“Real” Madrid playfully defeats “Chelsea” in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Champions League

“Real Madrid” and “AC Milan” football players celebrated their success in the first matches of the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday.

“Real” had a 2-0 (1-0) victory over London’s “Chelsea” at home, demonstrating significantly more convincing and dangerous football in the course of the match.

In the 22nd minute, Vinicius Junior received a pass in front of Chelsea’s goal, whose shot was saved by Chelsea’s goalkeeper Kepa Arizabalaga, but Karim Benzema was the first to receive the rebound and put it into the goal, giving Madrid the lead.

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In the second half, after 14 minutes played, the defender of the London team, Ben Chilwell, earned a red card, leaving the visiting team in the minority.

“Real” striker Marco Asensio went on the field for a change in the 71st minute, but three minutes later he sent the ball into the “Chelsea” goal and doubled the advantage of the home team.

Meanwhile, in the duel between two Italian A series teams, “AC Milan” won “Napoli” 1:0 (1:0) in the home game.

In the first half, Milan’s team was led by Ismael Benaser, who successfully ended the quick counterattack in the 40th minute.

In the 75th minute, Andre Zambo Angisa earned a second yellow card and left “Napoli” in the minority, but the hosts failed to use the advantage to score another goal.

The two teams also met a little over a week ago in the Italian Serie A match, in which the Milan team won convincingly with 4:0.

It has already been reported that Manchester “City” beat Bayern Munich 3-0 in the first quarter-final matches a day earlier, while Milan “Inter” won 2-0 over Lisbon “Benfica”.

The return matches will take place on April 18 and 19.

32 teams played in the main tournament of the UEFA Champions League. The two best teams of each subgroup made it to the round of 16, while the third-placed team continued their season in the UEFA Europa League elimination tournament.

“Real” Madrid beat “Liverpool” 1:0 in the final of the 2021/2022 season competition in Paris.

This season, the final will be held on June 10 in Istanbul.