When everything is against you, when nobody gives you a chance, when your club owner has bad taste and manners, you must forget everything but the things you have to do on the pitch. As Chelsea host Real Madrid in their UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg, the London team must put poor domestic form behind them and summon the quality they undoubtedly possess into a performance against the team that beat them 2-0 last week.Frank Lampard’s second coming to Chelsea’s bench offered little reason to be jolly. But he put on a brave face and asked his players to put on a show and try to nullify Real Madrid’s two-goal lead.”It’s down to us as a team to play with the desire to try to turn this game around. The atmosphere will be great, but it’s down to us to engage the crowd throughout because they can help us. We need to play our part.”Frank Lampard looking relaxed in training doing kick-ups ahead of Chelsea’s all important UEFA Champions League fixture with Real Madrid. 💪 pic.twitter.com/7IRM6F9ktZ— Football Daily (@footballdaily) April 17, 2023 Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga conceded twice in Madrid. Tonight, keeping a clean sheet is required, but that’s easier said than done.”Confidence-wise, we are not in our best shape. We are 11th in the league, not a good season for us. This is obvious. We have to believe until the end. In these stadiums, remontadas can happen and we have to believe it can happen tomorrow. We have to try our best, we need a big performance.”##NAJAVA_MECA_7190513##The task at hand is massive because Real Madrid are hitting great form at just the right time in the season and are looking like the team that has its sights set on what would be their 15th Champions League title. Besides, in Vinicius Junior, they’ve got a player Kepa fears the most.”Vinicius is a player that is in great form. He is an amazing player, with space he is unstoppable. We left too much space behind for him. We were on the back foot, chasing him metres behind. We must push to keep them in their own half, it is something we can work on tomorrow. At this moment he is amazing. Obviously, we have a plan as a team. It is a team sport, it is not one player we are up against. We have to work as a team to stop Vinicius and all of the other players.”Boehly rips into Chelsea players in the dressing room after the Brighton defeatMeanwhile, Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti warned that Chelsea will see the meeting as a ‘great opportunity’ to turn a disappointing season around.”I think the game tomorrow can be a great opportunity for them to move from this situation. We’re aware of this, we take it into consideration. We will try to play at our best. We’re good. We’re motivated as always. These are all important games. We have to have a very complete game. Ninety minutes remain and in this type of competition anything can happen. We’ll be ready to play at our best.”UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUEQuarter-final, second legTuesday22.00: (2.95) Chelsea (3.45) Real Madrid (2.50) /first leg: 0-2/22.00: (1.80) Napoli (3.60) Milan (5.10) /first leg: 0-1/Wednesday22.00: (2.25) Inter (3.50) Benfica (3.40) /first leg: 2-0/22.00: (2.85) Bayern (3.60) Man.City (2.55) /first leg: 0-3/***odds are subject to change
