This is the classic night for Real Madrid.

They are coming from a defeat against Villarreal with rotations, as they are 100% focused in the Champions League. They are with confidence, as shown in the Camp Nou one week ago where destroyed and outplayed Barcelona winning 0:3 and showing that in big scenarios, the team always gives their best version. That’s why they are the kings of this tournament and the current winners, they are specialists in this kind of game.

Their form has been incredibly strong – having lost only one of their last 10 matches in the UEFA Champions League (W8 D1) and winning each of their last three in a row. And when it comes to knockout stages matches, they’ve found the back of the net in each of their last 30 such home games, scoring 69 goals in the process (2.3 per game).

For this match Ancelotti will be able to use his best squad, probably a similar lineup to the one we saw at Camp Nou one week ago. Playing at the same level, with Modric and Benzema in the same form, should be able to go to London to play the second leg with advantage.

On the other hand, Chelsea is coming to this game with their last chance to make a decent season, because so far it has been terrible. The defeat against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday extended their winless run to four and, more worryingly, after being blanked by Wolves they have now gone 323 minutes without a goal in the Premier League, something former Everton manager Frank Lampard will be hoping to solve. Frank Lampard will be the third Blues manager to take charge of the club in this season’s competition, following on from Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter.

Most probably they won’t play Champions League next season (unless they win the title this season), and the club is already thinking about the next year, with a new project. Their recent performances have been so poor and for this match they will try just to stop Real Madrid and keep the leg alive for the second game in London.

I’m expecting a very strong performance by Madrid, trying to outplay and dominate Chelsea very hard. They have the ability to do it and surely Chelsea will be scared about the environment: the strongest team in Europe, playing at home, in good form, and with their minds full of doubts and poor performances recently. Seeing the performances of both teams so far and the potential that Real Madrid has, they should be able to win this game easily.

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这是皇马的经典之夜。

他们从输给比利亚雷亚尔的比赛中恢复过来，因为他们100%专注于欧冠联赛。他们充满信心，就像一周前在诺坎普的比赛一样，他们0:3击败了巴塞罗那，在重大比赛中，球队总是表现出最好的状态。这就是为什么他们是这场比赛的王者和当前的赢家，他们是这种比赛的专家。

他们的状态令人难以置信地强大——在过去的10场欧洲冠军联赛(W8 D1)中只输了一场，并且在过去的三场比赛中都取得了胜利。在淘汰赛阶段的比赛中，他们在过去30场这样的主场比赛中都有进球，在这个过程中打进69球(场均2.3球)。

在这场比赛中，安切洛蒂将会使用他最好的阵容，可能是我们一周前在诺坎普看到的那种阵容。在同等水平的比赛中，莫德里奇和本泽马处于同样的状态，应该能够带着优势去伦敦打第二回合。

另一方面，切尔西在这场比赛中是最后一次有机会打出一个不错的赛季，因为到目前为止，他们的表现很糟糕。周六对阵狼队的失利将他们的连胜纪录扩大到四场，更令人担忧的是，在被狼队淘汰后，他们已经在英超联赛中有323分钟没有进球，这是前埃弗顿主帅弗兰克·兰帕德希望解决的问题。弗兰克·兰帕德将是继托马斯·图赫尔和格雷厄姆·波特之后，第三位在本赛季执教蓝军的主教练。

他们很可能不会参加下赛季的欧冠联赛(除非他们本赛季赢得冠军)，而俱乐部已经在考虑下一年的新项目了。他们最近的表现非常糟糕，在这场比赛中，他们将尽力阻止皇马，并在伦敦的第二场比赛中保住腿。

我期待马德里有一场非常强劲的表现，他们会努力击败切尔西。他们有能力做到这一点，切尔西肯定会对环境感到害怕:欧洲最强的球队，在主场比赛，状态良好，但他们充满了怀疑，最近表现不佳。从两支球队目前的表现以及皇马的潜力来看，他们应该能够轻松赢得这场比赛。