Belgians plot against Chelsea

A little over a decade, Belgium has been producing world class players. Talents such as Eden Hazard, Thibaut Courtois, Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku have all played for the Stamford Bridge club. Some with more success, some with less.

Lukaku, who is still celebrating the Serie A title he won with Inter Milan, has been in contact with his compatriots ahead of Champions League semi-final second leg that will be played at Stamford Bridge. Hazard and Courtois are set to feature in Madrid colours against the London Blues.

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After a 1-1 draw in the first leg, both sides feel confident and are a little over 90 minutes away from booking their spot in the final that will take place in Istanbul, Turkey.

Lukaku is openly showing no sympathy towards his former club. Ahead of the game, Lukaku stated Hazard 'knows what he wants to do' in order to defeat Chelsea.

Corpulent striker wants his Belgium team-mates to win as much silverware as possible before Euro 2020, which starts in June.

'I have spoke with Courtois and I will speak with Eden tomorrow.' Lukaku said.

'I know what Eden wants to do I hope that he will win the UCL and LaLiga and be 100 per cent ready for the Euros.'

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Also, Lukaku's wishes for his compatriots to end their club campaigns in high spirits and to translate that energy to the national team performance at the Euro 2020.

'Eden Hazard is a 100 per cent formidable player, he is a player different from the rest.

'We will need him at the Euros – I hope as many Belgian players as possible will win trophies this season because you are taking some experience and you become a killer by earning titles.'

Lukaku's experience at Stamford Bridge is not as glorious as Eden's or Thibaut's. Congolese descent forward struggled to become a regular first-team player at Stamford Bridge despite being employed by the Blues for four years.

Hazard and Courtois both enjoyed trophies during their seven-year spells at the Bridge, with as much as 506 appearances between them before both signed for Real Madrid - Courtois in 2018 and Hazard in 2019.

Hazard is still adored at the Bridge. And probably forever will be - he scored 110 goals and provided 92 assists in 352 matches for the club.

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On the other hand, Courtois' signing for Los Blancos left somewhat of a strange feeling of minor betrayal, supporters state.

With the duo now committed to Real, Lukaku hopes they can qualify for the finals by beating Thomas Tuchel's squad.

Since completing a move worth 22.2 billion KSH two summers ago, Hazard has struggled with numerous injuries after joining the club in 2019, where he has made just 39 appearances.

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With Hazard returning to the first-team setup, Real received more good news after it was announced that Sergio Ramos and Ferland Mendy had also recovered from their injuries.

Even though Ramos is back in the rotation, his fellow centre back Raphael Varane ruled out of the trip to London due to a a thigh injury.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Semi-final - Second Leg

Tuesday

Manchester City - PSG (First leg 2-1)

Wednesday

Chelsea - Real Madrid (First leg 1-1)