Frank Lampard likely to revert to back three vs Real Madrid – Talk Chelsea

It’s one other Champions League night time in Spain for Chelsea tomorrow night time, and the nerves will probably be setting in massive time now.

The Blues will leap on a jet on Tuesday to move to Madrid and prepare to stroll out into the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium with the well-known UCL music taking part in in entrance of 1000’s of risky Actual Madrid followers!

Actual Madrid are presently second in La Liga on 59 factors, chasing Barcelona on 72 factors. They’ve Atletico Madrid respiration down their necks combating for second, and Actual Madrid really misplaced their final recreation within the league, taking place 3-2 to Villarreal.

Nonetheless, within the two video games earlier than that, they scored an enormous 10 objectives, thrashing Barcelona 4-0 within the Copa del Rey semi-final.

You don’t want me to inform you how harmful this staff are and the way extremely robust this recreation goes to be over the 2 legs. Chelsea are huge underdogs on this tie. However we’ve been right here earlier than, and as everyone knows, we’ve received this competitors twice now in opposition to all the chances.

As underdogs we are likely to honest higher with out the strain, and as we’ve seen in the previous few seasons, it doesn’t matter what our league type is, we regularly handle to show up for the European video games.

It might have been a lot better going into this if Frank Lampard had obtained a win in his first recreation on Saturday, however he additionally solely had two coaching periods together with his new squad. Issues will probably be a bit of clearer now and I believe he may change the formation again to a 3 on the again.

Chelsea even have the benefit of taking part in away first and having the ability to return to Stamford Bridge for the second leg. If we will get a decent lead to Madrid, then we’ve each likelihood of going by again at The Bridge on a UCL night time, when it actually does come alive there.

I believe we are going to see one thing like this tomorrow night time:

That is most likely precisely what I might go together with. I believe we have to pack the midfield and use wingbacks – this offers us a menace on the counter in addition to stabilising our defence.

Sadly I don’t anticipate Thiago Silva to start out the sport as he solely returned to full coaching on Monday. Mason Mount remains to be going to be a slight doubt regardless of coaching once more yesterday, however hopefully he ought to at the least be positive to start out on the bench. And I believe taking part in a entrance two of Raheem Sterling and Joao Felix while lacks top, does give us our greatest menace. The crosses from James and Chilwell will should be pushed and low.

Marc Cucurella issues me, however he has carried out a lot better in a again three so I believe he can be positive there.

I do suppose that Lampard will most likely begin with Havertz although over Sterling, however my lineup is extra in hope relatively than predicted.