Chelsea will shuttle to Santiago Bernabeu to stand Actual Madrid in the second one leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final. Los Blancos are in a at ease 3-1 lead within the first leg in London, due to a hat-trick through Karim Benzema. Kai Havertz were given one again for the Blues to have some hope heading into the second one leg.
Chelsea are entering this sport at the again of an enormous 6-0 away win over Southampton within the Premier League on the weekend. The protecting Eu champions should do so much to show the placement round in Madrid.
Actual Madrid are flying locally this season, with a double determine merit (12 issues) over the chasing pack in Los angeles Liga. Karim Benzema scored a hat-trick of their 2nd leg towards Paris Saint Germain on the Bernabeu within the remaining 16.
Tuchel mentioned that the staff wanted an out of this world script and had to overperform with a purpose to triumph over Actual Madrid and switch the placement round.
“We’d like not anything else than an out of this world script if we need to triumph over it. The duty is extremely top given the instances, the place we play, who we play, at what degree. We’re all the time allowed to dream. It is very important consider, to dream about it. We wish to overperform. This is a large enjoy to be informed from and perhaps to take and overperform,” he mentioned on Chelsea’s authentic YouTube channel.
‘NOT THE BIGGEST CHANCE’
Thomas Tuchel mentioned that Chelsea wouldn’t have the largest probability towards Actual Madrid, however the staff will check out.
“No longer the largest probability. We by no means arrange our enter, effort, trust through the risk. We by no means did and we can now not get started the next day through giving much less as a result of it is rather not likely we make it. It is price making an attempt. We can check out,” he mentioned.
Maximum of Europe’s most sensible 5 leagues have 5 substitutions, however the Premier League has simply 3. Tuchel identified that the Los Blancos have been bodily higher as they might leisure extra gamers.
“To start with, we would have liked extra bodily. We didn’t paintings laborious sufficient. We confronted an enormous downside on the subject of physicality. Actual Madrid had an entire 12 months with 5 adjustments [substitution]. It’s not all the time simple. We’re a staff who want the sharpness to be bodily. Lets now not do this because of their high quality to sluggish the sport down in ball ownership,” he mentioned.
“With a bit of luck we’ve got a fit the place trust grows. With a bit of luck we will be able to fulfil our dream, are living as much as our dream. We need to make investments so much and are living as much as our degree,” he added.
Chelsea beat Actual Madrid within the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League remaining season, ultimately profitable it through beating Manchester Town. Tuchel identified that the staff struggled in counter urgent, and can attempt to clear up that downside.
“We had remaining season in an empty Stamford Bridge, an overly intense fit. We misplaced ball ownership too then. That isn’t the statistic to mention we wouldn’t have an intense sport. We struggled in counter-pressing. Are we able to do it now? Let’s have a look at. The sport is other,” he mentioned.
Carlo Ancelotti’s males have scored no less than two objectives in every in their earlier 3 UCL video games on the Bernabeu. Chelsea’s win on the St. Mary’s on the weekend used to be their seventh away win in all competitions, they usually’ve most effective failed to attain as soon as of their remaining 15 away Champions League video games.
“You’ll be able to be informed from the remaining sport and use scenarios and moments from the remaining sport. That is what we can use,” he mentioned.
Thomas Tuchel gave staff information forward of the conflict towards Actual Madrid.