UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Chelsea WDLDL 0
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Real Madrid WLWWL 2
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1st Leg · Estadio Bernabéu · 63,142 att.

Match Report

Vinícius, Benzema lead Real Madrid past Chelsea 2-0 in CL

— Karim Benzema struck yet again against Chelsea, and Real Madrid is a step closer to eliminating the English club for the second straight season in the Champions League.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
3
8
Saves
3
43.1
Possession
56.9
7
SHOTS
18
3
ON GOAL
10
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
396
Accurate Passes
576
480
Passes
643
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
1
11
Crosses
19
0.0
Cross %
0.1
48
Long Balls
26
25
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
12
12
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
7
Interceptions
9
18
Effective Clearances
11
18
Clearances
11

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 4David AlabaCD-L
  3. 3Éder MilitãoCD-R
  4. 12Eduardo CamavingaLB
  5. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 8Toni KroosCM
  7. 10Luka ModricLM
  8. 15Federico ValverdeRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 20Vinícius JúniorLF
  11. 21RodrygoRF

CHE · 3-5-2

  1. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 6Thiago SilvaCD
  3. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  4. 33Wesley FofanaCD-R
  5. 8Mateo KovacicCM-L
  6. 7N'Golo KantéCM-R
  7. 5Enzo FernándezAM
  8. 21Ben ChilwellLM
  9. 24Reece JamesRM
  10. 11João FélixCF-L
  11. 17Raheem SterlingCF-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Wesley Fofana (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 7' Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 21' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Chelsea 0. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  4. 55' Substitution, Chelsea. Marc Cucurella replaces Kalidou Koulibaly because of an injury.
  5. 59' Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) is shown the red card.
  6. 65' Substitution, Chelsea. Kai Havertz replaces Raheem Sterling.
  7. 65' Substitution, Chelsea. Trevoh Chalobah replaces João Félix.
  8. 71' Substitution, Real Madrid. Marco Asensio replaces Rodrygo.
  9. 71' Substitution, Real Madrid. Antonio Rüdiger replaces Eduardo Camavinga.
  10. 74' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Chelsea 0. Marco Asensio (Real Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior following a corner.
  11. 75' Substitution, Chelsea. Conor Gallagher replaces N'Golo Kanté.
  12. 76' Substitution, Chelsea. Mason Mount replaces Thiago Silva.
  13. 81' Substitution, Real Madrid. Dani Ceballos replaces Luka Modric.
  14. 83' Éder Militão (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 84' Substitution, Real Madrid. Aurélien Tchouaméni replaces Toni Kroos.
  16. 87' Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 87' Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.

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