Rodrygo of Real Madrid topples Chelsea to guarantee a place in the semifinals of the Champions League.
Chelsea's hopes of progressing to the Champions League semi-finals were dashed as they suffered a quarter-final exit to Real Madrid. Despite a spirited effort in the first half, the London club lacked the X factor and were heavy on perspiration but low on inspiration. The fact that clear chances fell to players like N'Golo Kanté and Marc Cucurella told its own story, and despite the £550m spent on new players since last May, the club lacked someone to put the ball in the net. Real Madrid were the holders and old masters who won 2-0, with Rodrygo doing the damage by finishing off a slick break that he initiated and then turning the screw with ten minutes to play. Frank Lampard's team had lost four games in a row and scored just one goal, the worst run since 1993. The home crowd did not turn, but there is still plenty of time for that across the final weeks of the barren season. Lampard's selection was always going to invite scrutiny, and it felt as though Madrid did not know what to make of it at the outset. Lampard wanted an aggressive press from the midfield four, especially the wing-backs, Reece James and Cucurella, and the extra pair in front of them, but his team's toothlessness was summed up when Mykhaylo Mudryk,
on as a substitute, ran through at the end only to drag-unconvincingly wide.in all Chelsea were not able to take their chances whiles Real Madrid made the most of the opportunities they got throughout the match you could see that the confidence of the players were very low which could be seen in the dis-organised way Chaldea football club played today.Real Madrid progress through to the semis where they would most likely face mancity
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