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Chelsea v Real Madrid LIVE commentary and team news: Blues face crucial Champions League clash as Man City await in the final

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Chelsea take on Real Madrid tonight looking to book a meeting with Manchester City in the Champions League final.

City saw off Paris Saint-Germain last night to secure their place in the showpiece match in Istanbul on May 29.

Chelsea have that crucial away goal thanks to Christian Pulisic
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Now Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea will be out to join them as they host La Liga giants Real in their semi-final second-leg.

The Blues hold a slight advantage having drawn 1-1 in Spain last week.

Christian Pulisic gave them an away goal but Karim Benzema levelled to keep the tie finely poised.

Chelsea v Real Madrid: How to listen

This match will get under way at 8pm on Wednesday, May 5.

Full coverage from Stamford Bridge will be live on talkSPORT, with our pre-match build-up starting at 7pm.

Mark Saggers will be your host and commentary will come from Jim Proudfoot and Ally McCoist.

To tune in, click the radio player below or HERE for the live stream.

Here are the other ways to listen…

App iPhone – Download from the Apple store

Android – Download from Google Play

Radio – talkSPORT is available across the United Kingdom via DAB digital radio and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

TV – Listen to talkSPORT through your TV on the following channels: Sky: Channel 0108 Virgin Media: Channel 927 Freeview: Channel 723 Freesat: Channel 731

Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos is fit to face Chelsea
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Chelsea v Real Madrid: Confirmed team news

Some big news as Timo Werner starts over Christian Pulisic for Chelsea, while Eden Hazard and Sergio Ramos are in the starting XI for Real Madrid.

Chelsea: Mendy, Christensen, Thiago Silva, Rudiger, Azpilicueta, Jorginho, Kante, Chilwell, Mount, Werner, Havertz

Subs: Kepa, Caballero; Alonso, Zouma, James, Emerson, Gilmour, Ziyech, Hudson-Odoi, Pulisic, Abraham, Giroud

Real Madrid: Courtois, Mendy, Sergio Ramos, Militao, Nacho, Casemiro, Kroos, Modric, Hazard, Benzema, Vinicius.

Subs: Asensio, Marcelo, Lunin, Valverde, Odriozola, Isco, Mariano, Rodrygo, Altube, Arribas, Blanco, Gutierrez.

Thomas Tuchel is looking to guide Chelsea into the Champions League final
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Chelsea v Real Madrid: What has been said?

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel: “The challenge is to forget the first result and start at 0-0.

“We will clearly prepare to win the match, nothing else. We have no other way to prepare matches. I only know to encourage my team to go out and try and win it.

“If we are at our best, it’s a no-brainer we go for a win. We want to win games. This club is about winning, this game is about winning, this competition is about winning.

“So forget the first result, it’s not as important as people out there think. There is zero importance for preparation for the next match. It changes nothing how we start the match tomorrow, what we do in training, and zero influence in the talk we give to our players.

“We will encourage them, we will demand from them, and we will be strong at 8 o’clock as a group, as one club, with one big goal.

“This will only happen if we bring our best level to the pitch, and our best level is when we fight to win.”

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