The defending champions, Real Madrid, welcome Chelsea at the Santiago Bernabeu for the first leg of their Quarterfinals matches of the UEFA Champions league tonight. Madrid were 6-2 aggregate winners over Liverpool in the last 16 round of matches. While Chelsea overcame a first leg loss to Borussia Dortmund to win 2-1 on aggregate in their last 16 match. Both teams lost their last weekend match as they warmed up to face each other in this mid-week Champions league match. Real Madrid are currently in the 2nd place in the La Liga table; while Chelsea occupy the 11th position in the Premier League. I am expecting a Real Madrid win in this encounter for the following reasons:

Firstly. Real Madrid have shown to have the pedigree to win the Champions league, even when they seem to be having an off season in their domestic league. They are second in the La Liga, 13 points off of the league leaders, Barcelona. But they are in a much better form compared to Chelsea. They have won four of their last six matches in all competitions. And they have a formidable attack frontline. They managed to score a total of 17 goals in those matches. Their frontline are bound to cause a lot of problems for wobbly Chelsea's defence.

Secondly. Chelsea are possibly having their worst season in decades. They are currently positioned on the 11th place in the Premier League table. They were only able to win two of their last six matches in all competitions, and have struggled to score goals all season. Their attack have been toothless, and I do not see them causing much trouble tonight against Real Madrid defence. They have only managed to score 29 goals in 30 matches in the Premier league. They appointed Frank Lampard last week, to bring stability and maybe a turnaround in the team's form. But judging by their weekend's game against wolves, nothing much has changed. The discord in the team is still very evident. It has been their undoing all season, and will still be their undoing tonight.

Real Madrid rested a lot of their stars in the weekend game for this game. And based on their form compared to Chelsea's, they should be confident of getting a win from this encounter.

本译文使用有道机器翻译，仅供参考：

卫冕冠军皇家马德里今晚将在伯纳乌迎战切尔西进行欧冠四分之一决赛首回合的比赛。马德里在16强比赛中以6-2的总比分战胜利物浦。切尔西在首回合输给多特蒙德的比赛中以总比分2-1取胜。两支球队都输掉了上周末的比赛，当时他们正在为本周中的欧冠比赛热身。皇马目前在西甲积分榜上排名第二;而切尔西在英超排名第11位。我期待皇马在这场比赛中获胜，原因如下:

首先。皇马已经表现出了赢得欧冠的血统，即使他们在国内联赛中似乎有一个休赛期。他们在西甲排名第二，比联赛领头羊巴塞罗那少13分。但与切尔西相比，他们的状态要好得多。他们在最近的6场比赛中赢了4场。他们有强大的攻击前线。他们在这些比赛中总共打入17球。他们的锋线一定会给切尔西不稳定的后防线带来很多问题。

其次。切尔西可能正在经历几十年来最糟糕的一个赛季。他们目前在英超积分榜上排名第11位。他们在最近六场比赛中只赢了两场，整个赛季都很难进球。他们的进攻很弱，我不认为他们今晚会给皇马的后防线带来太多麻烦。他们在30场英超比赛中只打进29球。他们上周任命了弗兰克·兰帕德，他将带来稳定，或许还能扭转球队的状态。但从周末对阵狼队的比赛来看，一切都没有太大变化。球队内部的不和仍然很明显。这是他们整个赛季的毁灭，今晚也将是他们的毁灭。

为了这场比赛，皇马在周末的比赛中让很多球星休息。根据他们与切尔西的状态对比，他们应该有信心在这场比赛中取得胜利。