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Real Madrid coach Ancelotti: Chelsea won't give up; in truth we depend on Benzema

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti insists their Champions League quarterfinal with Chelsea isn't over.

Real host the second-leg tomorrow night leading the aggregate score 3-1.

Ancelotti said: "Everyone knows that it will be a difficult game. It is the Champions League quarter-finals and it is always difficult, whatever happens.

"We must play a complete game, know how to suffer, fight, compete... We have to think about planning the same game as in the first leg, bearing in mind that we expect a rival who will do their best to try to win the tie."

Ancelotti also admitted they'd struggle without Karim Benzema, who struck a hat-trick in the first-leg.

The Italian said: "This season there are two strikers who have stood out a lot, Vinicius and Benzema. In the past we had Cristiano and Bale. To say that we depend on Benzema is the truth, there is no need to hide it. I am very happy to depend on Benzema."

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