“Creamy” won a comfortable victory at Stamford Bridge.
On Wednesday, April 6, Chelsea at Stamford Bridge hosted Real Madrid in the first leg of the 1/4 finals of the Champions League.
Thomas Tuchel’s wards started the meeting with confidence and had more control over the ball, but it didn’t bring them any results. Real Madrid didn’t really rush, but if possible they quickly counterattacked.
So, in the 10th minute, the counterattack almost ended with a goal – Benzema gave a stunning pass to Vinicius with his heel and he hit the goal, but the ball hit the crossbar.
But in the 21st minute, luck was not on the home team’s side. Benzema allowed Vinicius to rush to the left, and he moved to the penalty area, where he closed off Junior’s cross with his head and scored – 0: 1.
Chelsea had no time to get away with the first ball, as Benzema scored a double three minutes later. This time it was Modic who took the chic diagonal canopy to the right, and Karim again sent the ball into the net with a header – 0: 2.
Then the Real in guts began to actively act in the area of the opponent’s penalty and create dangerous opportunities. In the 33rd minute, the score was almost completely devastating, but Edouard Mendy was still able to hold off Carvajal’s punch, and Christensen secured it.
And then Chelsea unexpectedly played a ball. Jorginho from the right side filed for Havertz, who ran into the penalty area, and Kai sent the ball into the net with his head – 1: 2.
The tension grew until the break – Tuchel’s wards often erred on defense, and Benzema’s reactiveness continued to create danger, but the score before the whistle didn’t change. But it happened right away at the start of the second half.
In the 46th minute of the meeting, Real Madrid scored, and Benzema did it again. True, the opponent’s goalkeeper significantly helped in this situation. Edouard decided to get out of the gate and even left the goalkeeper’s area to pick up the ball.
He received the ball, just under pressure Karima made a mistake, played with his feet and passed it to Rudiger. Benzema blocked the ball and sent it a long -range shot into an empty net – 1: 3.
Until the middle of the half, Chelsea were unable to create at least one thing really useful, and Tuchel decided to free Lukaku on the field. It really revived the Londoners game. In just a few minutes, Romelu was close to the goal, but the ball was still a bit cut.
Moments later, Lukaku crossed from the left, but after his header, the ball flew a few centimeters from the far post. Connected and Mount to James, but their blows are sent to “milk”.
In the last ten minutes of the meeting, Chelsea created perhaps their most dangerous moments. So, James made a chic punch, but Courtoi reacted to it and was able to fend off the punch from a long distance.
And at stoppage time, Ziyech sent the ball a few centimeters above the crossbar with a roundhouse kick. The final whistle signaled a 3-1 victory for Real Madrid.
The teams will play in the second leg on Tuesday, April 12, in Madrid, and in this match the Royal Club will feel extremely confident.
Chelsea – real Madrid – 1: 3
the objectives: Havertz, 33 – Benzema, 21, 24, 46.
Chelsea: Mendy – Christensen (Kovacic, 46), Thiago Silva, Rudiger – James, Kante (Ziyech, 46), Jorginho (Loftus -Cheek, 64), Mount, Azpilicueta – Havertz, Pulisic (Lukaku, 64).
true: Courtois – Carvajal, Militao (Nacho, 64), Alaba, F. Mendy – Modric, Casemiro, Kroos (Camavinga, 74) – Valverde (Ceballos, 86), Benzema (Bale, 86), Vinicius Junior.
Warnings: Rüdiger (19) – Militao (14).
Source: korrespondent
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