A team with an identity is more dangerous than a team that lives only on football. This proved it for the tenth time. real Madrid the one who was honest with himself before chelsea trying to minimize their shortcomings and entrusting themselves to the talent of their players. And in the duel between these two heavyweights, he won the identity of Ancelotti that can fly like a butterfly and sting like a bee. A hook from Benzema and a directive from Asensio bring the semi-finals closer to this Madrid, which should complete the task in London on Tuesday.
Madrid’s medicine
If anyone thought the match against this crippled Chelsea would be a march, Joao Félix went up against Courtois 90 seconds later. buoyHe warned Ancelotti that he would “do well”, settled in two stockades with three centers (Fofana-Silva-Koulibaly) and trivote (Kante-Enzo-Kovacic) defend and oppose. Give Madrid its own medicine. Sterling flanked an offended Camavinga’s lane and Joao left the white centre-backs without reference. Become stronger than your opponent’s weakness.
Madrid was slow to heat the cauldron. It took ten minutes for Vinicius to connect with Benzema, as Chelsea’s cruising pace outstripped Modric and Kroos in the middle. Another ‘sapien football’ game, one that Modric and Kroos decipher as the minutes go by. Ancelotti’s men halted their “defeating” pass, further hardening it. With Madrid already dominating the match Carvajal looked in and made a cross that Vinicius touched only enough to be pushed into the goal by Benzema.
Courtois sent to rest
Chelsea immediately responded with a cross from Chilwell, which Sterling nailed into the net… until Thibaut Courtois showed up with a saving hand. The Belgian’s relevance is comparable to that of Karim or Vinicius. It was in Madrid, they put it. Two Chelseas, both canceled by Courtois. The game opened, something inappropriate for Lampard’s suggestion. It is not recommended to dance against this patient Madrid who slowly digests the matches. Fast paced first episode and madridista satisfaction.
The start of the second half left a rosy scenario for a Madrid who was around the second goal. Vinicius was a nightmare with his devastating runs that cost Fofana a yellow card and Koulibaly a muscle injury. Modric managed to put the icing on the cake in one of his stampedes, but the ball licked the top corner. Cucurella entered for Koulibaly and The Spaniard took the bait in a game where Rodrygo glided too far, tapping and throwing from behind, with Chilwell arriving late to knock out the Brazilian standing in front of Kepa.. Half an hour ahead is undisputed red. Madrid continued to mature the game. Only lace was missing.
Lampard reorganized his team, undoing three centers and a trivote plan, leaving Havertz alone at the top. He did not like the minimum defeat before the rematch at Stamford Bridge. because he will have one more week to meet his players. Ancelotti expected him to go to London more comfortably with a second goal. It was a draw, but the minutes were slow and the white midfielder wanted more frenzy. And that translated into Asensio’s departure.
Asensio sentence
And the reward came right away. A quick corner kick Chelsea fell asleep, ending with a taut low pass to the edge of the field, where the Spaniard seemed to hit the ball with that delicious kick, having to screw the ball next to the stump of Kepa’s bat. Two goals started to be a heavy slab, but Lampard revolutionized the eleven with two substitutions and a game-opening change of plan. Trying to lower the score, a third white could be doomed with only a quarter of an hour left.
The match ended with Ancelotti’s men being replenished by Ceballos, Tchouameni and a divine Rudiger, while Chelsea unluckily attacked unevenly. A pedigree victory for Real Madrid on another day in the office in the Champions League With this draw back on track for a match in London where Whites should have sealed the semi-final ticket, it seems clear that Haaland’s Manchester City and Guardiola are waiting for them.