Villarreal’s Samuel Chukwueze celebrates a goal once morest Bayern
The return matches in the quarter-finals of the European Champions League witnessed surprises with the exit of the defending champion, Chelsea, and Bayern Munich, who won the tournament six times.
In addition to Real Madrid, Villarreal of Spain reached the semi-finals, in a big surprise.
Villarreal achieved a historic achievement by reaching the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in 16 years, at the expense of Bayern Munich, despite a 1-1 draw in the second leg of the quarter-finals, but the Spanish team won the two matches 2-1.
Bayern started the match, which was held on Tuesday evening, with great pressure in an attempt to beat its Spanish guest early at the Allianz Arena, and grab the qualification ticket following losing the first leg 1-0 at La Ceramica Stadium in Spain, with the goal of Unai Emery.
Indeed, Robert Lewandowski scored the goal for the Bavarian giants in the 52nd minute, and the red team continued to put strong pressure on the guests.
But the Spanish team managed to equalize through Samuel Chukwueze in the killer time, and the goal came in the 88th minute to give Villarreal the lead in the two matches, and scored a historic victory for them.
Villarreal will face the team that will qualify following the match between Liverpool and Benfica, which will be held on Wednesday.
Real Madrid counts despite the defeat
Chelsea bid farewell to the championship on Tuesday evening, on a night full of drama at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, despite its victory over Real Madrid, in the second leg of the quarter-final match 3-2.
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Real Madrid players celebrate reaching the semi-finals despite the defeat from Chelsea
The royal team advanced to the semi-finals following winning the home and away matches 5-4.
He had won the first leg 3-2, as Karim Benzema scored three goals, while Kai Havertz scored the Blues’ only goal.
Chelsea started the return match strongly in an attempt to compensate for the result of the first leg, and they succeeded in scoring an early goal in the 15th minute, through Mason Mount, with a missile shot past goalkeeper Courtois.
With the beginning of the second half, Chelsea strengthened their lead with the second goal through Rudiger in the 51st minute of the match.
Then came the third goal for the visitors through Timo Werner, in the 75th minute, and some believed that the match ended completely with the qualification of Chelsea.
But Real rose once more ten minutes before the end of the match, and Rodrigo scored the first goal for the hosts in the 80th minute following a pass from Modric, to end the match in a 4-4 tie, and the two teams played two additional periods.
With the beginning of the first extra period, Karim Benzema returned to shine, and scored his team’s second goal in the 96th minute, and led his team to qualify for the semi-finals.
Thus, Real Madrid reached the semi-finals, waiting for the team that will qualify following the match between Manchester City and Atletico Madrid, which will be held on Wednesday evening.