Real Madrid sealed their pass to the semi-finals of the 21/22 Champions League and will fight to once again be in the grand finale of the highest European competition. Chelsea went all out at the Bernabéu and soon got the reward thanks to a goal from Mason Mount in the 15th minute. Tuchel’s men kept pressing and managed to level the tie with a header from Rudiger from a corner.
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It was Timo Werner who put the blues after the VAR annulled a goal a few minutes earlier to Marcos Alonso, to which Rodrygo quickly answered after a remote-controlled pass from Modric. Already in extra time, Benzema unleashed madness in the stadium by executing a cross from Vinicius with a header that sealed Real Madrid’s classification.
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Press conferences and reactions of Real Madrid vs. Chelsea from Champions League
Tuchel: “Only one team deserved to go through. I didn’t see the hand. We only lost luckily and deserved to go through. The goal disallowed? Maybe it’s too much to ask in this match against this rival. In a match like today he should take responsibility and look for himself, not decided by a person sitting on a chair. I was disappointed to see the referee smiling and laughing with the rivals’ coach. I think this is the wrong time after seeing a team fighting to the last drop. I thought it was a bad time and I told him.”
Ancelotti: “We have suffered a lot, we have been 0-2 without deserving it. We have tried to create opportunities but we did not have the hunger to go for the goal because we did not need it, but the 0-2 was undeserved. From 0-3 he has released the team and we were better. I think we played a bit with the result and the 0-3 set them free, the fans started to push and the magic came out of the stadium. We knew we were going to suffer because Chelsea is a great team “We have to be proud of what we’ve done, very tough rounds of 16 and 4 against PSG and Chelsea. Villarreal is also very happy, we’ve given Spanish football a boost in Europe when they said we weren’t at the level of English teams. Now There are two Spaniards in the Champions League semi-finals. Modric has been spectacular, but not only him, Karim, Vinicius, Carvajal, in the end we are in the semi-finals”.
Rodrygo: “We did not want to suffer in this way, we are very happy, the coach always tells me to attack the space, that he puts the ball there, and that is what happened. We suffered a lot, it was not little. We knew it was going to be very difficult, but it was much more than expected. I think the key was to fight until the end, we didn’t give up at any time, we had bad times, but we fought until the end and with my goal we got up”.
Modric: “It’s an incredible night, another great night at the Bernabéu, a very sweet defeat. Despite losing 0-3, we haven’t had a bad game, Chelsea scored everything they had but we continue to believe. The coach made changes that changed I’m very happy with the game. We’re used to suffering, against Bayern, Juve, Ajax, today another night of suffering, but the important thing is that we’ve come through and given everything in the 120 minutes, with two or three injuries. We’ve shown a lot character of all the players. It is a tremendous pride to hear the public shout my name, from the first day I try to repay the affection of the public. We are going to go year after year to see how long we can. If you want to win the Champions League, you have to win everyone the teams, City or Atlético, the important thing is that we are in the semis”.
Nacho: “An incredible night at the Bernabéu once again. The tie was very complicated and the team showed their faces, the important thing is to be in the next round. This is Real Madrid, they teach us from a young age to never give up. Today With the result against us, there would be people doubting us, but the DNA of Madrid is this. Football is situations and the head has been going on for a long time, there we brushed the outstanding, here they have looked for the weak points but here we continue. Madrid is fighting for everything in the good and the bad times. We worked hard in every game and the team responded even though we hadn’t won. Vinicius is getting better every day, an example for everyone.