Vinicius laid the foundation for Real Madrid’s qualification against Chelsea!

A big step for her presence in the next round of this year’s Champions League was made by Real Madridwhich prevailed with 2-0 her Chelsea in the “Santiago Bernabeu“, in the first match between them in the quarter-final phase of the competition.

THE Vinicius gave the assist to Benzemain the 22′but also to Asensiowhich had entered as a change a little earlier, at 74th minutewith the “merinches” being superior throughout the game!

An important role for this, of course, was also played by elimination of Chilwell with straight red card in the 59′with the English team unable to play as (would) have planned…

The rematch between the two teams will take place in six days’ time at Stamford Bridge, with the winner of the tie playing Manchester City-Bayern Munich.

The match:

Real came into the game with a desire to press high and Chelsea tried to take advantage, playing quickly on the counter. In fact, that’s how it was found just in 2′ close to 0-1, but Courtois narrowly saved his spot kick… surging Joao Felix!

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The “blues” got through the first quarter without much effort, to be followed by a good partnership between Vinicius and Benzema, which ended in a difficult finish to the second, which Kepa saved in the 12th minute.

The sequel found the home team rev up, however, mainly looking for passes in the “back” of the opposing defense. Through one such, in fact, their goal came, when at 22nd minute Carvajal found Vinicius very well, whose place was saved by Kepa. However, the Benzema he was in the right position to send the ball into the net and do it 1-0 for Real!

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With the ball now going up and down, Chelsea nearly responded immediately as James found the oncoming Sterling nicely from the right. But, the Courtois instinctively saved the Englishman’s shot on the move, in the 23rd minute…

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A save by Thiago Silva on the linean attempt by Vinicius prevented 2-0 three minutes later while, having gradually taken the reins thanks to the excellent partnerships of Rodrigo, Vinicius and Benzema, the “white queen” registered another goal-scoring opportunity in the 34th minute, but Kepa saved Rodrigo’s cross.

The first half ended with some more… suspicions of phases for Real, who showed that they were in complete control of the situation, effectively closing the spaces in the back.

Things got even worse early on in the replay for the Londoners, who saw him Modric to “touch” 2-0 in the 50′him Coulibaly to leave injured five minutes later and him Chilwell to is expelled with a direct red card in the 59th minute, for a foul anyway that did not allow Rodrigo to go one-on-one with Kepa!

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Frank Lampard then tried to shuffle the deck through his substitutions, only for Carlo Ancelotti to emulate him with the… safety of numerical advantage, of course.

In the end, the one who was vindicated was the Italian technician, as Asensio came from the bench and “sealed” the 2-0thanks to Vinicius’ second assist of the match in the 74th minute!

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The “merenches” completely controlled the pace and, entering the final stretch, frantically searched for a third goal which would prematurely clear the case of qualification. They had their chance, however, in the second minute of stoppage time, with Benzema missing from close range, after Alaba’s cross…

On the other hand, Chelsea came against the flow of the match a breath away from 2-1, in the very next phase. When the Mt found face with Courtois, but o Riediger made a saving tacklekeeping the existing score.

MVP: Lots of runs, loads of energy, involved in assisting both of Real Madrid’s goals… Vinicius Junior was undoubtedly the most influential player on the pitch today, causing Chelsea quite a few problems and largely determining the final result!

The compositions of the two teams:

Real Madrid (Carlo Ancelotti): Courtois, Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Kamavinga (71′ Riedinger), Valverde, Kroos (84′ Tswameni), Modric (81′ Thebayos), Rodrigo (71′ Asensio), Benzema, Vinicius.

Chelsea (Frank Lampard): Kepa, Koulibaly (55′ Koukoureya), Thiago Silva (75′ Mount), Fofana, James, Kante (75′ Gallagher), Enzo Fernandes, Kovacic, Chilwell, Sterling (65′ Hafferts), Joao Felix (65′ Tsaloba).