Chelsea are set to face Real Madrid in the Champions League semi finals, after the two teams used their first leg leads to navigate through their second leg games this week.
Madrid were quite severely depleted, with Sergio Ramos, Eden Hazard, Dani Carvajal, Rafael Varane and Lucas Vazquez among those out hurt.
Unfortunately for Chelsea, some of those key figures will be back for the second leg. CaughtOffside claim that at least Hazard, Carvajal and Varane will be back, citing El Chiringuito on Spanish TV last night.
"HAZARD, CARVAJAL y VARANE estarán en SEMIFINALES de la #UCL"
Lo cuenta @JLSanchez78 en #ChiringuitoInside
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🟣TWITCH: https://t.co/D7dqcx1x2q pic.twitter.com/HMTWKz1x67— El Chiringuito TV (@elchiringuitotv) April 14, 2021
It will secretly be a bit of a thrill to see Hazard back, so we’re happy about that. We’re much more concerned about Carvajal and Varane, whose returns will add a lot of quality to Los Blancos’ back line.
Fede Valverde returned last night, and Ramos could also be back by the last week of this month. It’s going to be a very strong team that we eventually face.
We are more than happy to hear the returns of injured players to Real Madrid squad.