In the middle of this week, the second leg of the 2021-22 Champions League quarter-finals will be staged. Real Madrid vs Chelsea, Bayern vs Villarreal, Liverpool vs Benfica, Atletico Madrid vs Manchester City.
The only thing that is not suspenseful may be that Liverpool played Benfica at home, and in the first leg, Liverpool beat Benfica 3:1 away, and the scene was crushing.
The most suspenseful is undoubtedly Atletico Madrid vs Manchester City, followed by Bayern vs Villarreal. Manchester City beat Atletico 1-0 at home in the first leg, and went away in the second leg, full of variables. Bayern lost 0:1 away to Villarreal in the first leg, which is not a small cold, Bayern have the strength to return to the home court to turn over the promotion, but can not underestimate the strength of Emery's team, 1/8 final second leg in the away 3-0 defeat of Vlahovic-led Juve, who can expect it?
The first leg was lost 3-1 at home to Real Madrid, for Chelsea, a bit more lost, Tuchel's team has the ability to go to the Bernabeu to beat Real Madrid, but it is difficult to win by 2 or more goals. After all, not every team is Xavi's Barcelona, not to mention the absence of Real Madrid's top scorer Benzema at the time, otherwise Barca could not have beaten Real Madrid 4-0 at the Bernabeu.
Real Madrid vs Chelsea
Nature of the competition: Second leg of the 2021-22 Champions League quarterfinals
Competition time: In the early morning of April 13, Beijing time
In the 2020-21 season, Zidane's Real Madrid and Tuchel's Chelsea met in the champions league semi-finals. Real Madrid eliminated Atalanta and Liverpool. Chelsea eliminated Atletico madrid and Porto. The two companies can reach the semi-finals, which is already regarded as "exceeding the task", direct dialogue, it is difficult to say who is strong and who is weak. In the first leg at the Bernabeu, Pulisic opened the scoring and Karim Benzema equalised, drawing 1-1 between the two sides. In the second leg at Stamford Bridge, Benzema was dumbfounded, and Real Madrid lost 2-0. Chelsea, who advanced to the final, beat Manchester City 1-0 to win the title.
This season, two groups have qualified, which is considered a "routine". In the quarter-finals, Real Madrid drew one of the biggest favourites to win the title, with Messi, Neymar and Mbappe leading the big Paris; Chelsea's opponent was the fast-declining defending Ligue 1 champion Lille.
Despite the eventful autumn when the boss was sanctioned and the club had to be sold, it was not surprising that Chelsea had double-doubled Lille in two legs. But meeting Real Madrid again in the Champions League knockout round was a bit of a surprise.
The first leg was passively beaten, the away game lost 0:1, and the second leg of the home battle and conceded a goal first, who would have thought that Real Madrid could also turn over the big Paris promotion? Benzema was too fierce! Staged a hat-trick and single-handedly carried Real Madrid to reach the quarter-finals.
In the quarter-finals, Real Madrid won Chelsea, for Real Madrid, it will be a "battle of revenge", but does Real Madrid have this strength? It was also Benzema, who scored a hat-trick in the Champions League to help Real Madrid beat Chelsea 3-1 away in the first leg and take advantage of the promotion.
In the history of the Champions League, the first leg of the knockout stage lost 1:3 away, or even more, and the second leg returned to the home court to flip a lot of success; but the first leg of the home loss 1:3, the second leg can also go to the away to overturn, I checked the old half a day, no!
Any record is used to break. For example, in the first leg of the 2016-17 Champions League quarterfinals, Barca lost 0:4 away to Paris, and the second leg won 6:1 at home to advance to the top, creating a miracle. This time, can Chelsea create a new miracle?
Real Madrid have won 8 and lost 2 of their last 10 matches in all competitions, and since losing 4-0 at home to Barca in La Liga, La Liga and the Champions League have won three consecutive victories.
Chelsea have won 7, drawn 1 and lost 2 of their last 10 matches in all competitions. After two consecutive defeats in the Premier League and the Champions League, the Premier League swept Southampton 6-0 away from home in this round.
The two sides have met in the past 5 times, and Real Madrid have the upper hand with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
This game, for Chelsea, is not to avenge the 1-3 defeat at home in the first leg, but to turn the tables and advance. For Real Madrid, only by finishing the two legs of the game can they complete their revenge against Chelsea, who eliminated themselves in the champions league semi-finals last season. It is optimistic that Chelsea will win a victory at the Bernabeu and eventually advance to real Madrid.