The current winner of the Champions League in the current championship did not give up and managed to pass the group round of the main club tournament in Europe. At this stage of the tournament, Chelsea were in the lead, but a draw in the last round with Zenit brought the team a second position behind Juventus. At the stage of the quarterfinals of the English League Cup, the “pensioners” dealt with “Southampton”, which gave the right to enter the field today. In the Premier League Championship Thomas Tuchel’s charges have 12 victories and seven successful duels, which brought 43 points and the second position. Unfortunately, the Blues were unable to maintain their leading position. The loss of concentration allowed the reigning champion to create a comfortable ten-point handicap. Following the success with Aston Villa (3:1), the hosts lost tournament points twice in a row. At first the team failed to defeat Brighton (1:1) at home, followed by a home draw with Liverpool in 2022 (2:2). James, Christensen, Lukaku, Chilwell, Chalobah and Loftus-Chick, who has a muscle injury, will not be able to enter the field today. Only Werner is isolated with the coronavirus.
Madrid opens the Spanish Cup tournament with this match. Exactly a year ago teams met in this tournament and then Alcoyano knocked out the leader of Spanish football, beating Galacticos in extra time. This season Real is doing well. The team has confidently passed the group stage in the Champions League, where they won first place. The whites performed powerfully in the La Liga championship, where in 20 rounds Carlo Ancelotti’s charges chalked up 14 victories and four draws, which brought 46 points and the first position. It is impossible not to note the best performance of the team in the attack, which has distinguished itself 41 times. Only the defeat in the first duel of 2022 against Getafe (0:1) is alarming.
