Real Madrid saw an upbeat Chelsea fight to book their place in the Champions League semi-finals after a 3-2 loss after extra time at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday, which they thrashed 5-4 on aggregate.
Chelsea looked on course to complete a surprise comeback in the second leg of their quarter-finals after taking a 3-0 lead with goals from Mason Mount, Antonio Rudiger and an outstanding individual effort from Timo Werner.
, Result ?
Champions League Classic?
Holders knock after thriller??, Rodrigo, Benzema Nets to send off the hosts; Mount, Rudiger and Werner score for Chelsea
To sum up that game in one word…#UCL
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Yet the hosts bounced back, with Rodrigo finishing 4-4 on aggregate after a brilliant pass from Luka Modric and forcing extra time when Karim Benzema headed home to decide a remarkable encounter.
Real Madrid will now face either Manchester City or Atletico Madrid in the last four.
Villarreal Stun Byrne
Underdogs Villarreal pulled off a 1–1 draw at Bayern Munich in the 88th minute through substitute Samuel Chuquezé and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League with a 2–1 aggregate win over the Germans.
, Result ?
Villarreal in the semifinals!
, Lewandowski hits the first net for Bayern; Chuquez sends visitors through 2-1 on aggregate
, Season’s story?#UCL
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Six-time European champions Bayern, who had won 12 of their last 13 home games in the competition, leveled the tie when Robert Lewandowski scored his 13th Champions League goal of the season with the ball off the post after 52 minutes. done.
Yet despite controlling the game, they failed to score again.
Instead, in 2006, Villarreal, the semifinalist, netted against the race to play when Chuquezé defeated goalkeeper Manuel Neuer with a left-footed effort to calm the home crowd.
Villarreal forward Gerard Moreno said: “We feel very happy. Ever since the draw brought us to Bayern, we are telling ourselves that we can do this.” “Trust and the way this team competes has helped us achieve this.”
“In the first leg we made the mistake of not finishing the tie, and all the comments serve as motivation for us. They made the mistake of not hitting us today and we took advantage of it.”
Villarreal will play either Liverpool or Benfica in the last four, with the English side leading 3-1 after the first leg in Portugal, returning to Anfield on Wednesday.