Chelsea will host Real Madrid on April 18 at 3 pm ET at Stanford Bridge Stadium for the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League.
Chelsea will host Real Madrid on April 18 for the second leg of the UEFA Champions League. The game will be played in England at Standford Bridge Stadium.
When does Chelsea vs Real Madrid start?
The Champions League clash between Chelsea and Real Madrid starts on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at the following times:
How to watch Chelsea vs Real Madrid?
Chelsea vs Real Madrid preview:
Chelsea
The team is now under the managerial supervision of club legend Frank Lampard, who has come on board until the end of the season when the team will decide who will take charge of the Blues for the coming year.
Unfortunately for the London team, the team doesn’t seem to show signs of getting better. They lost this past weekend to Wolves 1-0, and it is now four games in a row that they don’t know what it is to take home the three points. So the game against Real Madrid will be a testament to changing things around.
Real Madrid
The team has given up on La Liga. This weekend they lost against Villarreal at home. Los Blancos had played a good game until the last 25 minutes. Then, they witnessed their lead of 2-1, which saw Vinicius score a wonder goal, turned around when Samu Chuckwueze scored two beautiful goals, especially his last one against a Madrid defense that was walking the field rather than running it.
However, this is the Champions League, and if one team knows how to play it and win is Los Blancos. Once that anthem starts going off, they transform into gladiators. It will be interesting to see if Camavinga will play on the left or on the center and whether Valverde moves to the right and Rodrygo to the bench.
Chelsea vs Real Madrid prediction:
Anything can happen, and maybe Lampard’s boys can turn things around. They have the talent in the squad to do it. Lampard is a manager who has shown he can do a good job at managing a team. But this is Real Madrid, the king of Europe, and if someone knows how to play these games, it is Carlo Ancelotti; he has won four Champions Leagues as a manager and two as a player.
For this one, we pick Real Madrid 0-2