At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on April 13, the second leg of the 2021-22 Champions League quarterfinals: Real Madrid hosted Chelsea. In the first leg, Real Madrid beat Chelsea 3-1 away and took the lead. In the history of the Champions League, the first leg of the home loss is 1:3, and there has never been a second leg that can be overturned on the road. Can Chelsea do wonders this time?
In the battle, Real Madrid started 433, Benzema, Vinicius and Valverde formed a forward trident, midfielders Kroos, Casemiro and Modric, four defenders Ferran Mendy, Alaba, Nacho, Carvajal and goalkeeper Thibay Courtois. The total value of the starting eleven is 470 million euros.
Chelsea started with a similar 433, with Havertz, Kovacic and Werner three strikers, midfielders Mount, Kante and Cheek, four defenders Alonso, Rudiger, Thiago Silva, Reese James and goalkeeper E. Mendy. The total value of the starting eleven is 450 million euros.
After the match opened, Chelsea, who were playing away, went on the offensive. In the 5th minute, Werner forced a breakthrough in the middle of the road, which was destroyed by the defender Casemiro. In the 8th minute, Alonso's cross from the left was cleared by Alaba in time.
In the 9th minute, Vinicius was brought down by Rees James, who awarded Real Madrid a free kick in front of him and gave Rees James a yellow card. Benzema took the penalty, shot straight at goal, and hit high.
In the 11th minute, Chelsea completed a steal in front of the box, and Havertz's shot inside the box was blocked off the line. Alonso fired a corner kick and Rudiger headed it high into the bar.
In the 14th minute, Cheek passed directly, Werner made the ball, Mount went into the box and shot with his feet, the ball was in! Chelsea broke the deadlock on the pitch and went 1-0 away to Real Madrid, trailing to 2-3 on aggregate.
In the 17th minute, Mount fired a long-range shot and Courtois confiscated the ball. In the 21st minute, Cheek's shot from the top of the arc of the penalty area was blocked. In the 22nd minute, Benzema fired a long-range shot from outside the crossbar. In the 27th minute, Cheek knocked back and Kovacic followed up with a volley that went high. In the 31st minute, Benzema crossed and Casemiro fired a powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area. In the 34th minute, Rudiger's long-range shot from outside the box was deflected. In the 44th minute, Chelsea's free kick in front of the field, Reece James took the penalty, picked out the penalty area, and Rudiger's header was out of the line.
In the 50th minute, Chelsea corner kick, Mount drove out, Rudiger headed the ball into the goal. Chelsea 2-0 Real Madrid, 3-3 on aggregate.
In the 62nd minute, F. Mendy's dribble was broken, Alonso scored, and VAR ruled that Alonso had handballed first, and the goal was invalid.
In the 75th minute, Werner played the Real Madrid defence and scored. Chelsea 3-0 Real Madrid, 4-3 on aggregate.
In the 80th minute, Modric passed the ball on the outside foot, and the substitute Rodrigo scored, and the two sides drew 4-4 on aggregate and returned to the same running line.
At the end of the match, Real Madrid lost 3-1 to Chelsea, drawing 4:4 on aggregate and entering extra time. In the 96th minute, Vinicius crossed and Benzema's header broke the goal. Aggregate score Real Madrid 5:4 Chelsea!
In the end, Real Madrid lost 2:3 at home to Chelsea, still eliminating the defending champions with an aggregate score of 5:4 to advance to the semi-finals, which can also be regarded as completing the revenge of being eliminated by Chelsea in the champions league semi-finals last season.