Chelsea face Real Madrid at the Bernabeu in just under an hour, and the teams are in!
The headline news is that Thiago Silva starts, after a couple of months out.
It’s a back 3 with Wesley Fofana, Kalidou Koulibaly and Silva at the back, Ben Chilwell and Reece James out wide, a middle 3 of Enzo Fernandez, Mateo Kovacic and N’Golo Kante, then Raheem Sterling and Joao Felix up front.
That’s almost exactly the team we would have picked from the players available – in fact, maybe it’s the exact team we would have picked? If nothing else, Super Frank knows what the fans want.
Let’s hope it works out for us – even a draw here is a good result. We beat them last year, and there should be a fresh wave of confidence with Thiago in the team again.
COME ON YOU BLUES!
Here are the full team line-ups for Real Madrid vs Chelsea (kick off at 20:00 pm GMT)
CHELSEA:
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— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) April 12, 2023
🚨 STARTING XI: Kepa; Fofana, Koulibaly, Silva; James, Kanté, Kovacic, Enzo, Chilwell; Sterling, Joao Félix.
(Via @C345Sam)
— Talk Chelsea (@talkchelsea) April 12, 2023
