Italian Carlo Ancelotti, Real Madrid’s first team coach, has made statements challenging his Chelsea colleague ahead of the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final.
Ancelotti’s division managed to beat Chelsea in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals at the Santiago Bernabeu.
The match ended in favor of Real Madrid with two clean sheets: the first goal was scored by striker Karim Benzema in the 21st minute, and in the 74th minute of the match, Marco Asensio doubled the difference by scoring the second goal.
The two teams will meet again in the second leg, which will take place on the eighteenth of April at the stadium “Stamford Bridge” in the English capital London.
Ancelotti challenges Chelsea ahead of Champions League quarter-final second leg
He stated this at the post-match press conference. Ancelotti“Chelsea are a good team, we have benefited from playing here. Nothing is decided yet, we are happy. I think it was a good match.”
He continued: “We have to focus on the next match. They defended well after the red card and it was not easy for us.
And he challenged the English club, saying: “This is not the end, at Stamford Bridge there are 90 minutes left. In the second leg we will have to fight, suffer and fight.”
“We will play the next match as if it were (0:0). This is the quarter-final of champions. It was a game that we did well, we started with only two defenders, we needed more help from two full-backs.