Champions League: Chelsea overcomes Real Madrid 3-2
MADRID. Chelsea prevailed over Real Madrid.
MADRID. Chelsea beat Real Madrid. Chelsea took advantage of its superior ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Madrid on Tuesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Szymon Marciniak with the support of Pawel Sokolnicki and Tomasz Listkiewicz. The 4th official was Srđan Jovanović. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold around 10.1 degrees Celsius or 50.11 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 83%.
Match Statistics
Chelsea was in firm control of the ball 57% while Real Madrid was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Chelsea was more aggressive with 83 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Chelsea won the match.
Real Madrid shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Chelsea shot 18 times, 5 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
Real Madrid received 4 yellow cards (K. Benzema, F. Valverde, E. Camavinga and D. Carvajal). On the other side, Chelsea received 5 yellow cards (R. James, H. Ziyech, K. Havertz, T. Tuchel and C. Azpilicueta).
Match Events
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10'10'
R. James
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15'15'
M. Mount
T. Werner
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37'37'
K. Benzema
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51'51'
A. Rudiger
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63'63'
M. Alonso Mendoza (Goal Disallowed)
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68'68'
F. Valverde
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73'73'
E. Camavinga
T. Kroos
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75'75'
T. Werner
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78'78'
Marcelo
F. Mendy
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78'78'
Rodrygo
Casemiro
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80'80'
Rodrygo
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83'83'
C. Pulisic
T. Werner
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88'88'
Lucas
N. Fernandez
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90'90'
E. Camavinga
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96'96'
K. Benzema
Vinicius Junior
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100'100'
H. Ziyech
N. Kante
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102'102'
H. Ziyech
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106'106'
Jorginho
M. Kovacic
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106'106'
S. Niguez
R. Loftus-Cheek
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109'109'
K. Havertz
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113'113'
T. Tuchel
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113'113'
C. Azpilicueta
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115'115'
D. Ceballos
Vinicius Junior
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118'118'
D. Carvajal
Next match
In the upcoming Champions League match, Real Madrid will play away with Liverpool on the 21st of February with a 5-2 head to head stats in favor of Real Madrid (1 draw).
Chelsea will play away against Borussia Dortmund on the 15th of February with a 0-0 head to head.
Real Madrid: Formation and Lineups
Real Madrid started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Carlo Ancelotti chose to play with the following team: Thibaut Courtois , Daniel Carvajal , Nacho Fernández , David Alaba , Ferland Mendy , Luka Modrić , Casemiro , Toni Kroos , Federico Valverde , Karim Benzema and Vinícius Júnior .
Substitutes
Real Madrid made 5 changes: T. Kroos for E. Camavinga (73′), F. Mendy for Marcelo (78′), Casemiro for Rodrygo (78′), N. Fernandez for Lucas (88′) and Vinicius Junior for D. Ceballos (115′).
Top player: Daniel Carvajal
The player who no doubt impressed Real Madrid the most was Daniel Carvajal.
His rating is with 76 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.
Chelsea: Formation and Lineups
Chelsea started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
On the opposite side, Thomas Tuchel played with: Edouard Mendy , Reece James , Thiago Silva , Antonio Rüdiger , Ruben Loftus-Cheek , N’Golo Kanté , Mateo Kovačić , Marcos Alonso , Mason Mount , Kai Havertz and Timo Werner .
Substitutes
Chelsea made 4 changes: T. Werner for C. Pulisic (83′), N. Kante for H. Ziyech (100′), M. Kovacic for Jorginho (106′) and R. Loftus-Cheek for S. Niguez (106′).
Top player: Mason Mount
Probably the most impressive player in Chelsea was Mason Mount.
His rating is with 1 goal, 44 passes (81% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Champions League
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Favian Renkel
Since August 2022, when Lootrs.com launched, internet football journalist Favian Renkel has written on European football in particular. Cameron writes news articles and features for the news desk in addition to creating a large portion of the SEO material for the website in his present position. Renkel was previously the head Chelsea reporter at Football News portal. He now serves as the website's main Chelsea correspondent.
