Real Madrid breezed previous Chelsea into the semifinals of the Champions League with Rodrygo’s double securing a 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday for a 4-0 mixture victory that units up a possible mouth-watering conflict with Manchester City.
Trailing 2-0 from final week’s conflict within the Bernabeu, Chelsea had its moments however didn’t take its probabilities within the opening half and at first of the second and have been made to pay as Rodrygo despatched the silky Spaniards via.
He opened the scoring within the 58th minute and tapped in once more within the eightieth to spark a mass exodus of Chelsea followers.
N’Golo Kante had twice come near reducing the deficit and Real’s former Chelsea keeper Thibaut Courtois made a vital save simply earlier than halftime to frustrate his outdated membership.
And when Rodrygo completed off a sweeping counter-attack there was no approach again for the London membership which has misplaced all 4 video games since Frank Lampard returned as interim supervisor.
The closing levels have been nearly educational and Real turned on the type with Federico Valverde teeing up Rodrygo’s second.
While Chelsea’s season will finish trophy-less underneath its new American house owners regardless of a 500 million kilos ($621 million) outlay on new gamers, 14-time European champion Real marches on with supervisor Carlo Ancelotti eyeing the trophy for a fifth time.
Chelsea’s followers cranked up the quantity extra in hope than expectation from the kickoff and the host nearly obtained the proper begin when a Reece James cross sat up kindly for Kante however he bounced a volley huge.
Real was content material to play a containing recreation however nonetheless regarded able to killing the tie each time it moved ahead and Rodrygo, who scored an important aim for Real towards Chelsea on the identical stage final yr, smashed a shot towards the put up.
Home keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga then beat away a Vinicius Junior effort earlier than Real’s grasp craftsman Luka Modric discovered himself via on the precise however Arrizabalaga saved.
A Chelsea aim earlier than halftime would have energised the temper and it nearly arrived in stoppage time when James fizzed a ball throughout the world and Marc Cucurella regarded poised to attain just for Courtois to smother his effort brilliantly.
Kante’s deflected effort went agonisingly huge early within the second half and that proved Chelsea’s final hope.
Rodrygo skipped previous Trevoh Chalobah’s wild lunge and his cross finally was performed again to him by fellow Brazilian Vinicius for him to fit house.
With a security cushion established, Real’s followers wedged within the nook have been already serenading their crew by the point Real picked aside Chelsea’s defence once more for Rodrygo to ship the knockout blow into an empty web.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com