slightly worse game was expected in that match, because the players who played from the first minute do not have the opportunity to play together often. The race for the title in Spain has already been decided, so Ancelotti himself stated that it was very difficult to find motivation for that match, but that the situation in this match will be significantly different. That defeat against Villarreal should not indicate to anyone the possible weakness of Real Madrid, especially not on their field and especially not in the Champions League. I honestly expect that from the very beginning of the match it will be the more dominant team on the field and that Chelsea will be in a subordinate position.
Chelsea are having a season to forget. In the Premier League, they are in 11th place in the table and only thanks to the bad results of the other teams, they are not in the danger zone, no matter how strange it sounds. The team seems to be extremely bad, starting from the management, through the coaches, to the players themselves. Before the international break, they had some hints of better games when they tied 3 wins, but they also had one draw against a very bad Everton at their stadium. After the break, they played 3 matches in which they had the effect of one draw and 2 losses, and they did not score a single goal in those matches. Before the last match in the league, the management decided to fire Potter, and although that in itself is a very bad move, they made an even worse move by bringing back Frank Lampard, who was fired due to the poor results he recorded in the first term. It was expected that the legend of the club would push the players already in the match against Wolves, but Chelsea deservedly lost that match in which they had only one shot on target. They have been playing without a classic striker for a long time, and this can be seen in the fact that they score less than one goal per match in the league. The middle of the field and the attack in most cases seem quite idealess and currently there is no player in the team who will pull his team forward. The situation in defense is not much better and their interventions do not instill security at all. Somewhat good news for Chelsea may be that Thiago Silva is most likely returning to the team, but he is a player who is 38 years old and has not played in the last 7 games. If he is on the field, he will have huge problems with the extremely fast attack of Real Madrid. A big chance for Real could be penetrations on the sidelines, which is their strongest weapon. On the one hand, Vinicius will cause big problems for James, while Chelsea will have even bigger problems on the left side, where Cucurella should guard Rodrygo. At the moment, Real Madrid seems to me to be a much more stable team and if we take into account the performances they are showing in the Champions League, I think they can turn this game in their favor. I expect that Chelsea will try to defend as long as possible in this game, aware of their possibilities, but if Real Madrid scores an early goal, they will also have to play more openly, which will only leave Madrid more space for dangerous attacks.
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在争夺欧冠冠军的新战役中，皇马将在1/4决赛首回合的比赛中欢迎切尔西。在我看来，*公司低估了马德里球员和他们今年再次赢得奖杯的机会。与联赛相比，皇马在欧冠的表现完全不同，他们在欧冠中打出了本赛季最好的比赛。他们在主场3-2输给比利亚雷亚尔后参加了这场比赛，但必须指出的是，与4-0战胜巴萨的比赛相比，他们有6名球员在那场比赛中休息。莫德里奇、克罗斯、巴尔韦德、卡瓦哈尔和米利多都在替补席上，而本泽马在第60分钟离场。在那场比赛中，人们预计比赛会稍微糟糕一些，因为从第一分钟开始比赛的球员没有机会经常在一起比赛。西班牙的冠军争夺战已经确定，所以安切洛蒂自己表示，在那场比赛中很难找到动力，但这场比赛的情况将会有很大的不同。对比利亚雷亚尔的失败不应该向任何人表明皇马可能的弱点，尤其是在他们的球场上，尤其是在欧冠赛场上。老实说，我希望从比赛一开始，它就会成为场上更具统治力的球队，而切尔西将处于从属地位。
切尔西正在经历一个值得忘记的赛季。在英超联赛中，他们排在第11位，只是由于其他球队的糟糕成绩，他们并不在危险区域，不管这听起来有多奇怪。这支球队似乎非常糟糕，从管理层开始，到教练，再到球员本身。在国际比赛日之前，他们有一些更好的比赛的迹象，当他们3胜，但他们也有一个平局对非常糟糕的埃弗顿在他们的球场。休息后，他们进行了3场1平2负的比赛，在这些比赛中他们一球未进。在联赛的最后一场比赛之前，管理层决定解雇波特，尽管这本身是一个非常糟糕的举动，但他们做出了更糟糕的举动，他们召回了弗兰克·兰帕德，他因为在第一个任期的糟糕成绩而被解雇。人们期待着俱乐部的传奇人物会在对阵狼队的比赛中推动球员们，但切尔西输掉了那场比赛，他们只有一次射正。他们已经有很长一段时间没有一个经典的前锋了，这可以从他们在联赛中每场比赛进不到一个球的事实中看出。在大多数情况下，中场和进攻似乎都不理想，目前球队中没有一个球员可以推动球队前进。国防局势也好不到哪里去，他们的干预根本没有带来安全。对于切尔西来说，好消息可能是蒂亚戈·席尔瓦最有可能回归球队，但他是一名38岁的球员，在过去的7场比赛中都没有出场。如果他在场上，他将在皇马的快速进攻中遇到巨大的问题。对于皇马来说，一个很大的机会可能是边线的突破，这是他们最强的武器。一方面，维尼修斯会给詹姆斯带来很大的麻烦，而切尔西在左路会有更大的问题，库库雷拉应该在左路防守罗德里戈。目前，皇马在我看来是一支更加稳定的球队，如果我们考虑到他们在欧冠中的表现，我认为他们可以扭转这场比赛。我预计切尔西会在这场比赛中尽可能长时间地防守，意识到自己的可能性，但如果皇马早早进球，他们也将不得不更开放地比赛，这只会给皇马更多危险进攻的空间。
