Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti says his side are ready to face Chelsea in the quarter-final second leg as he set his sights on securing their place in the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Los Blancos will go into this fixture with a two-goal lead over the Blues after they claimed a 2-0 victory through goals from Karim Benzema and Marco Asensio at Santiago Bernabeu last week.

Real will come into this fixture off the back of a 2-0 victory over Cadiz in the La Liga while the Blues extended their losing streak after they went down to a 2-1 defeat against Brighton & Hove in the Premier League this past weekend.

Ancelotti says he has a selection headache ahead of the encounter on Tuesday as he is uncertain who will be featured in his starting line up.

“It’s hard to say I have to pick a starting eleven. One day I’ve got it and then the guys who don’t play as often have a great game and they change your plans a bit. This squad has so many resources and to think only about the starting eleven is a lack of respect to the guys who play less but do a brilliant job. Camavinga may well play at left-back again,” Ancelotti told his club’s official website.

“Playing football is all we’re concerned with. There are teams who are more used to playing in the evening and others who play more at night. The calendar demands you play at all hours of the day and we always have to be ready.

“We’re well aware of what we have to do at this club, which is win every game. We compete until the last with all of our strength. We could be lucky enough to be involved in another semi-final. We take it one step at a time. If we make it again this year, we’ll have done a good job. Making the semi-finals of the best competition in the world three times is very good.”

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