Sovereign at home in the first leg, Real Madrid won by 2 goals against Chelsea. Benzema and Asensio allowed Madrid to advance a little more in the last four. Tuesday, April 18, Carlo Ancelotti’s men will have to finish the job to advance to the semi-finals.
In the quarter-final second leg of the Champions League, Chelsea hope to turn the tide at Stamford Bridge. A complicated challenge for the Blues, winners of the Champions League in 2021, who will face Real Madrid whose main objective is the C1 and who were able to rotate during this weekend, during the victory in Cadiz (2-0), sparing Vinicius and Toni Kroos.
Benzema can reach 150 Champions League games
Chelsea will once again have to be wary of Karim Benzema. If he plays, the former Lyonnais will become the fifth player to reach 150 Champions League games. Only Ronaldo, Iker Casillas, Messi and Xavi Hernández have succeeded.
The captain of the White House and Ballon d’Or 2022 was silent during the group stage. As often, the center-forward finds the way to the nets in decisive matches. During the last European campaign, Benzema scored a hat-trick in the quarter-final first leg at Stamford Bridge (3-1) and again scored the decisive goal in the return, in extra time (3-2), to lift Real to the last square. In total, the one who has already postponed five Champions Leagues has six goals in five matches against the Blues over the past three seasons.
” The door is always open »Lampard estimated after the first leg. “ If you don’t think you have a pass percentage, it’s useless. We know what Real are worth in decisive matches, but it will be in a different stadium, where we want to show different things, and reverse the trend.”he had assured.
His team had been completely overwhelmed in Madrid, despite a first chance for Joao Felix on the counter-attack in the second minute, and a recovery from Raheem Sterling miraculously saved by Thibaut Courtois (23rd). The Londoners, who lost in the Premier League to Brighton last Saturday, then went into their camp.