In the first leg of the Champions League 1/4, Real Madrid away to Chelsea, before this round of matches, Ancelotti's team defeated paris Saint-Germain, the big favourite in the Champions League this season, to advance to the quarter-finals, although the Champions League has cancelled away goals, but winning away will give Real Madrid a greater advantage. In the end, Real Madrid successfully defeated Chelsea at home with Benzema's hat-trick, winning this decisive game and paving the way for promotion. After winning this game, they can deal with the next game more calmly and give the pressure to the opponent.
In terms of starting lineup selection, both teams have sent the strongest squads of the current team, with Real Madrid sitting in the ceremonial midfield, Benzema in front of Vinicius and Valverde, while Chelsea are Kante and Zoginho in the double back, Pulisic, Havertz and Mount in the front. However, Tuchel's lineup did not achieve the desired effect, although Havertz has played the role of center for a long time this season, but the defense against Real Madrid in this game did not give enough pressure to the opponent, while on the Real Madrid side, Vinicius gave Christensen a lot of pressure, and Benzema also scored a hat trick.
If you just look at the data, you will find that Chelsea have a great advantage in terms of possession and number of shots on goal, with only 8 of the 20 shots on goal in this game. However, the number of shots on target between the two sides is the same, and Real Madrid converted 5 chances of shooting to 3 goals, which proves the point mentioned above, Havertz is indeed very good, but he has not put enough pressure on the Real Madrid backline in the front field, resulting in Pulisic, Mount or good, the space to play is very limited. The team's attack could not be opened, and there were very fatal mistakes in the back line, and Chelsea's loss in this game was not unexpected.
After this game, the play about Benzema was also quickly on the hot search, and the back-to-back hat trick made Benzema's talent on the offensive end valued by everyone. When C Ronaldo and Messi gradually fell silent, the new position was not the young players, but the increasingly old Benzema, and even Manchester United star Ferdinand directly said: "Half of Benzema's name should be engraved on the Ballon d'Or". Judging from the performance of this season, Benzema does have great hopes to compete for this season's Ballon d'Or, and the restructuring of the Ballon d'Or also has a great advantage over Benzema, provided that Real Madrid can win the championship, the league championship is a must, and if there is a Champions League, Benzema's Ballon d'Or has great hope.
Although Chelsea lost the first leg of the game, but still have the opportunity to continue to win in the second leg of the game, although it is very difficult, but Chelsea's play under pressure can be expected. However, there is a very key question, if Tuchel recognizes the lack of pressure given by Havretz in the front, should he give Lukaku more opportunities to pose enough threat to the Real Madrid backline, whether it is to complete the attack or open up space, maybe it is a good attempt. But is Lukaku's form and mentality really ready for such an important game, and maybe that's the crux of the matter.