It will be really bad for Real Madrid if they can't secure a victory in the quarter finals of the Champions League after a good performance. Because if Real Madrid can secure this year's Champions League title, I think this team will be one step ahead of all the teams in the world.
Unfortunately this season won't be like the previous years where Madrid won the La Liga, Champions League and everything in between. There are many teams who have also kept good form this season who are even more qualified than Madrid. Napoli is on fire, Bayern now has Tuchel, Mancity is on heavy fire and Haaland is eager to lift his first ever champions League. Madrid will have to pay dearly if the must reach the final to start with. The competition is too stiff to believe Madrid has advantage not even with the return of Benzema
I think for the quarter-final match I would say that Real Madrid will get through it pretty smoothly without a hitch. I think that Lampard, who has been appointed as the new coach for Chelsea, may not be able to quickly bring drastic improvements to Chelsea's performance in the Champions League. So that Real Madrid will remain the favorite team in this match. but for the semi-finals I think Real Madrid will probably have more difficulties. because the opponent that will be faced is of course an opponent who is also as strong as Real Madrid. but Real Madrid recently have been showing a better game. even Barcelona has lost by so many scores. even Barcelona could not reply to a single goal against Real Madrid. so it can be said that Real Madrid is also in a state of on fire at the moment.