One more night for Real Madrid. This kind of results and nights are normal of the team of Spain. Real Madrid won 1-3 to Chelsea in a very easy way. Local team did not have any chance during the match to win the game. However, this is just the first leg of quarters finals of Champions League and they will have to play the second round next week at Bernabeu.
The match was really interesting. Both teams have different styles in different leagues and in different moments of shape. One the one hand, Chelsea came from losing against Brentford on Stamford Bridge. So, the team of Thomas Tuchel did not come from a good match or good streak. On the other hand, Real Madrid won Celta of Vigo 1-2 last weekend with a really good performance of Benzema. Also, this type of nights are easy and part of Real Madrid´s DNA. In addition, Carlo Ancelotti (with COVID some days ago) tested negative some hours before the match and he could be on the bench to stay and lead their players to the victory.
It should be pointed the match of Karim Benzema. The French striker did (one more time since the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo) an incredible performance characteristic of a leader. He scored three goals and made two consecutive hat–tricks on qualifying round (just Ronaldo and Karim made this achievement). The first two goals was with his head with great assists of Vinicius (with his bad leg) and the magician Luka Modric. The third and the last goal of the game would arrive by a failure of Chelsea´s goalkeeper Mendy. Karim would pressure him (like with Karius or Donnarumma) and achieved the reward of goal. He got a deserved MVP of the match thanks to this awesome performance.
But this is not the end. Next week Madrid and Chelsea will face to face at Bernabeu and all can happen. However, the step to semifinals of Champions League for Real Madrid is extremely near.
The match of Tuchel´s team was awful. The attack part did not dangerous during the game. On the second half, they had more chances. But the good performance of Courtois (with an incredible save to Azpilicueta) prevented the possible comeback. The only goal of local team would arrive because of a little mistake of Madrid´s defenders on the last terms of the first half.
Jorge Barbero