On April 13, Beijing time, the focus battle of the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Chelsea defeated Real Madrid 3-2, and unfortunately exited with a 4-5 overall score, failing to complete a shocking reversal.
In the first leg of the Battle of Stamford Bridge, Benzema shined, scored a hat-trick, and Real Madrid won 3-1 away, which once made the media and fans think that the second leg of the match had basically lost suspense, but Havertz's goal still allowed Chelsea to retain a glimmer of life.
You should know that last season's round of 16, Chelsea also lost 1-3 to Napoli in the first leg, but at that time it was away from home, and the second leg returned to the home court to complete the reversal, and finally promoted 5-4 in two legs.
Visiting the Bernabeu in the early hours of this morning, Chelsea really started the Jedi strikes back! In the opening 15th minute, Werner delivered an assist and Mount's right-footed shot into the net from inside the penalty area made it 0-1! 2-3 on aggregate! In the 51st minute, Mount's cross from the right corner was met by Rudiger's header, 0-2! Aggregate score, 2-2!
In the 62nd minute, Mendy's dribble was cut off and Marcos Alonso scored, but VAR decided that the handball was first and the goal was invalid. However, in the 75th minute, Werner's back-to-back pass on the left side of the penalty area pushed into the net, 0-3! 3-4 on aggregate! The Blues complete the reversal!
In the 81st minute, Modric's out-of-the-foot pass and Rodrigo's cushion shot broke the goal, 1-3! 4-4 on aggregate! The two teams drew again. However, in the 96th minute of extra time, Benzema scored a key goal, Chelsea fought until the last moment, and finally was eliminated with a total score of 4-5, unfortunately out of the game, missing the Champions League final four!
Since the restructuring of the Champions League, in the past 30 years, 64 teams in the history of European competition have lost 1-3 at home in the first leg, and only two teams have finally qualified, both in the League Cup, which has never been achieved in the Champions League, so Chelsea is only one step away from completing the number one reversal in the history of the Champions League.
However, Chelsea were able to score more than 2+ goals away from home in the Champions League knockout rounds, the second time in the team's history, the first time was in the 2008-2009 season, beating Liverpool 3-1. In the history of the Champions League, the Blues are also the first English team to score 2+ goals at the Santiago Bernabeu.
With Chelsea out, the Champions League "defending spell" continues: since the Champions League was restructured, only Real Madrid has successfully defended the title and completed three consecutive titles.