Real Madrid beat Chelsea with authority

In the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Champions League against Chelsea, Real Madrid gained a good advantage by winning (2-0) with goals from Karim Benzema in the 21st minute of the match and Marco Asensi in the 74th minute of the match in which the Londoners played with one less than the 59th due to expulsion British Ben Chilwel
In this way, Real Madrid caresses the semifinals of the Champions League after authoritatively writing the championship triumph against the morally weak Chelsea, who forgave at the beginning

Dressed as the European champions, a dominant club like no other in the competition, Real Madrid have openly favored Chelsea, who are going from rebuilding to self-destruction. Once again, Ancelotti’s team showed their connection with the ‘Champions’. A group of players that transforms. Intense, direct, deadly. Unrivaled.

The picture that appeared after the initial scare that stopped the trip of the madridistas. The second minute was not yet complete when Joao Félix was left without a goal-scoring fang in one of those oversights that can be costly on big nights. A poor retreat after the loss and a mistake in the line of the last player, in the opponent’s field, allowed the Portuguese to run against the clock thinking how to finish the game. He failed to beat Courtois with his low shot which the Belgian took with his feet.

The line of five that Lampard resurrected to cover the spaces wouldn’t stop Vinicius from always losing his balance at speed. It was a surprise decision to bet on Thiago Silva after a period of inactivity. More changes from Havertz. Chelsea’s interim coach wanted to defend well and run against an inverted Real Madrid. The plan should have worked, but Joao conceded and the unflammable Kanté was slow to make a decision in the second.

Chelsea’s doubts were born from the high pressure of Real Madrid. With losses against the powerful build of Fede Valverde and the physical resurrection of Carvajal. Speed ​​and precision with the ball disarmed a packed Chelsea defense in one of those nights where Benzema was inspired from the start. He tried Kepa in the first attempt, tense, with hardly any space, but as a warning after connecting with Vinícius.

Carlo Ancelotti, Real Madrid’s Italian coach, was pleased with the win against Chelsea at the Santiago Bernabéu, in the first leg of the quarter-final and assured that they had fulfilled “the objective”, but did not consider the game over saying that “you have to suffer” even in London.

“To reach the semi-finals, we need a complete game, as we did. We suffered at the beginning, and then the goal was to take advantage, we achieved it, but we are sure that we will have to suffer at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea is a very good team, with very good players and we have to fight for another 90 minutes,” he said at the press conference.
For his part, Brazilian Vinícius Junior described the victory against Chelsea (2-0) as one of the “best games of the season” for Real Madrid, and assured that they must have a “calm head” for the return in London.

While the Englishman Frank Lampard, the Chelsea coach, felt that he “must believe that” they have a “chance” to turn the tie around.

“It’s a big challenge. A quality team like Real Madrid, but the door is open and it depends on us. There are mixed emotions in relation to the match. With 11 players, we were in the game and we could have done better, but there are things to work on because there were chances we didn’t take,” Lampard said.
The coach also regretted giving himself a lot of chances by staying with 10 players in the first leg.