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Chelsea boss Tuchel reveals plan to frustrate Ramos and for Rudiger to face Real Madrid in a mask

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel will look to frustrate Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos during the second leg of their Champions League semi-final by giving him no-one to "fight" with.

The crunch continental clash is locked at 1-1 on aggregate heading back to Stamford Bridge.

World Cup winner Ramos is set to return to action in that contest, with Tuchel mulling over how best to approach that challenge after regularly favouring a system that incorporates a false nine over recent weeks.

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What has been said?

Tuchel told Chelsea's official website, with Kai Havertz often being asked to lead the line of late: "If we play with no striker at all and Ramos has nothing to fight then that can also be a solution.