Watch : Chelsea Co-Owner Todd Boehly’s 3-0 prediction against Real Madrid go in vain!
After their terrible night in the Bernabeu, Frank Lampard assured his Chelsea players that “special things can happen at Stamford Bridge.”
Real Madrid defeated Chelsea 2-0 on Wednesday, with goals from Karim Benzema and Marco Asensio in Madrid. As a result, Lampard’s team will have a difficult task ahead of them when they welcome the holders to Stamford Bridge in six days.
Chelsea most likely needs to win the Champions League in order to advance to the tournament the following year. Despite spending more than £500 million on players since the beginning of the transfer window in the summer of last year, the Blues are having a difficult season as they now sit 11th in the Premier League.
Todd Boehly’s pre-game forecast was accurate for exactly 21 minutes. It took Real Madrid that long to destroy Chelsea’s defense, and Karim Benzema that long to feast on yet another English defense.
Owner of Chelsea Boehly, who brashly predicted his team will win 3-0, was forced to retract his statement and later expressed regret over the incident. Real Madrid doesn’t need any additional inspiration, and you can guarantee interim manager Frank Lampard would have cringed inwardly had his new boss promised to destroy the defending European champions.
Todd Boehly, owner of Chelsea, later expressed sorrow for his pregame prediction as the Blues suffered a lacklustre Champions League loss to Real Madrid.
The Blues left for Spain on Wednesday night with the intention of getting a win before the return match at Stamford Bridge the following week. However, they were defeated in the Santiago Bernabeu due to a number of recurring mistakes.
Karim Benzema scored the game’s opening goal in the first half by latching onto Vinicius Jr. After left-back Ben Chilwell had been sent off for a last-man challenge, Marco Asensio extended the lead from a distance.
