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Benzema kills Chelsea’s dream

 April 12, 2022
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Benzema‘s battalion thwarted Chelsea’s return and succeeded in qualifying for the Champions League semi-finals, despite losing to the English team 3-2.

Mason Mount Club: Chelsea Karim Benzema Club: Real Madrid
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Real Madrid qualified for the semi-finals after beating Chelsea 5-4 on aggregate in the first and second leg matches.

The English team played a great match under the leadership of its German coach,

Thomas Tuchel, and advanced in the result by three goals against Real Madrid.

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Before the sons of Carlo Ancelotti managed to return and scored a goal that led the match into extra time.

In the extra time, it was the turn of Real Madrid star and the most prominent player,

Karim Benzema, to score the goal of crossing the semi-finals.

To realize the saying “Don’t mess with the kings” that the Real Madrid fans raised in the stands before the match.

Real Madrid will meet in the semi-finals with the winner of Atletico Madrid and Manchester City.

While Chelsea, the champions of the Champions League, exited the tournament from the quarter-finals.

Match Description

Chelsea started the match in control of the game in an attempt to score an early goal,

but the danger of the English team did not appear against Thibaut Courtois.

But the first danger appeared from Real Madrid in the 10th minute,

after Vinicius passed Reiss James wonderfully,

the Blues defender committed a violation against him in front of the penalty area line and received a yellow card.

Chelsea did not wait long and responded to Real Madrid by scoring the first goal in the 15th minute through Mason Mount with a shot from inside the penalty area, so the ball went to the left of Courtois and into the net.

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Benzema hit a powerful ball that hit Thiago Silva and passed outside the field to a corner in a dangerous opportunity for Real.

Antonio Rudiger responded with a powerful shot from outside the penalty area that passed near Courtois’ post in an opportunity

that almost resulted in Chelsea’s second goal.

The first half ended with Chelsea leading 1-0.

Second half

In the second half, Chelsea began with very strong pressure and control of the ball, and the visitors

managed to score the second goal in the 50th minute from a corner kick taken by Mount and reached Rudiger,

who put him with a header past Courtois.

The total result then becomes a tie between the two teams 3-3 on the aggregate of the two matches.

Real Madrid returned and tried to score a goal to reduce the difference,

and Fede Valverde hit a very powerful ball that passed over the Chelsea goalkeeper Edward Mendy’s crossbar.

Chelsea’s superiority continued on the field, and Kante launched a counter-attack and passed the ball to Marcos Alonso, who received the ball and hit it with the right foot to enter Courtois’ net, and Chelsea scored the third goal in the 63rd minute.

But the referee returned to the video to review the game and decided to cancel the goal due to the presence of a handball on Marcos Alonso.

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And again, Real Madrid tried to score against Chelsea, and with a powerful header from Benzema,

the ball hit the crossbar, which saved Mendy from a certain goal.

And paid Carlo Ancelotti midfielder Camavinga instead of Toni Kroos.

However, the Blues’ superiority did not end, and Chelsea managed to score the third goal

third goal came in the 75th minute through Timo Werner.

Werner received the ball inside the penalty area from the left to dribble Casemiro and David Alaba wonderfully and hit a ball

a ball that hit goalkeeper Courtois and went into the white net.

After the goal, Ancelotti pushed the duo of Marcelo and Rodrygo instead of Ferland Mendy and Casemiro in the 78th minute.

Thibaut Courtois saved Real Madrid from receiving the fourth goal after he saved a header from Kai Havertz after a corner kick for Chelsea.

Successful substitutions

Ancelotti’s substitutions paid off, and substitute Rodrygo scored Real Madrid’s first goal in the 80th minute from his first touch

with a shot from inside the penalty area against Mendy,

after a long pass more than wonderful from Luka Modric.

And Thomas Tuchel made the first substitution, with Christian Pulisic coming in instead of Timo Werner.

Real Madrid suffered a strong blow when defender Nacho went out and replaced him with Lucas Vazquez in the 87th minute,

to return Carvajal to the heart of the defense next to Alaba.

The original time of the match ends with a tie in the total of the two legs, and the match goes to overtime.

In the extra time, it was Karim Benzema’s turn to score Real Madrid’s second goal,

which qualifies the royal in the 96th minute with a header to the right of Mendy,

after a wonderful cross from Vinicius.

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Hakim Ziyech participated in the place of Kante in the 99th minute to activate the Chelsea attack

in the remaining time of the match.

With the start of the second extra period, the duo Saul Niguez and Jorginho

thwy entered in the place of Ruben Loftis-Cheek and Mateo Kovacic.

Courtois shined and saved a powerful shot from Hakim Ziyech in the 114th minute.

Vinicius Junior left the field and Dani Ceballos participated in his place.

Chelsea continued their attempts to score a new goal to qualify,

but Real Madrid managed to finish the match without receiving new goals and qualify for the Champions League semi-finals.