Frank Lampard lost his first games in charge of Chelsea (0-1 at Wolverhampton and 0-2 at Real Madrid), but he believes the Londoners can still reach the Champions League semi-finals.

Frank Lampard (Chelsea): “The door to qualification remains open”

Despite Chelsea dominating the Santiago Bernabeu, Lampard hopes his side can turn the tide at Stamford Bridge.

“We faced a big challenge against a team like Real Madrid, but the door to qualification remains open. I think we can win and have a special night at Stamford Bridge with the support of our fans. We want to show different things and change the trend. If you don’t believe in it, then there is no point in playing football. The players are disappointed, but not defeated” – Frank Lampard.

Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid): “We are not in the semi-finals yet”

Ancelotti believes Real Madrid should not think they are already through to the semi-finals after winning at the Bernabeu.

“I am happy, but we must remain calm. We are happy with the result, with our performance, because we played a complete game tonight, but we are not in the semi-finals yet. The goal was to get an advantage, which we managed to do, but we know we will suffer there.

We will have to be smart at Stamford Bridge because Chelsea will give everything and we will still have to sacrifice. We could have had a more consistent result, but we lacked a bit of clarity at the end of the match. For me, Valverde was the best player of the evening” – Carlo Ancelotti.

Real Madrid – Chelsea 2-0, the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Champions League

Carlo Ancelotti’s team authoritatively controlled the match against “Chelsea”, and the Londoners were content to try their counter-attacking weapons.

Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 21st minute, sending the ball into an empty net, which was saved by the goalkeeper of Arrizabalaga.

The visitors dominated in the 59th minute after Chilwell was fouled by the last defender.

Asensio extended the lead in the 74th minute and Madrid started with their first chance to respond in more than a week.

The first match of the quarterfinals of the Champions League

Manchester City – Bayern Munich 3-0

Benfica Lisbon – Inter Milan 0-2

Real Madrid – Chelsea 2-0

Milan – Napoli 1-0.

The return matches will take place on April 18/19.