The 2020/21 European Champions, with whom Carlo Ancelotti's team has recently played in several exciting matches.
Real Madrid and Chelsea, the competition's two most recent champions, met in the quarterfinals of the Champions League on Friday.
The two teams have two of the most star-studded rosters in the competition and are unquestionably among the most glitzy in all of sports. Nonetheless, despite their abundant skill and overflowing trophy cases, both teams have fallen short of their previous high points this season.
At the top of La Liga, Real Madrid is presently nine points behind rival Barcelona, while Chelsea is buried in tenth place with little chance of making the Premier League's Champions League playoffs for the next season.
Head-to-head between Chelsea and Real Madrid
Real Madrid had a series of incredible comeback victories against great competitors on their way to winning the Champions League for the 14th time last season. In the quarterfinals, they played Chelsea, the current champions, and won with two late goals.
Here’s how the two sides have fared in their seven previous meetings:
19 May 1971: Real Madrid 1-1 Chelsea (UEFA European Cup Winners Cup)
21 May 1971: Real Madrid 1-2 Chelsea (UEFA European Cup Winners Cup)
28 August 1998: Chelsea 1-0 Real Madrid (UEFA Super Cup)
27 Apr 2021: Real Madrid 1-1 Chelsea (UEFA Champions League)
05 May 2021: Chelsea 2-0 Real Madrid (UEFA Champions League)
06 Apr 2022: Chelsea 1-3 Real Madrid (UEFA Champions League)
12 Apr 2022: Real Madrid 2-3 Chelsea (UEFA Champions League)
The Stamford Bridge crowd will never forget last year's quarterfinal loss, despite the fact that Chelsea has triumphed in four of their seven encounters with Los Blancos.
Last time they faced off, Modric stunned Chelsea with the "pass of the decade."
It's interesting to note that both of the most recent Champions League champions defeated the opposing team on their way to the championship game. In 2021, Chelsea defeated Real Madrid 2-0 at Stamford Bridge on route to the team's second Champions League victory.
Madrid eliminated the London team the next year at the Santiago Bernabeu with one of their signature comebacks.
The Croatian playmaker Luka Modric delivered an incredible outside-of-the-boot ball to set up the important goal for Rodrygo when the Spanish giants were down 3-0 on the night and in desperate need of a goal to remain in the match.
Modric's usage of the "trivela" pass has been a trademark of his game for the all of his career, but the ability to execute such a challenging technique at a key time in a high-level match attracted plaudits from all around the globe. Former Rangers player and British broadcaster Ally McCoist hailed it "the pass of the decade," characterizing Modric as "amazing".
Even though the Croatian is now 37 years old, Chelsea will realize that keeping him quiet is essential to their chances of winning the Champions League this year.
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