Chelsea have been knocked out of the Champions League after suffering a 4-0 aggregate defeat in their quarter-final tie against Real Madrid.
2022/2023 UEFA Champions League
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Match Report
Chelsea have been knocked out of the Champions League after suffering a 4-0 aggregate defeat in their quarter-final tie against Real Madrid.
Chelsea have been knocked out of the Champions League at the quarter-final stage following a 4-0 aggregate defeat against Real Madrid. Goals from Karim Benzema and Marco Asensio in the first-leg at the Santiago Bernabeu, along with a Rodrygo brace in the second-leg, proved to be enough to see the current holders progress into the semi-finals.
The west Londoners will now only have the Premier League to focus on until the end of the season as they look to improve upon their current position in the table. Chelsea's inability to convert good chances was their downfall once again with Madrid now progressing into the last-four of the competition.
The Champions League holders will now face either Manchester City or Bayern Munich in the semi-finals. Pep Guardiola's side hold a 3-0 first-leg advantage heading into the second-leg against Bayern in Germany.
As for the Blues, they have just seven games left to play in the Premier League with European football looking unlikely for next season. Lampard was unable to follow in Thomas Tuchel's footsteps from 2021 and bring a third Champions League trophy to Stamford Bridge.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
11' CLOSE! Kante’s shot wide out
18' CLOSE! Rodrygo’s shot wide out
26' SAVE! Fine stop from world-class Kepa
34' Yellow Card! Marc Cucurella booked
44' What a save from Courtois!
50' Yellow Card! Reece James booked
52' Kante misses a good chance!
55' Havertz nearly scores for Chelsea!
58' GOAL! Chelsea 0-1 Real Madrid (Rodrygo)
64' Enzo’s effort stopped by Courtois
80' GOAL! Chelsea 0-2 Real Madrid (Rodrygo)
Line-ups
Chelsea XI: Thiago Silva, Kovacic, Kepa, Kante, Marc Cucurella, Trevoh Chalobah, Havertz, Reece James, Conor Gallagher, Wesley Fofana, Enzo Fernández
Subs: Azpilicueta, Sterling, Edouard Mendy, Ziyech, Loftus-Cheek, Mount, Zakaria, Pulisic, Felix, Mykhaylo Mudryk, Carney Chukwuemeka, Lewis Hall
Real Madrid XI: Modric, Benzema, Kroos, Alaba, Courtois, Carvajal, Valverde, Militao, Vinicius, Rodrygo, Eduardo Camavinga
Subs: Hazard, Nacho, Rudiger, Vazquez, Mariano, Odriozola, Vallejo, Asensio, Ceballos, Andriy Lunin, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Luis López