Actual Madrid noticed off a stirring Chelsea fightback to ebook their position within the semi-finals of the Champions League following a 3-2 defeat after overtime on the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday that despatched them via 5-4 on mixture.
Chelsea had regarded on target to finish an astonishing comeback after taking a 3-0 lead of their quarter-final 2d leg with objectives from Mason Mount, Antonio Rudiger and a very good particular person effort from Timo Werner.
? RESULT ?
Champions League vintage ?
Holders knocked out after mystery ??
?? Rodrygo, Benzema web to ship hosts via; Mount, Rüdiger & Werner ranking for Chelsea
Sum up that recreation in a single phrase…#UCL
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But the hosts got here roaring again, with Rodrygo completing from a excellent go by means of Luka Modric to stage the tie 4-4 on mixture and drive overtime when Karim Benzema headed house to come to a decision a exceptional come upon.
Actual Madrid will now face both Manchester Town or Atletico Madrid within the ultimate 4.
VILLARREAL STUN BAYERN
Underdogs Villarreal scored an 88th minute equaliser via replace Samuel Chukwueze to take hold of a surprising 1-1 draw at Bayern Munich and advance to the Champions League semi-finals with a 2-1 mixture win over the Germans.
? RESULT ?
VILLARREAL IN THE SEMI-FINALS!
?? Lewandowski nets opener for Bayern; Chukwueze sends guests via 2-1 mixture
?? Tale of the season?#UCL
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Six-time Eu champions Bayern, who had gained 12 in their earlier 13 house video games within the pageant,levelled the tie when Robert Lewandowski drilled the ball in off the publish after 52 mins together with his thirteenth Champions League objective of the season.
But regardless of controlling the sport they failed to attain once more.
As a substitute, it was once Villarreal, semi-finalists in 2006, who netted in opposition to the run of play with Chukwueze beating goalkeeper Manuel Neuer with a left-foot effort to silence the house crowd.
“We really feel numerous happiness. Ever for the reason that draw paired us with Bayern, we’ve been telling ourselves that lets do it,” Villarreal ahead Gerard Moreno mentioned. “The realization and the way in which this group competes has helped us to succeed in it.”
“Within the first leg we made the error of now not completing the tie, and the entire feedback function motivation for us. They made the error lately of now not killing us off and we took good thing about that.”
Villarreal will play Liverpool or Benfica within the ultimate 4, with the English aspect main 3-1 after the primary leg in Portugal, with the go back at Anfield on Wednesday.