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Chelsea face Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tonight with the Blues looking to bounce back immediately from a humbling 4-1 defeat to local rivals Brentford.

Thomas Tuchel has done a brilliant job keeping his team focused while situations away from the pitch continue dominate the headlines. Roman Abramovich's attempts to sell the club are currently ongoing but appear close to a conclusion by the end of the month with a new owner.

Chelsea have made it to the final of the Carabao Cup and the semi-finals of the FA Cup despite the on-going off-field drama. Although it remains to be seen whether Saturday's display was a mere blip or something more worrying.

The sanctions brought against Abramovich by the UK government continue to cause the club the biggest headache. As the Russian's assets were frozen, Chelsea were unable to trade normally meaning they were initially unable to sell tickets or negotiate transfers and contracts, although the former restrictions have since been relaxed.

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