O Real Madrid secured on the afternoon of this Tuesday its classification to another semifinal of the Champions League. The merengue team defeated the Chelsea by 2-0, with two goals scored by Rodrygo, in London, and advanced to the next phase of the competition.
The Spanish team had already won the first leg, at the Santiago Bernabéu, by 2 to 0. Therefore, even with the 0 to 0 on the scoreboard, Real was already stamping its passage to the Champions League semifinals. The Brazilian Rodrygo, trained by Santosscored twice in the second half, which determined the classification.
Now, the team commanded by Carlo Ancelotti awaits the winner of Bayern Munchen x Manchester City to know your opponent in the next phase. The match is scheduled for this Wednesday, at 4 pm (Brasília time), at the Allianz Arena.
This was the third consecutive time that Real Madrid and Chelsea have met in the knockout stages of the Champions League. On the two previous occasions, whoever got the better of the match was crowned champion at the end of the tournament. In the first, it was the English who passed, in the semifinals, while the Meringue team overcame the Blues during the quarterfinals of the last edition.
The Spaniards thus join the Milan, who left behind Napoli this Tuesday. This season’s Champions League final will be played on June 10 at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey.
Real Madrid returns to the field this Saturday, to face Celta de Vigo, at 4 pm, in a game valid for the Spanish Championship. Chelsea, on the other hand, are down in the English Championshiptakes the field on Wednesday of next week, against Brentford.
How was the game?
At the start of the match, Chelsea adopted a cautious stance and let Real have the initiative despite their advantage. The first chance of danger occurred in the sixth minute, in a move played by Vinicius Junior. The Brazilian arrived on the left and crossed for Benzema at the second post, but the ball went out over the bottom line.
At 10, after splitting at the entrance to the area, the ball was left clean for Kanté, alone, who took it badly and sent it out. Then, in the 19th minute, the Spaniards responded with a shot from Rodrygo that exploded on the crossbar. At 27, Vini Jr. forced Kepa to make a great save.
Real continued to press and had another chance with Modric, who passed Thiago Silva’s marking and hit hard, crossed, to Kepa’s defense. At the end of the first half, at 45 minutes, Chelsea almost opened the counter with Cucurella. The winger dominated free in the small area, shot, but Courtois jumped to grab it in a spectacular way!
Just as they came close to scoring at the end of the first half, the English team almost did not score on the return of the break. In the sixth minute, Gallagher headed Kanté, who finished, but the ball was deflected out of bounds.
Havertz also tried at 11, but Courtois won. Real then opened the scoring with Rodrygo in the next minute. The Brazilian shot down the right and crossed low in the small area, but ended up receiving it back from Vini Jr. and, with the goal empty, just pushed for the goal.
The number 21 shirt scored again at 34, practically guaranteeing the classification of the Meringue team. Uruguayan Valverde invaded the area and cleared two defenders, leaving Rodrygo cool to score the second. Chelsea still tried to discount with Mudryk, at 42, but the Ukrainian wasted the chance facing Courtois.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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