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Hello and welcome to Eurosport's live digital coverage of Chelsea vs Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg! This could be tense with the score locked at 1-1 after a cagey first leg. Kick-off is at 8pm UK time with team news coming right up!

Champions League / Semi-final
Stamford Bridge / 05.05.2021
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Aggregate score 3-1
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Ibrahim Mustapha

Updated 05/05/2021 at 20:53 GMT


19:56
Chelsea have made their way out of the Stamford Bridge tunnel, Real Madrid have come in from an alternative tunnel... either way, kick-off is just moments away!
19:55
Chelsea boss Tuchel told BT Sport pre-match: “I don’t think that we need a miracle or any crazy stuff, but we need our best level of performance."
19:53
Sergio Ramos is back, everyone. The Real Madrid club captain and all-round mentality monster is set to play his ninth Champions League semi-final tie after recovering from injury. This will be only Ramos' third game since January. Is the 35-year-old really fit enough? That we will find out.
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19:51
"He's a top guy," Thomas Tuchel told reporters when speaking about N'Golo Kante. "He's the guy you need to win trophies ... that's why we're are so happy he's here and he's at our club. It's a pleasure to watch what he's doing with the mentality of a real helper... he'll always give everything to help out on the pitch - it's a fantastic combination."
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19:45
"It's a very good moment for him and I'm certain he'll help us a lot. He'll be able to show us his skill and quality," said Zinedine Zidane about Eden Hazard, whose two seasons at Real have been stunted by a series of long-term injuries. Midfielder Toni Kroos added: "We all know what Eden can give us. He is much better and getting close to his true level. He can help us a lot in a game like this. I don't know how sharp he'll be because he has played so little, but he's always dangerous."
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19:39
Both sets of players have begun their warm-ups on a wet evening in London. Here's Thibaut Courtois going through some drills before he faces off against his former club. We should be in for a cracker tonight.
19:35
"We've had a lot of difficulties but you have to take your hat off to this team," Zinedine Zidane told a virtual news conference ahead of tonight's decider at Stamford Bridge. "More than anything else, this team has character. And when the going gets tough they always dig in. In my eyes, they are the best. We are exactly where we want to be and it's fully deserved."
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19:30
N'Golo Kante was misused and misunderstood by Frank Lampard and Maurizio Sarri, but Thomas Tuchel has restored the Frenchman as a central figure for Chelsea. He will be key for the Blues tonight 👇
19:23
"The main lesson is that we can trust ourselves and we have the right to be in the semi-final," Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel told the pre-match news conference. "We deserve to be there. It's the second leg, the decisive one, so to arrive with a certain level of belief and self-confidence is absolutely necessary. Otherwise we have no chance against a team like Real Madrid."
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19:18
Here's a reminder of Christian Pulisic's potentially vital away goal at the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium last week.
19:15
Eden Hazard has suffered multiple injuries since making the €100m switch to the Spanish capital two years ago, but he is looking more like his old self just in time for Real Madrid's trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final tie on Wednesday evening 👇
19:11
Chelsea supporters have come out in force outside Stamford Bridge to back their team ahead of what is a huge night in their history. Thomas Tuchel's side are aiming to reach the Champions League final for the first time since that famous night in Munich back in 2012.
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19:07
For Chelsea, their goalscorer from the first leg Christian Pulisic has been dropped with Kai Havertz coming into their XI. Of course, both sides will have the benefit of being able to use five subs should they need to.
19:02
The big team news coming out of Real Madrid is Sergio Ramos and Eden Hazard both start this evening. Real's captain Ramos has returned from a muscular injury to be fit for this one while Hazard starts only his second game since January.
19:00
Chelsea XI: Mendy, Christensen, Silva, Rudiger, Azpilicueta, Kante, Jorginho, Chilwell, Mount, Havertz, Werner.
Subs: Kepa, Emerson, Alonso, Abraham, Caballero, Gilmour, Zouma, Giroud, Hudson-Odoi, James, Ziyech, Pulisic.
Real Madrid XI: Courtois, Nacho, Militao, Ramos, Mendy, Kroos, Modric, Casemiro, Hazard, Vinicius Junior, Benzema.
Subs: Mariano, Sergio Arribas, Isco, Altube, Blanco, Lunin, Odriozola, Asensio, Miguel, Rodrygo, Marcelo, Valverde.