Ahead Of Chelsea Vs Real Madrid, Don Carlo Is Still Doubtful About Accompanying El Real At Stamford Bridge

Carlo Ancelotti (Instagram.com/@realmadrid)

JAKARTA - The 2021/2022 Champions League quarter-finals will bring Chelsea with Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge on Thursday morning. Ahead of the match, bad news actually came for the Real Madrid camp.

The news is about the condition of Carlo Ancelotti the coach. Don Carlo as he is familiarly called, it is doubtful that he will appear to guard his children at the Blues headquarters.

Reporting from Diario AS, Tuesday, Ancelotti's absence in the match later because the 62-year-old coach tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday last week. Ancelotti tested positive for COVID-19 after undergoing a test ahead of the Real Madrid match against Celta Vigo in 2021/2022 Spanish League continued on Saturday last weekend.

The same report also stated that, although it has been almost a week, Don Carlo still has not tested negative for COVID-19. In fact, last Monday, Ancelotti was reported to have returned positive results after carrying out tests the previous day.

However, currently, Don Carlo's condition is reported to be better. The latest news also mentions Ancelotti does not suffer from any symptoms after undergoing the first test.

He will again undergo tests before Real Madrid departs for London, England in the near future. If it is declared negative then Carlo Ancelotti will certainly be able to return to accompany Real Madrid from the sidelines.

Meanwhile, the meeting of Chelsea and Real Madrid will be a repeat of the 2020/2021 Champions League semifinals. At that time, Chelsea managed to come out victorious. They successfully held El Real to a 1-1 draw at the Santiago Bernabeu in the first leg. Meanwhile, in the second leg Chelsea managed to silence Real Madrid 2-0 at Stamford Bridge.

These results forced Karim Benzema et al eliminated because they lost 1-3 on aggregate. On the other hand, Chelsea who strolled into the final managed to steal the Champions League trophy.

Can this success be repeated for Chelsea when they meet the same opponent in the same place? Or, quite the opposite?