For me FC Chelsea was always the favorite in the match up against Borussia Dortmund. I know that many people thought, that Dortmund would be the favorite because they had only wins up to that point in the second part of the season and FC Chelsea was doing not so well at the same time, but if you have looked a little more closely into the performances of Dortmund, then it was pretty obvious, that they had a lot of luck to win all their games back then. They could have easily lost a few of those games or made a draw because they were not the better team all the time.
It also was the same in the first leg against Chelsea where Dortmund only won with 1-0 because they were extremely lucky and Chelsea was not efficient at all with their chances.
This time though i think that Real Madrid is definitely the favorit against Chelsea but the blues definitely also have a chance to advance. For me it is like 60:40 for Real.
If you really watched the match you will understand that Chelsea played a good football but luck was on Dortmund side, when they were able to counter Chelsea and got a goal, during the second leg they came for a draw thereafter Chelsea got a goal, Dortmund players started playing rough football especially Emer Can who was supposed to be booked twice, Chelsea didn't give them a chance until the injury time when Dortmund had most possessions, even at Chelsea worst you won't write them off, the match between Chelsea and Real Madrid is a 50/50 for both side.
Jackl87, Chelsea is certainly not going to win against Real Madrid. My reason for that is Chelsea is currently not performing well at all. And we all know how well Real Madrid can perform in Champions League matches. So I do not think Chelsea will actually be able to beat Real Madrid in the Champions League. I am actually going to say it is more like 70:30 in favor of Real Madrid.
I think that things here with Real Madrid look different, because when Real Madrid plays in the UCL it's something else, it's as if they grew much more, Chelsea is a team that has had a hard time winning, now as they are Really, I doubt that they can beat Madrid, especially because Madrid has a lot of experience, and as I said in previous comments, both Ancelotti and many fans want a final to be between Madrid and Milan, it's a dream final for many, and it would really be exciting, plus we as good fans have High expectations of the teams that are making Madridistas dream again.
I think for Potter champions league is the last chance to prove himself otherwise he can get fired just after losing the game against Real Madrid, that's why I expect to see Chelsea playing with full power against Real Madrid but on the other hand, since for Real Madrid champions league is the first priority I don't think if Ancelotti will let Chelsea win this game easily.
When we are talking about champions league, Chelsea of now under Graham Potter is not can not win real madrid. I'm still wondering how will manage to win real madrid when their performance is not tough . Real Madrid will always win Chelsea as far as this season is concerned.
Well, everything points to that, I can't be sure what plan Potter may have, but lately he has lost a lot, in the PL they lost to Aston Villa, and Aston Villa was a team that could moderately win Chelsea, of course I'm not saying that the Aston Villa is an easy team, things here are simply seen from another plane, like Chelsea in UCL is something else, but to his bad luck he got one of the most titanic teams in fútbol like Real Madrid, The truth is that things are very complicated for Potter.