Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has described his team as the “magic” of the Santiago Bernabeu stadium after qualifying for the Champions League semi-finals at the expense of Chelsea.
Real Madrid won 3-1 at Stamford Bridge in the first leg and seemed to have no problem advancing to the semi-finals through the second leg.
But Chelsea advanced with three goals in the 15th, 51st and 75th minutes through Mason Mont, Antonio Rudiger and Timo Werner, and Marcos Alonso canceled a goal, but Rodrigo scored a goal for the Royal Club ten minutes before the end. Extra time.
Real Madrid qualified for the semi-finals in extra time after scoring three goals (a hat-trick) in the first leg and then Frenchman Karim Benzema in the 96th minute.
“We deserved it because we showed energy, especially at the end of the match, to retain our chances,” Ancelotti said after the match, “all the players got up, they were on time, it was a tough night.”
He added, “We are not unworthy of a two-goal deficit. We stumbled in individual games because we missed our best player, Eder Milidavo. The first goal came from the follow-up.”
“We were two goals behind and did not show any desire to score. The team was mentally disturbed,” he pointed out.
“I can not explain what happened, the magic of the field helped the players not to give up … I never thought things were over as we played here at the Bernabeu, it’s hard to describe, but the magic inspires you, it helped give me the level of energy to get into the whole team box,” he said. Explained. Golden “.
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