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Chelsea face an existential battle to stay in the Champions League on Tuesday night, having sputtered and stalled in the first leg at Stamford Bridge. While Thomas Tuchel has been a cup maestro since joining the West London club, winning every knockout game excluding finals since his arrival, even this set of circumstances seems a step too far for the German.

A Karim Benzema hat-trick was the real difference between the two sides, though Kai Havertz ’s strike has breathed some life into the Blues going into the second leg. However, the 3-1 scoreline makes for a difficult route back at the Bernabeu.

Tuchel even admitted himself before the game that he needs a “fantastic script” to edge past the Spanish side: “We need nothing else than a fantastic script if we want to be able to overcome this. The task is incredibly high and the challenge is incredibly high given the circumstances of the first leg and where we play, against who we play, and the stage we play this kind of match.

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