Champions League: Real Madrid trembled against Chelsea but joined the last four

Published on: 04/12/2022 – 23:33 Beaten 3 to 1 at home in the first leg, Chelsea have long believed in overthrowing Real Madrid on Tuesday at Santiago-Bernabéu. But the people of Madrid woke up at the end of the match to avoid elimination and then qualify in extra time (2-3). “We don’t play with the king,” warned Real Madrid supporters in a pre-match tifo. Chelsea, however, had fun for a long time with the Madrilenians largely dominating them before Rodrygo then Benzema allowed the Madrilenians to qualify on Tuesday April 12 for the last four of the Champions League. Despite the advantage gained in the first leg, the Whites threw themselves into the attack on Chelsea’s cage. Karim Benzema plants a first banderilla on a free kick obtained by Vinicius (10th) but the reaction of Chelsea is not long in coming: Valverde loses a ball in his half of the field and it takes a saving tackle from Alaba to prevent Werner from making fly (12th). Rüdiger’s header goes over on the corner (13th). Real has no ideasMount finds the fault on the next action. Launched in depth by an involuntary deflection from Werner, English attacking midfielder sends a right-footed shot into the top corner of Thibaut Courtois (15th, 0-1). Doubt settles in Madrid’s minds as Chelsea continues long sequences of possession forcing Real to chase the ball. On the rare attacks, Benzema’s teammates are powerless, like this strike from Casemiro which flies wide (30th). The supporters, so confident at the start of the match, are losing patience and are already whistling their players. Going through the locker room doesn’t help. Kai Havertz tries to overflow from the right but, blocked by Casemiro, he transmits low to the ground for Timo Werner. The German’s strike is too crushed (48th). And, on a corner, the inevitable happens. Antonio Rüdiger sends his cross recovery in the small filer of the Madrid goal (51st, 0-2). A goal which has the merit of waking up Real Madrid. Tony Kroo sounds the revolt on a free kick and Édouard Mendy is forced to relax to parry (54th). Against, Chelsea responds with Havertz who shoots wide (57th). The sinking and the reactionAlonso and Chelsea believe they have their third goal when the Spaniard from the Blues sends a powerful shot into the top corner of Courtois. But the VAR comes to shower the English enthusiasm by signaling a hand at the start of the action (64th). In the aftermath, Benzema finds the crossbar on a cross from Ferland Mendy (66th). The third goal ultimately comes from an individual feat. Locked in on the left in the Real Madrid area, Timo Werner hooked to avoid Casemiro’s tackle, dodged Alaba and scored with a strong right, despite Courtois’ arm counter (75th, 0-3). Instead of Casemiro, Rodrygo relaunched the match by equalizing for Real Madrid on aggregate (4-4 at this stage). The Brazilian managed a perfect volley to shake the nets, thanks to a bright opening from Luka Modric (80th). Despite Pulisic’s attempts (90th + 2, 90th + 5), the two teams must play an extension to decide. As the minutes went by, Camavinga’s pressing bore fruit. he finds Vinicius Jr on the left. The Brazilian cuts towards the surface, his cross from outside the right is cut off by Karim Benzema’s head from the penalty spot (96th, 2-3). you. The players break the rhythm by gaining time on each stoppage of play. A strategy that allows them to hold on despite the Blues’ shots in the last minutes.