And while Real looked very happy sitting behind with ten players behind the ball, Chelsea proved capable of dismantling them, with Mason Mount rattling the back of the net in the fourth hour. Chelsea dominated more or less in the first half since then, but have not been able to create another high-quality opening, often seemingly not pushing the issue as much as they should. The second half started as the first ended, and it was not long before Rüdiger scored a second goal of the night with a header from a corner (which was probably not a corner). And it was still all Chelsea as we searched for a third. The first time we found it, it was blocked by the VAR for the ball (supposedly) grazing Marcos Alonso’s hand. But there was no doubt about Timo Werner’s goal, to make it 3-0 at night and 4-3 overall. But there were still 15 minutes to go and unfortunately our lead lasted just a few minutes as Real Madrid finally woke up and equalized with a ridiculous pass from Montrich and an easy finish by Rodrigo – though not before Thibaut Courtois did. great save the head of Kay Haverts to prevent his team to lose 4-0. Chelsea were able to concentrate after this short volatile period and should probably have beaten it before the end of the regulation, with Christian Pulisic approaching twice in extra time.
And these failures came back to haunt us, with Karim Benzema finding the net in overtime after a poor communication and a slip in the back. Chelsea had a few chances to come back once again, especially from set phases, but there would be no fairytale ending. Not enough clinically after all. Carefree.

Just a change from Saturday’s 6-0 win, with Reese James replacing Andreas Christensen to face our weakness against Vinícius Junior from the first game. RLC again in the hybrid role of mid / fern back on the right. Pulisic for Werner in a change that looks like the same, the only one in the first 90 minutes. Zigech, Saul, Zorginio in overtime. Next: another huge game, the FA Cup semi-final against Crystal Palace on Sunday KTBFFH

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