Real Madrid will face Chelsea in the Champions League quarter-finals following the draw held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon. The first leg will take place at Stamford Bridge on 6 of April, while the return game will be played on the 12 of the same month at the Santiago Bernabéu. Real Madrid comes in this phase with a great confidence after winning the group stage and eliminating PSG in the 1/8 with a memorable home win to overturn the balance in their favor!
Should they make it through, Real Madrid would take on the winner of the tie between Manchester City and Atlético Madrid in the semi-finals. The first game will be played on the 26 or 27 of April, with the return in the Bernabéu on 3 or 4 of May. The final will take place on Saturday 28 May at the Stade de France in Paris
Both sides would likely have preferred an easier opponent, but Benfica were fed to Liverpool, while Bayern Munich got Villarreal. Early odds from bookmakers suggest that they are struggling to find a clear favorite between Real and Chelsea. But history points emphatically to the Blues, who have remarkably never lost to Real.
The two famous teams have faced each other five times previously. Timo Werner and Mason Mount were the scorers as Chelsea won 2-0 at Stamford Bridge in the second leg of last season's Champions League semi-final. The first leg in Madrid had ended 1-1. A Gustavo Poyet goal sealed a 1-0 win for Chelsea over Real in the 1998 UEFA Super Cup final. Chelsea also beat Real in the 1971 Cup Winners' Cup final. After a 1-1 draw in Greece's Karaiskakis Stadium, Chelsea won 2-1 in a replay two days later.
Real Madrid Vs Chelsea Head To Head:
Games - 5
Real Madrid wins - 0
Chelsea wins - 3
Draws - 2
Quarter-final draw
Chelsea-Real Madrid
Manchester City-Atlético
Villarreal-Bayern Munich
Benfica-Liverpool
Opposition: Chelsea come into the Champions League quarter-finals after finishing second in Group H behind Juventus and knocking Lille out in the Round of 16, 4-1 on aggregate. They currently sit third in the Premier League, 11 points off top spot and their leading scorers so far this season are Havertz and Lukaku, both with 11. Werner leads the charts in the Champions League, with 3.
Maybe this is the right time to change the history and take the best from the English side. With the great victory against Paris Saint Germain, Madridistas showed that they never give up and always try to get the most even from the slightest chance. If they manage to have the full squad for the matches against the Blues, they will surely have a good chance to reach the semis!
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