Real Madrid have advanced to the Champions League semi-finals after an unbelievable quarter-final second leg against Chelsea.
The Blues seemed set to pull off one of Europe’s greatest comebacks after going ahead 3-0 in Madrid, overturning the 3-1 deficit from the first leg.
But the hosts scored before full-time and in the first-half of extra-time to claim the tie 5-4 on aggregate.
On the back of a 6-0 away win over Southampton over the weekend, Chelsea continued the momentum by scoring after just 15 minutes.
Mateo Kovacic released a fizzing ball to met Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who played a neat one-two with Timo Werner before finding Mason Mount steaming into the box.
The Englishman controlled the ball terrifically before slotting past Thibaut Courtois.
Mount turned provider six minutes after half-time when his corner was met by unstoppable header from Antonio Rudiger.
Chelsea thought they had gone ahead on aggregate when Marcos Alonso but VAR decided that the Spaniard had handled the ball in the build-up.
But the visitors finally had their goal 15 minutes from time thanks to a brilliant goal from Timo Werner.
The German sat down Casemiro and David Alaba before finishing into the bottom right corner.
Just when you thought Real were dead and buried, Luka Modric delivered a ridiculous outside of the foot pass over the Chelsea defence, allowing Rodrygo to side-foot volley past Edouard Mendy.
There was only one man who could win it for Real and that was Karim Benzema.
The Frenchman powerfully headed Vinicius Junior’s cross past a helpless Mendy just six minutes into extra-time.
Kai Havertz and Jorginho both had great chances to put Chelsea back in front on aggregate during the second-half of stoppage time.
Los Blancos will now face the winner of Manchester City and Atletico Madrid, with Pep Guardiola’s side leading 1-0 ahead of the second leg in the Spanish capital on Tuesday.
Thomas Tuchel’s men will rue their missed opportunities after almost staging an amazing comeback at the Bernabeu.
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