Real Madrid beat Chelsea for the first time
Real Madrid broke the double spell of defeating Chelsea and Tuchel, and Ancelotti, who returned to Stamford Bridge after recovering from illness, adjusted his tactics and used people to reap the rewards in a timely manner, out of the shadow of the fiasco of Barcelona, and locked in the top 4 in 1 game. Benzema copied the miracle of Ronaldo Ronaldo wearing a hat in the knockout rounds, and also slashed the two finals of Paris and Chelsea, and another top goalkeeper became a victim.
An Shuai miao strategy to cover the door, Real Madrid to find the balance to break the spell
Average position map, close to parallel midfield
Real Madrid had stumbled in the previous two games, and after the fiasco against Barca, they won a small victory over Celta last weekend by taking three consecutive penalties (the last goal was highly controversial), but away to London, An Shuai welcomed back Benzer Mamendi, who was absent during the Century War, and the overall standard improved significantly, and Mendy did not lose the wind against Chelsea's most talented attacking midfielder, Mount. At the same time, An Shuai firmly used Valverde to play the right winger, the formation is close to the parallel four midfield, the advantages are three, one is that the midfield running coverage and confrontation ability have been greatly improved, the second is that its speed advantage is more obvious than Thatensio Rodrigo when counterattacking, and he basically does not control the ball, the ball is fast and accustomed to no ball interspersed, the counterattack will not drag mud and water to slow down the rhythm, the most important point is that the Uruguayan has a positive attitude of defense, which relieves the two veterans of Modric Carvajal of a lot of burdens.
Chelsea's defence was too wide
Valverde played mediocre in the war of the century, but there was no doubt about the use of people, and it became the winner of this battle, because Real Madrid did not have a full-time right winger, which made the Blues 3 centre-backs lose their targets and were a little confused, the defense line was too wide, and the ribs had a huge space for operation when counterattacking. Venicius' first shot from the lintel, Benzema's second goal, all of which was directly instigated by the pseudo-winger, ran up and down, and also covered for the under-run ceremonial three midfielders, successfully liberating the magic flute in the first half, who repeatedly tore through the Blues' defense with clever passes, and Benzema rushed to push the empty goal, Valverde also rushed forward from his own penalty area to Form a diversion behind Rudiger, which other teammates could not do.
There is a huge amount of space when counterattacking
Carvajal is now the weakest link in Real Madrid's starting lineup, and the coach instructed him to be cautious in his forward insertion, and although Havertz's goal still has the problem of his retraction not being fast enough, it has not become a fatal weakness. In the second half, The coach withdrew the injured Militang in time, and after 70 minutes, Camaringa was sent to continue to supplement the midfield to maintain coverage and interception intensity, and in the second half of the Chelsea siege, although the siege of Chelsea was huge, there was no other opportunity to score except for Romelu Lukaku's head-throwing in front of goal. The first release was highly targeted, the substitution adjustment was in place in time, and the reputation fell to a low point after losing to Barca, and the manager whose reputation fell to a low point after losing barca was able to win back a city, helping the team to win the first victory over Chelsea in the history of the Champions League (2 draws and 3 defeats), and also the first time that Tuchel lost to Real Madrid (2 wins and 4 draws).
Mendy is not small
Benzema dressed as C Ronaldo in the knockout match and wore a hat, and the two generations of door gods became victims
Benzema will be a Golden Globe favourite
If there is Benzema in the battle of the century, will Real Madrid still play a 0-4 score? There is no answer, but judging from the last two Champions League knockout matches, Benzema is almost equal to half of the offensive line, which should not be doubted. In the last round, he used 17 minutes to wear a hat to reverse the elimination of Paris, and the current head king in La Liga at the Blue Bridge (33 goals, Negredo 32, C Ronaldo 18 goals in La Liga in 4 seasons) continued to soar in the sky, the Champions League 4 times hatted 4th in history (C Romesi 8, Levan 5), the two head hammers made the top three centre-backs of the Premier League Thiago Silva can only sigh the years are not spared, Ferdinand sighed: "In my eyes he is the world's strongest No. 9. ”
Soar over the Blue Bridge
In the second half, Benzema opened the goalkeeper Starlight Ring, making Mendy Rudiger lose his ugliness, even leaving aside the two giants of Karius and Ulreich, E-Mendy has followed in the footsteps of Donaldoma, the MVP of the European Championship, becoming another top goalkeeper who was snatched by him and directly scored. Scoring three goals in two consecutive Champions League knockout matches, the second in the history of Ronaldo in 2017, and only four in the group stage (2014 Luis Adriano, 2016 Messi), three consecutive goal goals in the defending championship, is the third time in the history of the Champions League (2005 Adriano v Porto, 2010 Bale v International), the season 37 goals is also the fifth in the history of the team after Di Stefano, Puskas, Ugo Sanchez (twice) and C Ronaldo (8 times).
E-Mendy is another victim of Zema
The old general God pounced on the blue bridge dumbfounded, and Real Madrid locked in the top 4 in 1 game
Break the double spell
If Real Madrid finally linked Paris Chelsea, another great hero should be Courtois, if it were not for his repeated poke of Mbappe's single-handed shot, the La Liga champions could not pass the Paris pass, the first time in this round to face the booing of the old home fans (last season's away empty field), the play is still stable, 4 saves a key, blocking Azpilicueta's long-range shot into the dead corner is no less than a goal. Carvajal and Militão, who played abnormally in the War of the Century, also looked new, ranking in the top 2 of the game with 5 and 3 releases, Mendy won 6 times in 7 air confrontations, and Real Madrid maintained the 2-goal advantage until the end with the unity of will, and almost locked the semi-final ticket in 1 game.
Real Madrid withstood Chelsea's onslaught in the second half
Kurtoise pounced
Historical data, Real Madrid should not be a problem, 5 Champions League knockout matches in the first game of away scoring 3 goals, domestic and foreign types of two-legged cup first game net win away net 2 goals +, each time promoted. However, due to the cancellation of the away scoring rules this season, Real Madrid still have to be careful of the opponent's desperate counterattack, 4 years ago in the same round Real Madrid had a 3-goal away lead over Juve, and returned home to be equalized by Allegri's team with 3 goals in a row, relying on the controversial penalty side to cross the border. The upside is that the Real Madrid mains are in better form than last season, while Chelsea's midfield is far less solid than last year (the defensive has made mistakes in the past round, losing 4-1 at home to Brentford in the last round of the Premier League, losing 11 goals in the last 8 games), and the second leg is just next week, Tuchel, who has almost no room for maneuver, has shown weakness first, "At the moment I don't know how to get the team back in shape." ”
An Shuai defeats the old lord