In the European Football Champions League, Real Madrid won the first match of the quarterfinals by defeating Chelsea with a hat-trick from Benzema.
Benzema put on a one-man show.
In the 21st minute of the first half, Vinicius Junior’s cross headed the opening goal, and three minutes later, Modric finished a long cross from behind with another header.
Chelsea, who conceded two goals in an instant, followed with a goal from Havertz in the 40th minute, but might not close the gap further.
On the contrary, it was a decisive mistake in the first minute of the second half, and he was hit to the brim.
Chelsea goalkeeper Mendy went all the way to midfield and Benzema snatched the ball and kicked it into the empty post to complete the hat-trick.
With this, Benzema scored a hat-trick in two consecutive games following the second leg of the round of 16 once morest Paris Saint-Germain, the fourth in Champions League history.
Real Madrid had an advantage in the quarterfinals as they defeated the champions of the last tournament, Chelsea 3-1 on the road.
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Villarreal also defeated Bayern Munich 1-0 with Arnout Danzuma’s winning goal at home, raising his dream of advancing to the quarterfinals.
Munich, who had been considered a strong contender for the title, missed the goal on 21 shots, leaving them without a goal in 31 matches in the Champions League.
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Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona, who died of a heart attack two years ago, has put up for auction a jersey worn by England in the quarterfinals of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.
Maradona sparked a controversy over the ‘Hand of God’ following being caught up in allegations that he scored a goal with his hand rather than a header in the match.
The auction house expected the jersey to sell for at least £4 million, or more than US$6.37 billion.
