It is not clear if it is due to fate or not, but Real Madrid and Chelsea will have a third consecutive season to face each other in the knockout round of the Champions League. Last season, these two teams clashed in the quarterfinals.
At that time, Los Blancos was the team that won 5-4 overall after 2 matches to enter the semi-finals, and then won the championship. In the 2020/21 season, Real Madrid and Chelsea meet in the semi-finals. The victory belongs to The Blues with a total score of 3-1 after 2 matches. Then, Chelsea won the championship at the end of the season.
Calculating throughout history, Chelsea and Real Madrid have met a total of 7 times. Notably, the Premier League representative only had to receive 1 defeat against the White Vulture, which was in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the 2021/22 season.
In fact, Chelsea is the team with the lowest loss rate against Real Madrid (14%) if placed on the balance with any club that has faced the Spanish team 5 or more times in the European arena. That shows that Chelsea is exactly the opponent that Real Madrid must be most afraid of, despite the fact that Carlo Ancelotti’s teachers and students are always extremely scary in the Champions League.
Currently, Chelsea is gradually reviving under coach Graham Potter. They have pocketed 3 consecutive victories in all arenas, with a clear improvement in their play and spirit. In addition, Chelsea is always especially unpredictable in the Champions League when changing champions mid-season, and that is also one of the bases that makes Real Madrid more wary instead of being able to subjectively despise the enemy.
Remember in the quarter-finals of the Champions League 2021/22, Real Madrid won Chelsea 3-1 in the first leg in London, but almost had to hold a grudge in the rematch at the Bernabeu. In the emotional match that year, Chelsea led Real Madrid quickly 3-0, and only succumbed to the timely brilliance of Rodrygo, and especially Karim Benzema in extra time.
Touching Chelsea in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Real Madrid has indeed encountered “the police”.
The bookie rates Real Madrid higher than Chelsea
According to Bet365, the ratio of Real Madrid to the semi-finals of the Champions League 2022/23 is 10/11 (put 11 to 10), while the rate of Chelsea going forward is only 4/11. This fact is also understandable because Los Blancos always show strength that cannot be underestimated in the Champions League.
