Toni Kroos, despite being adamant that Real Madrid will learn from their mistakes to eliminate Chelsea in the Champions League quarter-final, has admitted that nobody wanted to draw the current European and world champions.
Both teams are heading into the rematch of last season's Champions League semi-final in very different form. Carlo Ancelotti is under massive pressure in the Spanish capital after the most recent El Clasico thrashing. Meanwhile, since the sanctions were handed to the Blues, Thomas Tuchel's side have strung together six wins on the bounce in all competitions, which has them as favourites to progress from the Champions League quarter-final.
Tuchel has already had his say on the situation labelling the tie ahead of a 'tough' one and Sergio Aguero and Marcos Alonso have both followed suit with what they have had to say ahead of showpiece event next month. "We already showed last year what we are capable of. It's a different year, another moment, but we're facing two great teams and we'll try to give everything to reach the semi-finals," the left-back told Spanish outlet Diario AS.
