In the most adverse scenario, at home to the European and Club World Cup champions, Real Madrid got a magnificent victory. This time in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals; against a Chelsea team that was very confident of being able to take a win in this match.
A victory for the team that is the king of the Champions League, of unquestionable prestige and that bears the signature of the French striker, Karim Benzema. Precise, incisive, and undetectable; these are some of the many qualities that we can attribute to the author of another consecutive hat-trick. Now after the miracle against PSG. But, Benzema was accompanied by an extraordinary team, with resources in all its lines; from the wing with Vinicius to the always miraculous glove of Courtois. Chelsea fell with honor, playing as they know how to do and finishing almost twenty times; with Havertz as the best footballer, but the impression was the opposite of last year.
First Half
Ancelotti’s plan was highly favored by the choice of Tuchel from the start of the game; with Christensen at right central, James released, and Azpilicueta in the left wing. From this, the Brazilian Vinicius mainly benefited, who played as he wanted on the side that closed the future central defender of FC Barcelona. Although the first warning was a long ball from Kanté that left Havertz hand in hand with Alaba; which was well covered by the Austrian, Real Madrid was a hammer from the start of the match.
Benzema activated his team with several important plays in attack and, as always, collaborating in defense. First, he combined Vinicius with a phenomenal wall, where the Brazilian went as a winger, launched across the back and Karim Benzema’s powerful header exploded like thunder in Chelsea’s net.
Chelsea was badly hurt with this goal by Benzema and they were lying on the canvas; something that Real Madrid took advantage of after a loss of the ball by Chelsea, which Modric picked up. Then he launched another cross into the area, and Benzema, backward and accommodating the head, scored the 2-0 header in just 3 minutes.
With doubts, Chelsea began to appear in the Madrid area; favored by some inaccuracy in the pass of the Real Madrid center-backs and by Havertz’s ability to find space. At minute 40, with a cross into the area, Havertz was able to score the 1-2 that gave Chelsea life before the end of the first half.
Second Half
The following minutes were dead and the game came to rest with a good taste in the mouth. Chelsea was getting into the game and Real Madrid with the mission of scoring 1 more goal and ensuring a good advantage for the game in Santiago Bernabeu.
The lost fortune of Benzema, who failed to score 3-1 on a last play in the first half, returned one minute into the second half, when Benzema reappeared with very high pressure against Chelsea’s goalkeeper Mendy, causing he could not make a good pass to Rudiger and took the opportunity to score 3-1 with no one in goal.
After this goal, Real Madrid began to close their lines a bit, causing Chelsea to fall into notorious despair since they were being crushed at home by a Real Madrid team that had already lost to them last season.
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