Celebrating the greatness of Benzema again
On April 11-12, the first quarter-final matches of the Champions League-2022/2023. It is noteworthy that in none of the four fights both teams managed to distinguish themselves. Manchester city “dry” defeated Bavaria, Real – won against ChelseaMilan – Napoli, Inter – Benfica. We collected the main facts about the first matches of the 1/4 finals of the Champions League.
Two the match of four after his appointment was lost by the head coach of Bayern Thomas Tuchel. Munich lost to Freiburg in the German Cup and Manchester City in the Champions League. Bayern won with Tuchel against the same Freiburg and Borussia Dortmund, but in the German championship.
See also: Real Madrid – Chelsea. Video review of the match for April 12
Second over the past five and a half years, Bayern suffered a major defeat in the Champions League, losing to Manchester City (0:3). The last time Bayern lost big in the Champions League in September 2017, receiving three “dry” goals from PSG.
Up to four matches, losing to Real Madrid – 0:2, extended his series without goals scored by Chelsea. The last time the Blues had such a streak was in 1993. Now Chelsea, in addition to losing to Real Madrid, lost twice in the Premier League (Aston Villa – 0:2 and Wolverhampton – 0:1), drawing with Liverpool (0:0).
Up to five matches, after defeating Napoli (1:0), extended his dry streak in the Champions League Milan. The Rossoneri won four matches in this segment, ending one match in a draw. The total score of five matches is 10:0.
Ninth victory in the last nine games played, having defeated Bayern, Manchester City won. The goal difference is 34:7. In total, Guardiola’s unbeaten streak includes 13 matches in all competitions.
Ninth goal Real Madrid midfielder Marco Asensio scored after coming on as a substitute in the Champions League match against Chelsea. The Spaniard is the tournament record holder for this indicator. Seven goals each after leaving the bench in the assets of Benzema, Muller and Solskjaer.
11th goal in the current Champions League, hitting the gates of Bayern, scored striker Manchester City Erling Haaland. The Norwegian striker is the best scorer of the current tournament. Salah, who is in second place, has eight goals. In total, Haaland has 45 goals in 39 matches for Manchester City this season, a record for a player in the Premier League.
31 matches Real Madrid’s home scoring streak continues in the Champions League. The last time Creamy left the field without scoring goals was in the Champions League match in 2011 in a game with Barcelona.
35th Carlo Ancelotti won the victory at the head of Real Madrid in the Champions League. More than an Italian specialist, no coach has won the Champions League with Real Madrid.
90th goal in the Champions League, having distinguished himself in the match with Chelsea, Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema scored. Only three players have scored more than the French forward in the most prestigious club tournament: Ronaldo (140), Messi (129) and Lewandowski (91).
Source: Sportarena
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