RMA vs CEL: Real Madrid vs Chelsea – Karim Benzema, Madrid’s wily No.9 scored a second successive hat-trick in the competition, including two magnificent first-half headers, to put the 13-time champions firmly in control. The holders had halved their arrears through Kai Havertz, but Benzema seized on an Edouard Mendy lapse soon after half-time to complete his hat-trick and leave the Blues with a mountain to climb in the Spanish capital. Follow RMA vs CEL and UEFA Champions League Live Updates on InsideSport.IN
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Real Madrid XI: Courtois, Carvajal, Nacho, Alaba, Mendy, Kroos, Casemiro, Modric, Valverde, Vinicius Jr, Benzema.
Chelsea XI: Mendy, James, Rudiger, Silva, Alonso, Kante, Kovacic, Loftus-Cheek, Werner, Mount, Havertz.
Real Madrid midfielder Casemiro insisted they won’t fall into the trap of believing their Champions League quarter-final against Chelsea is already wrapped up after they dominated to win 3-1 at Stamford Bridge in the first leg.
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Karim Benzema scored a second successive Champions League hat-trick as Real Madrid beat Chelsea 3-1 in their quarter-final first leg. Benzema’s hat-trick just weeks after the same against Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16 helped Carlo Ancelotti’s side take command of the tie at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea FC receives a big blow for their upcoming encounter against Real Madrid as the English side will be without the services of their Belgium Striker, Romelu Lukaku. Lukaku missing the all-important quarter-final tie against the Spanish side has been confirmed by manager Thomas Tuchel who claimed that Lukaku has not recovered from his injury and thus will not feature in the UEFA Champions League fixture.
It’s crunch time 😬
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Chelsea will travel to Madrid as they face the Los Blancos in the return leg of the quarter-finals clash. The defending champions of the UEFA Champions League were handed a comprehensive 3-1 defeat by the Madrid whites at Stamford Bridge.
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Real Madrid
Since round of 16 (all competitions, most recent first): WWWLW
Where they stand: 1st in Spanish Liga
Chelsea
Since round of 16 (all competitions, most recent first): WLLW
Where they stand: 3rd in Premier League, FA Cup semi-finals
Predicted starting line-ups
Real Madrid: Courtois; Carvajal, Nacho, Alaba, Mendy; Modrić, Casemiro, Kroos; Valverde, Benzema, Vinícius Júnior
Out: Hazard (ankle), Isco (ill), Vallejo (ill)
Suspended: Éder Militão
Chelsea: Mendy; Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Rüdiger; James, Kanté, Kovačic, Alonso; Mount, Havertz, Ziyech
Out: Chilwell, Lukaku
Misses next match if booked: Loftus-Cheek, Rüdiger
Watch UEFA Champions League 2021-22 (Quarter-final Leg 2) – Chelsea vs. Real Madrid LIVE on SONY TEN 2 (English), SONY TEN 3 (Hindi) & SONY TEN 4 (Tamil & Telugu) channels on April 13, 2022, from 12:30 am IST
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