Tops
Kanté, XXL performance
On the eve of the announcement of Didier Deschamps' list, N'Golo Kanté delivered a high-level performance.
Everywhere as usual, he still raked a lot of balls in his midfield.
Not only was he content to recover, he also played a large part in the impressive fluidity of the passing patterns between defense, midfield and attack.
The Frenchman is at the origin of Ziyech's goal by transmitting well to Havertz (34th).
Like his breakthrough in the 89th, he never gave up in this meeting.
It is also him who facilitates the goal of Emerson (90 + 4th) by proposing to the right, thus freeing the Italian on the left.
Big performance from Kanté at Stamford Bridge, but is it really surprising?
Rüdiger, resuscitated boss
Put in the closet by Frank Lampard, Antonio Rüdiger is reborn under the orders of his compatriot Thomas Tuchel.
The German coach has made the former Romain one of the bosses of his team.
The German defender initiated the London recovery perfectly and was very good defensively, never letting the Madrid attackers express themselves fully.
Excellent match which symbolizes the found impermeability of the defense of Blues, which has conceded only two goals since the arrival of Tuchel.
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Tuchel, wise choices
He favored the speed of Havertz rather than the experience of Giroud.
A strong choice given the performance of the French on the first leg but which paid off.
It was the young German who launched Werner who only had to serve Ziyech who opened the scoring (34th).
It is also the daily work of the former PSG coach who splashed the lawn of Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.
Impressive passing systems, ease in the disconcerting recovery, one has the impression that the German technician is reviving the uninspired Blues under Frank Lampard.
He continues his unbeaten streak with Chelsea.
He still has not lost in thirteen matches at the head of his new team.
Flops
Luis Suarez, ghostly
The Uruguayan will have distinguished himself only on a potential penalty that he would have caused in favor of his team (23rd).
Other than that, the former Barça hasn't shown anything.
Not helped by an uninspired environment, he never managed to support Joao Félix, much more available and restless than him.
Luis Suarez will not have scored a single goal in C1 this season.
His scarcity away from the Champions League extends to 25 matches.
Koke ran well but did not serve well
The Spaniard ran a lot during this meeting.
The Madrid captain has tried to instill the good spirit in his partners.
Unfortunately for him, he was never technically in the game.
He missed a lot and didn't trigger enough dangerous actions in favor of his team.
With Suarez, he embodies all the problems of the Colchoneros tonight.
Much physical effort rendered obsolete by offensive inspirations close to nothing.
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