Benzema’s Hat-trick Sinks Chelsea at the Bridge. Real Madrid defeated Chelsea at the bridge as a superb Karim Benzema’s Hat-trick gave the Los Blancos a comfortable first leg advantage.
Ever since Chelsea owner Roman Abrahmovich was sanctioned and the club put up for sale by the UK Government the Blues have been some what off especially in their last two games losing Scandalously to Brentford over weekend four days ago and their fans thought they would give a response against the Galacticos whom they eliminated from the champions league semi final last season but were totally abysmal on the Night.
Real Madrid were good value for their money as they asserted a lot of energy in the Midfield through Federico Valverde who won the ball before finding Karim Benzema who back heeled it back to Valverde, he Sprinted forward Slotting the ball to Vinicius junior whose shot clipped the top of the bar.
A warning strike that Chelsea failed to heed to Mason Mount then Curled a Free kick over the Madrid wall but fomer Blues shot stopper Thiabaut Courtois was equal to the task as he smartly went down to parry the ball away.
Vinicius junior and Karim Benzema with a lovely inter change of pass,saw the Brazilian cross the ball for the on rushing Karim Benzema who expertly headed the ball past Edouard Mendy to send estatic jubilations among the Madrid fans.
Two minutes later the Galacticos were two nill up, a first time cross from Luka Modric was met by the head of France international Karim Benzema who positioned himself well in between Thiago Silva and Andreas Christensen to nod home past Edouard Mendy.
Kai Havertz also have the nack to turn up against the big teams and he did so by pulling a goal back for Chelsea, Jorghino flug a cross into the six yard box and Havertz nodded it past Thibaut Courtois to make it 1:2.
Karim Benzema should have completed his hat-trick some minutes later as he scoofed his shot wide when it looked like he was going to score.
He did complete his treble early in the second half an howler from Chelsea Goalkeeper Edouard Mendy saw Karim Benzema capitalize on a loose pass from the Senegalese to pass the ball into an empty net.
The goal made Karim Benzema the first player in Champions League history to score a UCL hat-trick against Chelsea.
Thomas Tuchel who had never lost to Madrid before being unbeaten in six different meetings with three different clubs was staring at a first defeat to the Los Blanco’s and in a despirate attempt brought on Matteo Kovacic, Hakim Ziyech and Romelu Lukaku.
Chelsea pushed forward to get something out of the game, Mason Mount with an audacious shot from the edge of the box sailed over the bar and into the stands
Hakim Ziyech blazed the ball over the bar in the dying seconds of the game after a knock down from Romelu Lukaku when he should have least hitted the target.
Karim Benzema was named player of the match with an outstanding performance as he did PSG in the last rounds with a Spectacular hat-trick, he brought London bridge down in similar fashion.The french man almost didn’t get into the stadium as he couldn’t find his gate pass Carlo Ancelotti told the press after the match
“Before the game, Benzema was not able to find his pass to enter into the stadium. I told him: ‘Be fast or you can’t play!’. Then luckily Karim found the pass”.
“How to describe Benzema? I’ve no words (laughs). I’d say the Big Karim”.
Karim Benzema, Player of the Match, also spoke after the match
“They’re magic nights, like the other day at the Bernabéu against Paris. Today we came out to win, to show we’re Real Madrid. Things worked out well for us as we played well, from the first minute to the last.”
Carlo Ancelotti also added,
“We had good control of the game, were dangerous on the counterattack. It was a good night but it is only half-time and we have to look ahead.”
The game ended 3:1 in favour of the Galacticos who take a comfortable lead to the Santiago Benarbeu on Tuesday for the return leg
