Spain’s Real Madrid secured a logical 2-0 win over Chelsea in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the 2022-23 season at the “Santiago Bernabeu” stadium on Wednesday evening. Champions League.

Real Madrid scored in the 22nd minute of the match through Frenchman Karim Benzema, before Marco Asensio added the second goal in the 74th minute with the first touch after coming on as a substitute.

Real Madrid’s win against Chelsea puts the Royals into the Champions League semi-finals in theory, in light of Chelsea’s woeful appearance in the first leg of the quarter-finals.

As usual, Real Madrid looked a completely different side to Villarreal in the Spanish league on Saturday evening, losing 3-2 to Real Madrid this season. La Liga” trophy to Barcelona.

In the following lines, we review with you the most important points of Real Madrid’s victory over Chelsea in the first leg of the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals.

The real chosen one

Real Madrid has been selective in the current season, with the Royal club’s players appearing as one face in the Spanish league and another in the European Champions League and King’s Cup in Spain.

Perhaps Real Madrid’s goals and players are clearly at their level in different competitions, but logic dictates that the team should fight with the same passion on all fronts.

Real Madrid lost 2-1 against Barcelona in the Liga Clasico, then “Al-Merenji” won 4-0 against “Blaugrana” in the second leg of the King’s Cup semi-final with another team.

Four days after Liverpool scored five goals in the Champions League, you can imagine that Real Madrid were satisfied with a draw with Atletico Madrid with one goal each.

⚽️ Asensio doubles Royal’s score with a crushing ground shot

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Quiet Chelsea continue to suffer

Although Chelsea started the match against Real Madrid with two clear chances to score, the poor condition of the “Blues” attackers denied the team the best chance to turn the tables at the start of the “Santiago Bernabeu”.

Chelsea have scored just two goals in their last 5 matches in all competitions, including the match against Real Madrid, and the London side have scored just eight goals in their last 10 matches at a rate of one goal per game, a team highlight. Suffering at the attack level.

Chelsea’s situation, frequent coaching changes, and lack of an obvious striker and consistent style ensure that the idea of ​​a “remontada” against Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge can be largely avoided at the moment.

Benzema is the “king” who tortures England’s clubs

As usual, Karim Benzema was the hero and scored in Real Madrid’s win over Chelsea.

Benzema seems to love the nets of English clubs, out of the 90 goals he scored in the Champions League, Benzema scored 20 goals for English clubs.

Frenchman Karim Benzema put Real Madrid ahead after a brilliant start from Brazil’s Vinicius Junior (1-0).

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Benzema is currently second in the goalscoring record against English clubs in the Champions League, ahead of only Argentinian Lionel Messi who has scored 27 goals against English clubs, according to statistics website “Opta”.