Real Madrid on the shore of Stamford Bridge: from Zidane to Ancelotti, from Ramos to Alaba

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On May 5, 2021,

's

team died on the shore of

, just one step away from the final.

He did it exhausted after a season full of injuries, hardly breathed to fight and powerless against the physical superiority of

: 1-1 in

and 2-0 in

.

's Real Madrid

will travel to London to ask for revenge in a quarter-final, a priori, more balanced than last year.

The first leg will be in blue territory on Wednesday April 6 and the return leg at the

on Tuesday 12.

's team

is the current

, accumulates a single defeat in all of 2022 and for his last year presents the favorite poster in the tie, but Madrid is a different team from the one that appeared in the London neighborhood last spring.

The center of the defense has hit a 180 degree turn with the signing of Alaba and the settlement of

, giving way to

and

who played physically diminished that round at the Bridge.

Together with

, the trio formed by the goalkeeper and the hierarchs of the defense gives Madrid much more solidity.

In addition,

will be on the right, injured in the English event.

AND

, who forced himself to play that match, should have time to recover from the groin injury he suffered in

.

Beyond the defense, the defeat against Chelsea last year and the resolution of the tie against PSG should serve as Ancelotti's complaint about what went right and wrong in each of the crosses.

The midfield made up of

reached last year's semi-finals squeezed and were overwhelmed by the intensity of the blues.

And in Paris, just a few weeks ago, the trio suffered again.

The crazy stretch lived in Chamartín, with

accompanying Modric and with

opening the field on the right seem part of the solution to make that desired revenge effective.

All completed by the two heads of the Madrid spear:

, top scorers in the League.

Both were starters (along with a disappointed

) in London last year, but the Brazilian did it almost as a lane and the Frenchman, author of the only merengue goal in

, hardly touched the ball at Stamford Bridge.

The atmosphere of the tie will be pending

.

At the moment, the English club, owned by the Russian

, will not be able to sell tickets, so its stands will be empty, and it will only be able to spend 20,000 pounds on travel.

"Playing without an audience would be a disadvantage, but this sport is for the spectators and the game changes with them. I am sure that everyone will fight for them to be there. I trust the board of directors, which is in dialogue with UEFA and the government to find an exception or a logical exemption that allows a solution to be found so that the fans are in the stadium," said Tuchel.

, also the scene of the return of some

, will pass sentence.

"We got a team with an offensive mentality, that wants to lead. Like us. The fans are going to enjoy themselves and see who is the strongest. The advantage, as long as we get a good result in London, is that

. Maximum illusion", assured

.

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