Chelsea vs. Real Madrid live stream: How to watch Champions League 2nd League live online, TV channel, prediction, odds
Chelsea faces the toughest of tasks as they bid to reach the Champions League semifinals 2nd League, a side woefully out of form and consumed by crisis off the pitch needing to overcome a two-goal deficit to reigning champions Real Madrid. If last week’s first leg is anything to go on, Frank Lampard’s side doesn’t have hope. They looked like what they are, a midtable Premier League side hopelessly outmatched by a major European force.
Still, the Blues refused to give up hope, they remember as well as anyone else how quickly Champions League games involving Real Madrid can swing. Granted that tends to be in the favor of the 14-time champions but perhaps sooner or later someone will do to Los Merengues what they have done to so many other sides in recent years and claim a victory that seems to be beyond them. Here are our storylines, how you can watch the match, and more — and while you’re at it, sign up for our new newsletter covering the beautiful game in all its glory, including updates about the most important stories in the sport, here.
Chelsea vs. Real Madrid
1St Match Result = 0 – 2
How to watch and odds
Date: Tuesday, April 18 | Time: 3 p.m. ET
Location: Stamford Bridge — London
TV: CBS | Live stream: Paramount+
Tactical cam: CBS Sports Golazo Network
Odds: Chelsea +188; Draw +240; Real Madrid +140 (via Caesars Sportsbook)
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Chelsea vs. Real Madrid live stream
The first leg of this contest rather felt like the Champions League against Conference League, such was the gulf between the two teams. Indeed that distance was all the more apparent because Madrid did not play that well and Chelsea did not commit any great errors until Ben Chilwell was sent off in the second half. Indeed there were a few things that Frank Lampard might have felt he got right in the second game of his second spell in charge; Enzo Fernandez dropped shrewdly into space between the Madrid lines and N’Golo Kante was a dynamo from the outset.
However, Joao Felix and Raheem Sterling did not make much of their early attacks. The same could not be said of Karim Benzema, who bundled home the rebound from Vinicius Junior’s stabbed shot in the 21st minute. That goal rather deflated Chelsea, who were chasing shadows even before Chilwell saw red just before the hour, hurling Rodrygo to the ground after substitute Marc Cucurella had brought panic to the Chelsea rearguard. Marco Asensio added a second from outside the box off a well-worked corner and ultimately Chelsea was lucky that was all the damage from a grueling night.
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