Former defender and expert Jamie Carragher has claimed that Chelsea are a better team than Real Madrid before the Champions League final on Saturday. The Whites face Liverpool as the two teams look to face off for the European crown in Paris.
They will be fighting for the Blues’ title, having won the competition last year with a win over Manchester City in Thomas Tuchel’s debut season with the club. The road has been tough ever since, with a Premier League campaign ending in a flat third place.
The national cups saw a fantastic journey, but both lost on penalties against Liverpool cruelly. In defending the Champions League title, Real Madrid ended their hopes with a victory in overtime.
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“We are very disappointed and very proud at the same time, we played a fantastic game,” Tuchel said after the defeat to the league champions. “It simply came to our notice then. We were beaten by purely individual quality and conversion. “
It means the season is over for the Blues, while their two rivals face off in the final. Despite this, the former Liverpool defender Carragher believes that Chelsea is really a better team than Real Madrid.
Speaking to The Overlap, he said: “Real Madrid are a very good team, but they are not as good as Man City and I don’t think they are as good as Chelsea, although they have beaten them both. spin it in both directions with the spirit, the victory, the return, but they have brought a lot of luck in these games, which you need.
“If you win every game at the last minute from behind, if you’re such a good team, you won’t be in that position all the time. Man City should have mistreated them, they should have won [their semi-final first leg ] 6-2 at home, and then they lost 3-0 at home to Chelsea. “
He may be showing the level he has been at for the last few years with Tuchel, but he will make some big changes this summer as the coach prepares to rebuild his team.
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