Real Madrid Already Lead 3-1 On Aggregate Over Chelsea, Carlo Ancelotti: We Have To Suffer And Fight For 90 Minutes To Reach The Semifinals

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti. (Photo: Twitter @realmadriden)

JAKARTA - Real Madrid will host Chelsea at the Santiago Bernabeu in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Wednesday, April 13 in the morning WIB. This Spanish La Liga club has a big advantage to qualify for the next round.

A 3-1 victory at Stamford Bridge last week made Real Madrid one foot into the semifinals. In the match later, Real Madrid only needs to hold on to a draw or at least lose by one goal difference from Chelsea in order to ensure they qualify for the next round.

However, coach Carlo Ancelotti does not want his team to forget themselves. He asked the players and Chelsea fans not to rely too much on the result in the first leg.

"This is the quarter-finals of the Champions League and regardless of what happened in the first leg, we are well aware that to reach the semi-finals we have to suffer, fight, compete and be in the game for 90 minutes," Ancelotti explained on the club's official website, as quoted by Antara. .

"We are facing a strong team and have to respect them," he continued.

Regarding the composition of players who will be deployed in the match later, Ancelotti has not decided. However, he will not be dizzy because Real Madrid has enough squad depth to face the match later.

The former Chelsea and Juventus coach admitted to waiting until the last moment to decide which players he would trust.

He hinted, the composition of the players will change. According to him, Chelsea will change the style of play after losing heavily in the first leg with a score of 1-3.

"We thought they would turn things around because it didn't go their way in the first game and we have to be prepared for anything," said Ancelotti.

"Chelsea have a lot of quality and some very good players. We believe they will play better than they did in the first leg and we have to be ready."