Real Madrid moved closer to the Champions League semi-finals by beat Chelsea 2-0 on Wednesdaywhose goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga avoided, with a great performance, a major defeat in this first leg of the quarterfinals of the tournament.
Goals by Karim Benzema (21′) and Marco Asensio (74′) put the Merengue team ahead for the second leg to be played next week at Stamford Bridge, where the “Blues”, who finished with ten players on the field due to the expulsion of Ben Chilwell (59′), will have to attack the Spanish team to reverse the situation.
“The door is open and it’s up to us if we want to open it fully” in the return game, Chelsea manager Frank Lampard told a news conference. “We were in the game and we had chances. We could have done better, used our qualities better,” he added.
A year after the game that gave Real Madrid a place in the Champions League semi-finals against Chelsea last season, the Spanish team dominated the English team, whose objective from the beginning seemed to be to try to get out of the Santiago Bernabéu alive.
“We have to be satisfied and know that there are 90 minutes left and we need to repeat this game at Stamford Bridge,” said Carlo Ancelotti after the game.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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