Real Madrid vs. Chelsea: Live stream, TV channel, odds, pick, time, starting lineups.

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In a last-ditch effort to advance to the Champions League semifinals, Chelsea will face the most difficult of challenges.

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They need to overcome a two-goal deficit against the defending champions...

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...Real Madrid because they are an incredibly out-of-form team that is consumed by crisis off the field.

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If the first leg last week is any indication, Frank Lampard's team has no chance.

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They appeared to be the mid-table Premier League team that is utterly outclassed by a powerful European force.

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The Blues know how quickly Champions League games involving Real Madrid can turn. That tends to favor the 14-time champions,

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but perhaps someone will do to Los Merengues what they have done to so many other teams in recent years and claim a victory that seems beyond them.

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