It annoys me that we don’t score goals! But I will not tear anyone’s head off, said Lampard after being eliminated from the Champions League

It was only the second time in the knockout stages of the Champions League that Chelsea failed to score in both legs. It happened to her for the first time in the spring of 2005 in the semi-final against Liverpool (0:0, 0:1). Midfielder Frank Lampard played both duels at that time in her jersey.

His team could have taken the lead from the edge of Tuesday’s rematch, but Kanté took the chance rashly. At the end of the first half, for a change, Cucurella threw away the almost impossible. And so, after the break, a penalty came when the Brazilian Rodrygo scored twice and Real easily reached the semi-finals.

“We played really well for sixty minutes. You don’t really want to praise when you lose at this level, but we’ve improved a lot compared to the last few games,” said Lampard. Since he took the bench at Chelsea, the team has lost all four games. Even because of the poor finish.

“We had a lot of chances, but football is about goals. But it was definitely a big improvement on our part. Hopefully we can build on this performance,” Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher said.

But the Blues expressed their respect for Real coach Carlo Ancelotti. According to him, they were well prepared for his team. “We suffered a lot, we were lucky to play the first half without conceding a goal. We were much better in the second half, we scored two goals and we are looking forward to the semi-finals,” Ancelotti said.

The goals for Real this time were not provided by captain Benzema, who became the fifth player in history to start the 150th Champions League match, but by Brazilian striker Rodrygo. He scored all five of his goals in the knockout stages of this competition against opponents from England. Thanks to him, the White Ballet successfully managed the 11th quarter-final of the Champions League in a row.

“I can’t explain that in the Champions League, unlike the Spanish league, we can win and perform excellently. It’s probably a competition for us. I believe that we will win another trophy and I will contribute to that with another goal,” said Rodrygo. Real will face the better of the Bayern Munich/Manchester City pair to advance to the final.