Real Madrid are looking for the icing on the cake for Chelsea’s perfect storm

Julian Nagelsmann, Pochettino, Luis Enrique… Defeat against Brighton, the third in a row for Chelsea, brought out the list of candidates for the bench blue. London team owner Todd Boehly criticized the players in the locker room for their performance in what he described as a “disgraceful” season, as reported The Telegraph.

The outlook is not rosy at all. He Chelsea face the last leg first league player with no goals in sight and eliminated from two national cups. It still exists champions, although in order to aim for the semi-finals, he will have to overcome the 2-0 that contributed to him Real Madrid in it Bernabeu. A match against white (21:00, Movistar Champions League) is probably the last bullet in the chamber for Frank Lampard, which counts the first three games against the team from Stamford Bridge as defeats. The former midfielder has a clear example to hold on to: Chelsea’s first title, back in 2010. In the midst of a result crisis, he was one of the architects of the club’s first European Cup.

Almost all white gala eleven

Real Madrid have little chance of winning the League, but they come to their fetish tournament in top form and want to make a dent in Chelsea’s institutional crisis. Ancelotti brings back Kroos and Vinicius for this match, who rested as a precaution against Cádiz. Against the Andalusian team, the white team had 33 shots on goal, the second highest in the last decade. The Whites are the source of offensive football, which will once again have one of their main weapons in Vinicius. The Brazilian has three goals and seven assists in the last six games.

Apart from Mendy, injured in the left sole, Ancelotti will put his gala eleven on the green table at Stamford Bridge. Praetorian guard arriving in top form in the decisive phase of the season, blessed by the plans of physical trainer Antonio Pintus.

The Italian praised Benzema at Nuevo Mirandilla. The Frenchman, who will once again be key for the Whites, has added two clean sheets in less than seven days and is targeting a start in London. “The team has energy and the information we have is that the 35-year-old played a fantastic game on Wednesday night and three days later he played a magnificent game again,” Ancelotti said.