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Chelsea will face Real Madrid in the quarter-final of the UEFA Champions League next month. The Blues and Los Blancos are set go head-to-head for the second time is as many seasons after the former beat the latter in the semi-finals last term.

The reigning European champions, Chelsea, have Real Madrid in their way of a semi-final spot as they look to retain their title. If they do reach the last four, then the Blues will take on the winner of Atletico Madrid and Manchester City.

Los Blancos are comfortably top of the La Liga table, with 10 points separating them and second-placed Sevilla after 28 matches of the season. However, there is one big "weakness" in the Real Madrid side.

Speaking last month, after Real beat Alaves 3-0, with all three goals coming in the second-half, manager Carlo Ancelotti urged his side to start showing up in the opening period of games. The Italian coach said: "We've spoken about it: the fact that it is hard for us to go into games with the necessary intensity. It is a weakness we've had and let's hope we can fix it."

As mentioned above, the quarter-final will see two of last season's semi-finalists meet once again. In the first-leg back in April 2021, that took place in