A nice revenge. This Wednesday evening, Chelsea and Real Madrid will meet in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League. A year ago, the two behemoths of European football had already crossed swords at the semi-final stage. After a draw in the first leg (1-1), the Blues finally won in front of their home crowd (2-0) before lifting the cup with big ears afterwards. This Wednesday, it’s time for revenge for the Merengues! But they will have a hard time facing the team headed by Thomas Tuchel.
Tonight, during a meeting refereed by Frenchman Clément Turpin, the German should bet on a 3-4-3. In the cages, no surprise since it is Edouard Mendy who will be lined up from the start. In front of him, the Rüdiger-Thiago Silva-Azpilicueta trio will have a job to muzzle Madrid’s offensive armada. In the midfield, Marcos Alonso, Mattéo Kovacic, N’Golo Kanté and Reece James should start this match. Finally, Pulisic and Ziyech have chances to support Kai Havertz, who should be preferred to Romelu Lukaku up front. However, it is possible that Tuchel will bet on Mount instead of Ziyech according to some media.
Tuchel and Ancelotti, duel at the top
The former Paris Saint-Germain coach therefore risks drawing heavy artillery to take the best of Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid. The latter was also not sure to be present at Stamford Bridge this evening. Positive for covid-19, he had to perform a new test today. This turned out to be negative. The Italian will thus make an emergency trip to London. He will thus find his former club, an advantage when facing him. With or without him on the bench, the Merengues should start in 4-3-3.
Thibaut Courtois, former Chelsea player, will be there. In front of him, it should be classic with, from left to right, Ferland Mendy, David Alaba, Eder Militão and Dani Carvajal. Ditto at the heart of the game with the Kroos-Casemiro-Modric trio whose mission will be to win the battle in the middle. Finally, the serial scorer Karim Benzema will start. At his side, we should find Vinicius Jr and Valverde. Unless Ancelotti is instead betting on Rodrygo, who is likely to be in the eleven according to the Spanish press. A beautiful poster in perspective so to follow live on our site from 9 p.m.
For Chelsea-Real, create your Unibet account today and take advantage of the €200 bonus offered with the code FMUNI. Bet €200 on a double from Karim Benzema to try to win €1,650 (odds at 8.25). (odds subject to variation)
