Madrid gets one foot in the semis thanks to another 'hat-trick' by Benzema (1-3)

The Real Madrid left of Stamford Bridge with a fantastic and unexpected result, thanks to a night 'round' of Karim Benzema and the defensive errors of Chelsea to the that went out him all bad by own merit. To the 24 minutes of party, the 'merengues' already won 0-2 with doublet of the '9', thanks to assistances of Vinicius Jr. And Luka Modrić. You grieve initiated the second time, a horror of the goalkeeper Eduard Mendy allowed to the French complete his second 'hat-trick' consecutive and, practically, sentence the eliminatory.

Carlo Ancelotti, recovered of the Covid-19, bet by his XI usual, with the inclusion of Federico Valverde to reinforce the midfield and the pair Vini-Karim in attack. Thomas Tuchel, by his part, surprised planting to César Azpilcueta by the left side, in place of Marcos Alonso and with Reece James like right extreme, an experiment that went out him fatal. The Madrid bequeathed with ease during all the first time, finding spaces between the line of three conformed by Andreas Christensen, Thiago Silva and Antonio Rüdiger.

Vinicius Had the first clear to the 10 minutes, after one against fast orquestada by Benzema and Valverde. The Brazilian finished direct to the crossbar, in a warning of what would be all the first time in the middle of the torrential rain that fell on Stanford Bridge. James demanded to Courtouis five minutes later, but the Madrid opened the party in the 21' after a pass of 'Vini' to Benzema. The '9' took advantage of another flawless centre of Modrić to expand the marker grieve three minutes later, in front of a defence 'blue' in state of shock.

Chelsea attained to discount with a played similar to the one of the second goal of Karim in the 40', with a precise centre of Jorginho in command of Kai Havertz. The ''merengues' had a very clear on the rest, but Benzema could not takes advantage of the sung of Jorginho and his finish left slightly diverted. However, Mendy would commission of 'compensate' to Benzema with a new error grieve initiated the second part and, this time, the Frenchman did not fail. 1-3 in 46 minutes. Party cleared.

Chelsea improved with the changes, but the damage was done

Tuchel took out Christensen and N'Golo Kanté for Mateo Kovačić and Hakim Ziyech to look for an equalizer, but Mendy's 'sung' dashed any hope of a comeback. However, the 'blue' team tried throughout the second half and Romelu Lukaku, entered in the 64th minute by Pulisic, had a very clear shot in the first one he touched, but his header went slightly wide. Azpilicueta, Mount, Havertz and Ziyech were also close, but the 1-3 remained until the end, partly thanks to interventions by Courtois.

Madrid, which hosts Getafe on Saturday, takes a great advantage over London and calmly faces next week's return leg at the Santiago Bernabéu. The bad news for the Whites: the possible injury of Eder Militao, who left touched at 64', being replaced by Nacho. The Brazilian had already had problems in the first half due to a blow to the ribs.