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Rodrygo as conductor
What a great performance from the Brazilian player.
After an already well-rounded first leg meeting, Rodrygo took the cover again this Tuesday evening during the return match, embodying the greatest danger on the Madrid side.
Long before opening the scoring on an opportunity initiated by one of his many overflows (58th) or doubling the bet by standing out to receive the free service from Valverde (80th), the Brazilian was already enterprising in the first period by finding the post of Kepa on a powerful strike (19th) after a good collective combination.
Big volume of play for him this evening with 50 balls touched and more than 90% of successful passes.
Chelsea's high pressing
Despite the defeat and the elimination, Chelsea showed a face that was far from being uninteresting tactically, what's more if we take into account the existential crisis that has been going through the Blues for several months.
The very high pressing installed by the offensive lines of Chelsea really hampered the Merengues in the first period, pushing them to make a mistake or lose the ball.
For a long time, Real Madrid could not at all manage to revive and ward off danger, nor to build from the back.
This is a good base for reconstruction for Chelsea.
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The lack of realism of the Blues
And all the frustration in London ultimately comes from here.
Chelsea were unable to convert any chance.
So certainly Thibaut Courtois had a daunting performance with eight saves, but in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, a team of Chelsea status cannot afford to have so many big chances without scoring once: N' Golo Kanté missed two opportunities (10th, 53rd), as did Mykhaïlo Mudryk (88th).
Without forgetting the multiple centers of Reece James or the too soft strikes in lack of power of Enzo Fernandez or Kai Havertz.
The lack of realism and offensive efficiency condemned the Blues definitively.
Cucurella at fault
He is at the center of the game's main turning point, but not on the right side of the event.
In added time in the first half, Marc Cucurella found himself alone at the far post and hesitated too much before adjusting his strike, which gave Courtois time to come out and make another decisive save before the break.
Unlike Reece James on the other side, the Spaniard was not able to be enterprising in attack, losing twelve balls, committing two fouls and being flagged offside twice.
Facing Rodrygo, he was unable to stop him and his dezoning created a boulevard on the overflow of the Brazilian during the opener, to the point of putting his teammate Chalobah in a bad position, forcing him to attempt a tackle last minute to make up for Cucurella's absence.