Exciting, twists and turns, swing back to the intestines! Starring 13-time champions Real Madrid and last-time champions Chelsea, the Bernabeu Stadium's nearly 60,000 fans witnessed one of the best games in the Champions League this season.
Chelsea, who lost 3-1 in the first leg, scored three goals to lead 3-0, and the aggregate score once surpassed to 4-3, seeing the dawn of the reversal; but the equally resilient Real Madrid Jedi counterattacked, chasing a goal back in regular time, and the aggregate score was 4-4 into extra time. Benzema's header was a smash at the crucial moment, and Real Madrid eliminated Chelsea 5-4 in two legs.
Although there can only be one winner in this group of matches, it does not prevent us from giving applause to both teams. Brother Meow was impressed by the Champions League heritage of the Galactic Battleship, and also paid tribute to the Blues who were out of the game with their heads held high, playing for 120 minutes, hitting the last bullet and standing to die, worthy of the Iron-Blooded Blue Lion.
Chelsea came to Madrid with last week's 6-0 Premier League victory, and Werner, who had performed well, continued to start. To turn the tables, Tuchel's team must win at least two goals.
In the opening 15 minutes, Werner delivered an assist and Mount followed up with a powerful shot to give Chelsea a 1-0 lead, 2-3 on aggregate!
Six minutes into the second half, Mount opened a corner kick from the right, and The Rudiger jumped from the middle to head the ball into the goal, Chelsea 2-0, the aggregate score was tied 3-3.
In the 63rd minute Chelsea broke the ball and counter-attacked, Kante split the ball, Alonso left-footed dunk and right foot into the upper corner. But the VAR replay showed Alonso handball before shooting and the goal was invalid.
In terms of this penalty, according to the international football association council (IFAB) rules, the rule is amended and interpreted: the ball is scored immediately after touching the player's hand/arm, even if it is caused by accident, the handball foul should be invalidated. So there is no problem with the referee's decision.
On 65 minutes Mendy's cross from the flank was met by Benzema's header that bounced off the crossbar.
Chelsea came back on aggregate in the 75th minute, with Real Madrid veteran Covasic going straight in and Werner swinging past two defenders in the penalty area to push a goal, and the Blues made it 3-0, 4-3 over the two legs.
At this time, real Madrid faced adversity, and Ancelotti made a desperate bet, using striker Rodrigo to remove the back of Casemiro.
The process is also all in an fat calculation, Rodrigo debuted only 2 minutes, received the magic flute's outside foot pass in the box pad shot through the goal, Real Madrid chased 1-3, two legs 4-4!
The magic flute's outer instep assist is comparable to a work of art, and will be written into the Champions League famous painting series. Assisted in three consecutive Champions League knockout matches, the 36-year-old Magic Flute is still in top form and was also named the MVP of the game after the game.
Unable to score highs and lows during regular time, the two teams advanced to a 30-minute overtime match. In the 96th minute, Vinicius crossed from the left, Benzema nodded the ball in, real Madrid 2-3, the aggregate score of 5-4 again exceeded.
Chelsea took turns attacking for the rest of the day, but Real Madrid defended tenaciously, and the shots of Ziyech, Havertz and Jorginho failed to pose a threat, and the score remained until the end. The Galacticos eliminated the Blues 5-4 and advanced to the semi-finals.
Chelsea had the advantage over both legs, and technical statistics clearly reflected this. In two 210-minute sessions, Chelsea led 57%-43% of the ball, shot 49-18 on goal, 15-3 in corners, and expected to score 4.58 goals, compared to Real Madrid's 2.58.
But Real Madrid, or rather Benzema, are more capable of seizing opportunities, scoring four goals in two games, three of which are headers, and one that grabs a Chelsea goalkeeper's mistake and pushes the empty goal outside the penalty area. The only real madrid overtime shot in the second leg was set by Benzema. Didn't run this year's Golden Globes?
Football games are like this, and the dominant player may not be able to laugh to the end. Chelsea paid the price for their mistakes in the first leg and the defending hopes were dashed. After the 1992-93 Champions League was restructured, only Real Madrid had defended its title, which was still an incredible triple crown.
But Chelsea players don't have to blame themselves, winning or losing is a common thing, and they can afford to win and lose. Do your best, give everything you have, worthy of the audience, worthy of hundreds of millions of fans.
Chelsea sent three consecutive tweets after the match to encourage the whole team: "Although the Champions League is out, the team has performed outstandingly in Madrid, which is something to be proud of!" The ending is sad, but we will come back with a stronger posture! Thank you to all the Blues fans for their support! ”
In another quarter-final, Bayern won 1-1 at home to Villarreal, with an unexpected 1-2 score on aggregate. Emery, who overturned the aircraft carrier, used a submarine to knock over the Bundesliga giants. So La Liga has two teams to take the lead in reaching the semi-finals, tomorrow morning Atletico vs Manchester City, Liverpool vs Benfica, is it 2-2 La Liga in the Premier League, or 1-3 in the Premier League?