Pass on the sweep, that this Tuesday, April 18, we will meet the first semifinalists in the Champions League. Real Madrid already has a foot and a half, and we have something for sure, an Italian will be in the semis, either Napoli or Milan.
And if you don’t have in context how the first legs were, don’t worry, here At Sopitas.com we give you a short introduction so you don’t miss anything.
Basically, Real Madrid took advantage of Chelsea’s bad moment and scored two goal(s), which left them virtually knocked out. Milan took advantage of the locality and beat Napoli, although it was only by one goal.
The actions of the quarterfinals back in the Champions League
Chelsea vs Real Madrid
First time
- Minute 5: Chelsea with a strange approach from Frank Lampard, almost without attackers when what they need most are goals
- Minute 9: Carleto is testing with Camavinga as a right-back, he has had a hesitant start, but without making serious mistakes
- Minute 10: N’Golo Kante missed a very clear shot that could bring Chelsea closer to the score, a bear to which the Frenchman is not accustomed
- Minute 19: Real Madrid already made Stamford Bridge tremble, Rodrygo put the ball on the post and the meringues warn
- Minute 26: The Madrid board of directors is closely following Reece James, who sounds to reinforce the merengue team
- Minute 27: Vinicius escaped down the left flank and fired a furious shot, which Kepa saved well with his hands
- 31st minute: Dani Carvajal assists Luka Modric, who enters the area with a mark, but does not prevent him from taking a shot. Real Madrid getting closer
- Minute 38: Nothing for anyone, but Chelsea need goals and at 3/4 pitch, ideas don’t flow through the midfielders’ heads
- Minute 45: Marc Cucurella had the goal, he shot point-blank, but Courtois is a real wall
- 45th minute: Vinicius, Rodrygo and Benzema have already tried the goal, but Kepa is in a big way. Chelsea cannot find the key and surely the changes are coming for the last 45 minutes of the Champions League quarterfinal matches
Second time
Napoli vs AC Milan
First time
- Minute 4: Napoli already had the first danger with a free kick from Piotr Zielinski
- Minute 8: Kvaratskhelia puts in a shot from Maignan manages to save a single, the most insistent Napoli
- Minute 14: Napoli have four shots on goal, none for AC Milan; although, only one at the door of the Neapolitans
- Minute 20: Penalty in favor of AC Milan, lack of Mario Rui against Rafael Leao
- Minute 21: Olivier Giroud could not score the maximum penalty, Meret saved from 11 steps
- Minute 33: Matteo Politano can’t take it anymore because of a blow, the opportunity is for Chucky Lozano. Marco Rui also comes out of substitution, Mathias Olivera enters the side
- Minute 35: Possible penalty on Chucky Lozano, the VAR reviewed, but did not award the maximum penalty… there is already controversy
- Minute 44: GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL from Milan. Olivier Giroud defines after excellent play by Rafael Leao, Napoli already needs two goals to tie and take extra time
Second time
Lineups
- Real Madrid: Thibaut Courtois; Eduardo Camavinga, David Alaba, Eder Militao and Dani Carvajal; Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Fede Valverde; Vinicius Jr., Karim Benzema and Rodrygo
- Chelsea: Kepa Arrizabalaga; Trevoh Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Wesley Fofana, Reece James and Marc Cucurella; N’Golo Kante, Enzo Fernandez, Matthew Kovacic and Conor Gallager; Kai Havertz
- Napoli: Alex Meret; Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Amir Rrahmani, John Jesus and Mario Rui (Mathias Olivera); Tanguy Ndombele, Stanislav Lobotka and Piotr Zielinski; Matteo Politano (Chucky Lozano), Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
- AC Milan: Mike Maignan; Theo Hernandez, Fikayo Tomori, Simon Kjaer and Davide Calabria; Sandro Tonali, Rade Krunic, Ishmael Bennacer; Rafael Leao Brahim Diaz and Olivier Giroud
Fun Facts of the Champions League matches
These encounters have a lot of history, some disturbing data (read in the voice of Dross) and most importantly, many, many stories behind them.
How can we explain that Chelsea has Real Madrid as a son? Because in general history, the ‘Blues’ maintain a paternity over the meringueswith everything and that in the first leg, the Spanish club won.
Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, Karim Benzema is on fire against Chelsea -actually against English teams in the Champions League-because in the last year, Madrid has scored six goals against the London club, five of them have been from the famous ‘cat’.
Now, if we go to the other matchup in Italy, the Shampions will have the third confrontation between Napoli and Milan in less than a week and a halfwith balance in favor of rossoneros with two wins.
The thing is, those two confrontations in which Milan came out with their hands up, were without Victor Osimhen on the field, because the Napoli striker was injured.
For the return to the Diego Armando Maradona stadium, they will not only ask for the help of the ‘Hand of God’, but they will have their fearsome gunner back and wanting to score goals.
