UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal – Real Madrid beat Chelsea Highlights: Real Madrid has knocked out defending champion Chelsea from the UEFA Champions League. Despite losing the 2nd leg by 3-2, Real entered the semi-finals with a 5-4 aggregate win over Chelsea. Follow Champions League Updates with InsideSport.IN
Real Madrid beat Chelsea Highlights
- Chelsea won the second leg of the contest 3-2 at the Bernabeu.
- The Blues almost pulled off a remarkable comeback in the epic.
- Chelsea led by 3-0 at one point of time: Mason Mount’s wonderful finish and Antonio Rudiger’s powerful header wiped out Real’s 3-1 first-leg advantage and brought the quarter-final tie level in Spain’s capital.
- Timo Werner’s clever finish from an angle put them ahead for the first time on aggregate and within sight of a place in the semi-finals.
- Real Madrid Comeback: But substitute Rodrygo – after a stunning pass by Luka Modric – forced extra time with a volleyed finish.
- Karim Benzema, a hat-trick hero in the first leg at Stamford Bridge six days earlier, headed the decisive goal in the 96th minute to send Real through 5-4 on aggregate.
UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal: Karim Benzema scores extra-time winner to seal semi-final spot, Chelsea KNOCKED OUT, Real Madrid wins 5-4 on Agg: Real Madrid beat Chelsea HIGHLIGHTS
Real Madrid wins 5-4: Real Madrid face Sevilla on the road in LaLiga on Sunday. Chelsea also face another massive match against Crystal Palace in the semi-finals of the FA Cup on Sunday. Carlo Ancelotti’s side will now face either Atletico Madrid or Manchester City.
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UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal: Karim Benzema scores extra-time winner to KNOCK OUT Chelsea
Karim Benzema’s extra-time goal put Real Madrid into the Champions League semi-finals despite a 3-2 defeat to holders Chelsea on Tuesday.
Goals from Mason Mount, Antonio Rudiger and Timo Werner overturned Real Madrid’s 3-1 advantage from the first leg last week, but Rodrygo’s sublime volley forced the tie into extra time.
Benzema, who scored a hat-trick at Stamford Bridge, had the final say, though, thundering home a header six minutes into extra time to seal a 5-4 aggregate victory.
UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal: Real Madrid wins 5-4 on Agg
Chelsea’s strong start was rewarded in the 15th minute when Mount curled past Thibaut Courtois from just inside the penalty area after latching onto Werner’s nudged ball forward. Chelsea levelled the tie on aggregate six minutes into the second half, Rudiger planting a powerful header past Courtois from Mount’s cross.
Alonso thought he had edged Chelsea in front 11 minutes later when he thumped into the top corner from eight yards, yet his effort was ruled out for handball following a VAR check.
Benzema crashed a header against the crossbar soon after, before Werner put Chelsea ahead on aggregate in the 75th minute with a strike that proved too hot for Courtois to handle.
Madrid clawed their way back into the tie with 10 minutes remaining, though, as Rodrygo, who had only been on the pitch for two minutes, steered a superb volley past Edouard Mendy from Luka Modric’s breathtaking cross.
That set the stage for Benzema’s decisive goal in additional time, the France international heading past Mendy from 10 yards out following fine work down the left by Vinicius Junior.
UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal: Karim Benzema scores extra-time winner to seal semi-final spot, Chelsea KNOCKED OUT, Real Madrid wins 5-4 on Agg: Real Madrid beat Chelsea HIGHLIGHTS
