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London’s Chelsea defeated Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge 2:0 (3:1 on aggregate) and advanced to the Champions League final, where they will meet with Manchester City 10:38 08.05.2021

Tuchel rightfully passes Zidane

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London’s Chelsea defeated Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge 2:0 (3:1 on aggregate) and advanced to the Champions League final, where they will meet with Manchester City.

The initial alignments of the teams were not in favor of Real Madrid, which conceded a goal at home and were forced to attack. From the first minutes Los Blancos played very arrogantly. Zidane, following the example of the first match, tried to play through the wings, leaving only recovered Ramos in defense to be torn apart by the attack of Chelsea. He was the only one when Militao and Nacho strengthened the sidelines, helping Vinicius and Mendy respectively, who worked as laterals. Everything would be fine, but Vinicius constantly failed in pressing and practically did not help his partners.

Eden Hazard in this match was even worse than Neymar in yesterday's confrontation. His task was to help Karim Benzema, acting as a projectile supplier. But there was no efficiency from him, since Chelsea in the center of the pitch gnawed all the possibilities for a pass to the Belgian.

The Londoners worked very confidently and harmoniously in their style. On counterattacks, the Blues passed the central block of Real thanks to Rudiger and Kante. The former constantly did not let Luka Modric breathe, and the latter - dispersed the attacks, as in the first match. For the first half hour, Real Madrid barely managed to restrain the Frenchman, they gradually took aim and Edouard Mendy had to save the team a couple of times. But when N’Golo turned on the speed, the first goal came after Timo Werner’s  finishing off.

Chelsea continued to interrupt all of Real's attacks, which did not seem to be in the mood to play the three center-backs and were constantly losing ground. Militao did not have time to hedge Ramos, but the poor realization of the London Germans intervened. Havertz and Werner squandered moments and at any moment the situation could turn upside down for the hosts. But the confident play of the defensive line, Jorginho, Mount and Kante neutralized in pressing all attempts of Zidane's men.

Five minutes before the end of fulltime, Chelsea managed to double the lead in a similar counterattack, as Manchester City scored the second goal against PSG. Kante scored again, giving a pre-goal pass, and Pulisic passed to Mount, who scored into an empty net.

The Londoners deservedly pass Real Madrid, which have never created a single truly one hundred percent chance. Zidane, as for us, missed as much as possible with the exit of Eden Hazard from the start. He was clearly not ready for such a difficult match in terms of struggle and density of the game. The second mistake of Zidane, as for us, is the hope for Ramos. Although Chelsea have problems with realization, it was foolish to believe that they will not score from such an abundance of chances. As a result, it turned out that the guests were unable to attack and defend. It was not worth it, and Tuchel proved that in such a short period he managed to build order and put everything in its place.

The German takes the second team to the Champions League final for the second year in a row. He was lucky because of the abundance of footballers who were available in the roster, which also had its effect. Confident defensive play, chic mid-level pressing, excellent Kante and average realization - that was enough to reach the final.

We think that the two most stable teams of the playoff stage will compete for the cup and there is no need to look for injustice here. Both teams passed deservedly and the match in Istanbul promises to be incredibly interesting from a tactical point of view. After all, Tuchel has already beaten Guardiola and can repeat it if the Spaniard does not draw conclusions.

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