Carlo Ancelotti will come up against his former player Frank Lampard as a coach when Real Madrid host Chelsea in the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals.
The interim Chelsea manager played under Ancelotti between 2009 and 2011, with the pair winning the Premier League title together. The Italian retired from permanent employment the following season.
Real Madrid will be hoping to go deep into Europe this campaign to make up for a poor league campaign where they are 13 points behind Barcelona in La Liga. Chelsea, on the other hand, have had a much weaker domestic season, finishing 11th in the Premier League.
Karim Benzema scored a hat-trick in the quarter-final first leg against the Blues last season and also scored the winner in the second leg
Real Madrid team news
Real Madrid showed no mercy against Liverpool, they won the Round of 16 game 6-2 (aggregate) showing once again their strong offense power.
Vinicius Jr is Real Madrid’s top scorer at the current UEFA Champions League season with 6 goals and 3 assists, Rodrygo and Benzema have 3 goals each.
Real Madrid’s lineup :
Thibaut Courtois, Dani Carvajal, Antonio Rüdiger, Eder Militão, Nacho, Toni Kroos, Luka Modrić, Eduardo Camavinga, Federico Valverde, Vinicius Júnior, Karim Benzema
Chelsea team news
Chelsea had to fight hard against Dortmund in what were two games where Chelsea lost the first 0-1 and won the second 2-0.
Raheem Sterling has three goals scored in the 2022-2023 UEFA Champions League season, he is Chelsea’s top scorer, on the other hand Kai Havertz and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang have two goals each.
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