Real Madrid Vs Chelsea Champions League: Thibaut Courtois Rues Real Madrid Didn’t Score a 3rd Or 4th Goal

Real Madrid beat 10-man Chelsea 2-0 behind a tap-in from Benzema & replace Marco Asensio’s strong strike at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Spain.

“Every time you play a big knockout game you were left with the sensation that you should have, killed tie-off,” Courtois said.

“This is a fair result but we were troubled by the fact that we did not score a 3 or 7 a 4th goal. I hope we do not regret having added another when we play besides next week.”

Benzema scored his 90th CL goal, with the last 11 coming against the English clubs. He corrected 1 from point-blank range in the 21 minutes to give Real Madrid an earlier lead.

Chelsea reached too close to scoring an equalizer in the 1st half, but Felix & Sterling were disowned by Real Madrid goalkeeper Courtois, who was playing against their former club.

Chelsea suffered a set back in the 59 minutes when Chilwell was shown the red card for getting down Rodrygo.

Substitute Asensio received a pass from Vinicius on the border of the box & he drilled a soft shot that ran through the legs of Chelsea defender Fofana & beyond goalkeeper Arrizabalaga’s dive.

“Chelsea threatened us with a satisfactory start to the game where they counter-attacked nicely. That save I created, after we scored, was extremely valuable,” Courtois added. “As well as, they scored, it could give us a great blow mentally. I really satisfied with that stop.”

Real Madrid will take on Chelsea in the CL quarter-final 2nd leg on 18 April 2023. After that, Courtois said, his side will travel to Stamford Bridge regarding the scores were level.

“We’ll try to begin well & deeply next week. Our objective is to score 1st and to beat again,” the Real Madrid goalkeeper said.

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