preface
In the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Real Madrid played Chelsea at home, and in the first leg, Chelsea lost to Real Madrid 1:3.
In this away game, Chelsea attacked with all their might, and in the regular 90 minutes, the two sides drew 4:4 (Real Madrid lost 1:3 at home).
After coming to extra time, Real Madrid assisted the team's thigh Benzema by Vinicius to complete the shootout against Chelsea. Real Madrid eventually beat Chelsea 5-4 on aggregate to advance to the final four of the Champions League.
Tuchel preferred 433, and Chick used to have a miraculous effect
Chelsea manager Tuchel continued his 433 formation in the second half of the first leg against Real Madrid in his starting choice for this match. Because in the second half, Chelsea's choice of 433 can have a certain offensive threat and suppression.
Rudiger and Thiago Silva paired up in double centre-backs, with Alonso at left-back and Rees James at right-back.
The three midfielders are trailed by Kante, with Kovacic and Cheek on the left and right sides of Kante.
The three strikers are right winger Havertz, center Werner and left winger Mount.
Shortly after the start of the first half, Chelsea launched an attack on the centre of the road from the left, with Mount scoring a goal.
Throughout the first half, Chelsea had more time on the ball and scored seven shots on goal and two shots on target. Chelsea's extremely strong suppression force allowed the Real Madrid side to get only three shots on goal in the first half, hitting the target from 0 corners.
Arguably, Chelsea was very successful in the first half.
Also notable is Chelsea's attacking structure on the right.
Their right-winger Rees James didn't pull the edge and press up and down assists like other traditional attacking full-backs, james will be closed in this game, while forming a three-centre-back system with the other two centre-backs.
He is responsible for intercepting and scoring the ball, and the purpose of this is to let the midfielder Cheek play the role of pulling edge assists in front of James, and Cheek's extremely strong physical confrontation has achieved "big to small" on the side of the physique.
Real Madrid's flexibility corridor on the left guarantees the quality of the counter-attack
With Chelsea trailing 1-3 in the first leg, it was clear that Chelsea would take the initiative to press the attack to the bernabeu.
Real Madrid had to act as a defensive side, first doing a good job of defending, seeking the opportunity to counterattack after the opponent's mistakes.
The left corridor of the Real Madrid team, from Alaba, Mendy, Vinicius, Benzema and Kroos on the left, the one-foot shot of these players and the flexible running position of some players make Real Madrid able to punch out in an extremely passive situation.
After partial coordination, the retreating Benzema completed the transfer from strong to weak, and the flexible corridor on the left side ensured that the team's counterattack was advanced, while also reducing the pressure on the team's continuous defense at the backcourt.
Real Madrid shows the true colors of the Champions League
In the second half against both sides, the space behind them and the tightness of the organization were greatly reduced compared to the first half, Chelsea was once again extended by Werner, and after the score came to 3:0, Real Madrid seized the opportunity to replace Rodrigo, who was replaced by Modric, to rewrite the total score to 4:4.
Tuchel's substitutions were relatively conservative, as after a 3-1 defeat at home in the first leg, Tuchel found that the 4-back system adjusted to 433 allowed them to play better, and only Werner's position was adjusted in the regular 90 minutes, and the players in other positions were unchanged.
Moving into extra time, Real Madrid apparently played more clearly, with centre-back Nacho and Carvajal coming to play centre-back, the team was still able to keep a clean sheet against Chelsea and scored a deadlock with Vinicius assisting Benzema on the offensive end.
Although Chelsea have been the active attacking side for most of this game, Real Madrid can find a solution to adversity at any moment, which may be the real foundation of the "Champions League King".