Make or break for Chelsea at Bernabeu

By Xorkpe Sosu 3 Min Read

The reigning European champions will take on competition royalty at Bernabeu stadium a 3-1 defeat in the first leg.

It a big ask to come away with the win in the second leg but the Blues are very determined to make it happen after being humiliated in London.

It was a bittersweet pill to swallow having heard Chelsea boss refer to the tie as being over but it also implies that the  Champions will not go down without a fight.

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However, Blues fans believe they can shake the table like same way they did in 2012 and 2014.

Chelsea will need victory by two unanswered goals to take the tie to extra time with no away goal rule.

Thomas Tuchel and his players responded in the best way at St Mary’s, recording six goals against Southampton in the Premier League.

We need nothing else other than a fantastic script,” said Chelsea head coach Tuchel on Monday.

The task and challenge is incredibly hard and against who we play and where we play. We’re allowed to dream, it’s sometimes important to imagine things and dream about.”

It will not shift the focus, we will support our team, and we will try hard. It’s sports, and it’s a game, and that’s the beauty of the game, that everything is possible always.”

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Chelsea lost 3-1 to Real Madrid in the he first leg of the Champions League quarter-final.

First of all, we wanted it more physical but we did not work hard or intense enough in the first match,” he said.

Second of all, we face a huge disadvantage in terms of physicality because Real Madrid has a whole year with five changes and we play the most demanding league, we play the most matches throughout the season and throughout 2022 so it is not always easy to play a physical game.”

We are a team that needs the physicality, the sharpness, the commitment and the investment to be a special team. We could not implement that enough in the last match.

We are a team that needs the physicality, the sharpness, the commitment and the investment to be a special team. We could not implement that enough in the last match.”

This was also due to their quality, their capacity to slow the game down, to control the match by ball possession.

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