Chelsea’s title defense in the Champions League ended despite a 3-2 win against Real Madrid on Tuesday, with Karim Benzema spoiling the English team’s comeback by scoring in extra time to put the Spanish powerhouse back into the semifinals.
Benzema had scored a hat trick in the first leg to give Madrid a 3-1 lead, then got the decisive goal at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium with a header off a cross by Vinícius Júnior six minutes into extra time.
The hosts had looked beaten after going down 3-0 in regulation, but substitute Rodrygo evened the aggregate score in the 80th and Madrid found a way to reach the last four for the 10th time in the last 12 seasons.
Chelsea confirm Romelu Lukaku will miss their game against Real Madrid due to injury pic.twitter.com/387Vt8L5IN
— B/R Football (@brfootball) April 11, 2022
Real Madrid vs Chelsea, coming soon.#UCL pic.twitter.com/a8BAIGpESl
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) April 12, 2022
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