Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel says his facet square measure allowed to “dream” as they fight to overturn a two-goal deficit at Real Spanish capital within the Champions League.
The Blues were crushed 3-1 by the Spanish facet within the initial leg of their quarter-final and visit the Bernabeu for the come leg on Tues.
Chelsea won the competition last season below Tuchel.
“It is one in every of the most important challenges to perform away at the Bernabeu,” same the German.
“It is even harder if you have got to earn an exact result, if you would like to win with a minimum of 2 goals or higher or even a three-goal distinction. that creates it nearly not possible and really, terribly tough, however still it’s price attempting.
“We want nothing else than an amazing script that we would like to be able to overcome this.”
Chelsea knocked Real out of the Champions League at the semi-final stage last season when a 1-1 attract European country – in a very game contend at the Alfredo Di Stefano structure – before following that draw up with a fine 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge.
Real have won Europe’s high competition a record thirteen times and no English facet has ever won a Champions League game at the Bernabeu by quite one goal.
“The task is unbelievably high and also the challenge is unbelievably high given the circumstances of the primary leg, wherever we have a tendency to play, against whom we have a tendency to play and at what stage we have a tendency to play this sort of match,” superimposed Tuchel.
“It is usually vital to imagine things and to dream regarding it, however it’ll not shift the main focus from the very fact that we’d like to deliver and that we ought to be prepared.
“We can arrive and take a look at everything as a result of it’s price attempting. From there we have a tendency to see and, hopefully, we’ve got a match wherever belief grows inside the match by our actions and, hopefully, we are able to fulfil our dream, live up to our dream.
“But realistically, we’ve got to speculate plenty and be at our terribly high level.”
Real Spanish capital manager Carlo Ancelotti is bidding to qualify for the Champions League semi-finals for the eighth time in his career, which might be the joint most by a teacher within the competition together with ginger Guardiola and Jose Mourinho.
“Chelsea can come back here to rescue the tie, I actually have little question regarding it,” same Ancelotti.
“He [Tuchel] will say no matter he desires however i am positive Chelsea can come back here to win – that is the spirit of soccer, the spirit of huge clubs and nice players, to ne’er surrender.
“I’m lucky to possess a bunch of players that grasp these styles of games very well, that something will happen. they’re in a very eudaemon and proud of the chance to succeed in a Champions League semi-final.
“But Chelsea square measure a awfully sturdy rival. we’ve got to possess plenty of respect and we’re aiming to have it”.
