Chelsea don’t have much hope in their second leg against Real Madrid, but eyebrows were raised when both Vinicius Jr and Toni Kroos missed Los Blancos game against Cadiz yesterday.
If they were to miss Tuesday night’s game, our odds might improve from 1% to 2%.
Sadly however, Carlo Ancelotti has just confirmed that both will be fit to face Chelsea in the second leg of the Champions League quarter final in quotes picked up by the Evening Standard.
“They couldn’t play today because they both had small issues,” Ancelotti told reporters after the game on Saturday evening.
“They trained separately today but tomorrow they’ll train as normal and be fine for Tuesday,” he continued.
That’s a blow, but in reality this season is over and the temptation of Tuesday night is just the hope that kills us. The sooner Ancelotti’s team have sent us packing and killed out faint hopes the sooner we can move on.
Frank Lampard made similar moves to protect his better players, and his cost him dearly with a defeat to Brighton.
