It’s one other Champions League night time in Spain for Chelsea tomorrow night time, and the nerves will likely be setting in huge time now.
The Blues will leap on a jet on Tuesday to go to Madrid and prepare to stroll out into the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium with the well-known UCL music taking part in in entrance of 1000’s of risky Actual Madrid followers!
Actual Madrid are at present second in La Liga on 59 factors, chasing Barcelona on 72 factors. They’ve Atletico Madrid respiratory down their necks preventing for second, and Actual Madrid truly misplaced their final recreation within the league, happening 3-2 to Villarreal.
Nonetheless, within the two video games earlier than that, they scored a large 10 targets, thrashing Barcelona 4-0 within the Copa del Rey semi-final.
You don’t want me to let you know how harmful this group are and the way extremely powerful this recreation goes to be over the 2 legs. Chelsea are huge underdogs on this tie. However we’ve been right here earlier than, and as everyone knows, we’ve received this competitors twice now in opposition to all the percentages.
As underdogs we are likely to honest higher with out the stress, and as we’ve got seen in the previous couple of seasons, it doesn’t matter what our league type is, we frequently handle to show up for the European video games.
It could have been a lot better going into this if Frank Lampard had bought a win in his first recreation on Saturday, however he additionally solely had two coaching periods along with his new squad. Issues will likely be somewhat clearer now and I believe he would possibly change the formation again to a 3 on the again.
Chelsea even have the benefit of taking part in away first and having the ability to return to Stamford Bridge for the second leg. If we are able to get a decent end in Madrid, then we’ve got each likelihood of going by way of again at The Bridge on a UCL night time, when it actually does come alive there.
I believe we’ll see one thing like this tomorrow night time:
That is in all probability precisely what I’d go together with. I believe we have to pack the midfield and use wingbacks – this provides us a risk on the counter in addition to stabilising our defence.
Sadly I don’t anticipate Thiago Silva to begin the sport as he solely returned to full coaching on Monday. Mason Mount continues to be going to be a slight doubt regardless of coaching once more yesterday, however hopefully he ought to at the very least be effective to begin on the bench. And I believe taking part in a entrance two of Raheem Sterling and Joao Felix while lacks peak, does give us our largest risk. The crosses from James and Chilwell will should be pushed and low.
Marc Cucurella issues me, however he has carried out a lot better in a again three so I believe he can be effective there.
I do suppose that Lampard will in all probability begin with Havertz although over Sterling, however my lineup is extra in hope quite than predicted.
