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The Chelsea vs Real Madrid game was the most delightful one among all of them I think. Thanks to Benzema especially, we watched a superb game. He was perfect by making a hat-trick. Chelsea had really nothing to do against him in this game. Especially the header goals were incredible. And now, Chelsea are in a big trouble like a 1-3 score disadvantage. In Santiago Bernabeu, I don't think that Chelsea have much chance to advance. As long as they don't improve their game, nothing will be changing for them.
There are a lot of things going on at Chelsea right now, from sanctions to Tuchel divorcing his wife. I believe it's been a difficult few weeks for the entire team, not knowing what would happen when the new owners took over. The Ramadam fast is affecting Rudiger and Mendy, who appear frail at the moment, making tracking back difficult. a concern, but if Chelsea can replicate their second-half performance against Real Madrid in the second leg, they may have a chance.
True, they are currently still struggling with their internal problems which are still haunting them and still this will have an effect on them, regarding fasting I think this is not a big problem because if you look at Benzema is also a Muslim but he looks very good even he became Man Of The Match in this match and this proves that fasting is not the right reason for this defeat.they need to do something more in the second leg if they really want to be in the Champions League.
Bayern Munich really surprised me by losing to Villarreal yesterday. But I believe Villarreal deserved this victory from the beginning to the end. They had a very impressive performance and it helped them get a huge win in this. Villarreal were very good at defense too and found so many dangerous attacks also. Bayern Munich should be just thankful for not losing the game by a bigger gap. In Allianz Arena, Bayern Munich are going to be my favourite of course but it might not be easy for them to eliminate Villarreal.
Well for Villareal maybe they are benefiting, but in the 2nd leg, it will be a different story. Bayern Munich still has a great opportunity to overtake by 1 point and will not waste this opportunity. There is still a lot of potentials that can be done. Should have been left behind by 1 goal, it would be easy for Bayern Munich's class to turn things around. 
There are a lot of things going on at Chelsea right now, from sanctions to Tuchel divorcing his wife. I believe it's been a difficult few weeks for the entire team, not knowing what would happen when the new owners took over. The Ramadam fast is affecting Rudiger and Mendy, who appear frail at the moment, making tracking back difficult. a concern, but if Chelsea can replicate their second-half performance against Real Madrid in the second leg, they may have a chance.
Regardless of how Real Madrid scored in the match against Chelsea yesterday I don't think we should doubt Real Madrid anymore. The 1-3 result has proven that Real Madrid are better than Chelsea in the use of chances, so I really believe Real Madrid will destroy Chelsea again in the second leg.
Chelsea also played well and they had good stats with a total of 20 shots, but the end result left Real Madrid the favorites for this season's semi-finals. I wouldn't think Real Madrid would play defensively in the second leg, they are a team not very good defensively so open play is to be expected.
Chelsea also played well and they had good stats with a total of 20 shots, but the end result left Real Madrid the favorites for this season's semi-finals. I wouldn't think Real Madrid would play defensively in the second leg, they are a team not very good defensively so open play is to be expected.
Villarreal shocked Bayern Munich by having a solid game against them. They were solid in their defense and offense both. It was just unlucky for them not being able to score more goals in this game. If Villarreal were able to win by at least a two-goal gap, then things were going to be too hard for Bayern Munich. But now, Bayern Munich should be still confident about the second leg. Villarreal will need to defend them with all they have got there to secure next round. But I don't think they will make it.
Don't you know Villarreal almost did? I mean the difference of 2 goals. In the 62nd minute Manuel Neuer made a mistake on the pitch and Gerard Moreno almost converted it into a goal, If this error continues in the second leg, I don't believe Bayern Munich will qualify for the next round, and to be honest I would prefer to see Villarreal qualify for the next round.
Reflecting on the performance in the previous round when they faced Salzburg I think this is very likely to happen again.
Villarreal did perform quite well in this first leg and there were some mistakes made by Bayern but on the other hand this will not change anything in my opinion because their 1 goal difference is very likely to be reversed and indeed I am quite sure this will happen
Bayern Munich really surprised me by losing to Villarreal yesterday. But I believe Villarreal deserved this victory from the beginning to the end. They had a very impressive performance and it helped them get a huge win in this. Villarreal were very good at defense too and found so many dangerous attacks also. Bayern Munich should be just thankful for not losing the game by a bigger gap. In Allianz Arena, Bayern Munich are going to be my favourite of course but it might not be easy for them to eliminate Villarreal.
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Madrid and Liverpool have a big chance to qualify for the Semifinals, with a 3 goal win in the Leg-1 match, they only need a draw results for the next round, For Liverpool, it looks like they will play defensively like the previous match in the last 16 in the 2nd leg, for Madrid maybe they will try to adapt open play, because they very rarely play defensively despite being in a ood position in the UCL, except when they play under Mourinho.
The Liverpool game in the second leg will not be as difficult as the Chelsea game because the Liverpool tie was the easiest fixture in this round. Liverpool will not play defensively against Benfica and will easily win the second leg at home. And we can't predict what will happen in the second leg of the Chelsea-Real Madrid match because Real Madrid only grabbed their chances in the first half and took advantage of Mendy's gaffe in the second half. Chelsea was the better team in the second half, with several excellent chances to score, but Lukaku was unable to convert any of them. If Chelsea can improve their defense, I believe they will make life difficult for Real Madrid. We've been terrible lately.About Chelsea, if you cannot use the weakness of your opponent in football then you're not a footballer cause getting results was the reason why the club spent huge funds on players. As you said, it is hard to predict what will happen in their second leg but I think they are already out of the tournament, and as @masulum said they have a big chance to qualify for the semis.
Madrid and Liverpool have a big chance to qualify for the Semifinals, with a 3 goal win in the Leg-1 match, they only need a draw results for the next round, For Liverpool, it looks like they will play defensively like the previous match in the last 16 in the 2nd leg, for Madrid maybe they will try to adapt open play, because they very rarely play defensively despite being in a ood position in the UCL, except when they play under Mourinho.
If for Liverpool to stay I think maybe it will happen, because with a 3-1 win in the 1st leg it made their position quite safe and did not want to take the risk to play open even though they played at Anfield, maybe Klopp will focus their players on defending but will still do it to counter-attack to try to increase the existing aggregate points, compared to liverpool, madrid looks to have a slight weakness in their defense so if their focus on defending in the 2nd leg later of course it will make the chelsea players exploit the madrid defense and obviously it is very prone to goals happens, I think madrid will continue to play as in leg 1. 
-snip- And we can't predict what will happen in the second leg of the Chelsea-Real Madrid match because Real Madrid only grabbed their chances in the first half and took advantage of Mendy's gaffe in the second half. Chelsea was the better team in the second half, with several excellent chances to score, but Lukaku was unable to convert any of them. If Chelsea can improve their defense, I believe they will make life difficult for Real Madrid. We've been terrible lately.
Regardless of how Real Madrid scored in the match against Chelsea yesterday I don't think we should doubt Real Madrid anymore. The 1-3 result has proven that Real Madrid are better than Chelsea in the use of chances, so I really believe Real Madrid will destroy Chelsea again in the second leg. Chelsea also played well and they had good stats with a total of 20 shots, but the end result left Real Madrid the favorites for this season's semi-finals. I wouldn't think Real Madrid would play defensively in the second leg, they are a team not very good defensively so open play is to be expected.
-snip- And we can't predict what will happen in the second leg of the Chelsea-Real Madrid match because Real Madrid only grabbed their chances in the first half and took advantage of Mendy's gaffe in the second half. Chelsea was the better team in the second half, with several excellent chances to score, but Lukaku was unable to convert any of them. If Chelsea can improve their defense, I believe they will make life difficult for Real Madrid. We've been terrible lately.
Regardless of how Real Madrid scored in the match against Chelsea yesterday I don't think we should doubt Real Madrid anymore. The 1-3 result has proven that Real Madrid are better than Chelsea in the use of chances, so I really believe Real Madrid will destroy Chelsea again in the second leg. Chelsea also played well and they had good stats with a total of 20 shots, but the end result left Real Madrid the favorites for this season's semi-finals. I wouldn't think Real Madrid would play defensively in the second leg, they are a team not very good defensively so open play is to be expected.
-snip- And we can't predict what will happen in the second leg of the Chelsea-Real Madrid match because Real Madrid only grabbed their chances in the first half and took advantage of Mendy's gaffe in the second half. Chelsea was the better team in the second half, with several excellent chances to score, but Lukaku was unable to convert any of them. If Chelsea can improve their defense, I believe they will make life difficult for Real Madrid. We've been terrible lately.
Regardless of how Real Madrid scored in the match against Chelsea yesterday I don't think we should doubt Real Madrid anymore. The 1-3 result has proven that Real Madrid are better than Chelsea in the use of chances, so I really believe Real Madrid will destroy Chelsea again in the second leg. Chelsea also played well and they had good stats with a total of 20 shots, but the end result left Real Madrid the favorites for this season's semi-finals. I wouldn't think Real Madrid would play defensively in the second leg, they are a team not very good defensively so open play is to be expected.
Real Madrid giving it to Chelsea in the hard way, What an incredible scoreline from Real Madrid, Benzema doing what he knows how to do best, Benzema is an awesome player. Those two headers were stunning! He's probably staking the claim as the best number nine in football right now and seriously pushing for 2022 Ballon D'or with his consistent clutch performances this season. At this point, he's up there with Lewandowski as best pure striker.
Lukaku couldn't put one past Chelsea Ex goal keeper.
Had a free head and waisted the effort.
Benzema will get it, he's been outstanding in the league and Champions League.
I think he's in line of the highest goal scorers in the history of Real Madrid should be fifth in the standing.
Villarreal shocked Bayern Munich by having a solid game against them. They were solid in their defense and offense both. It was just unlucky for them not being able to score more goals in this game. If Villarreal were able to win by at least a two-goal gap, then things were going to be too hard for Bayern Munich. But now, Bayern Munich should be still confident about the second leg. Villarreal will need to defend them with all they have got there to secure next round. But I don't think they will make it.
Don't you know Villarreal almost did? I mean the difference of 2 goals. In the 62nd minute Manuel Neuer made a mistake on the pitch and Gerard Moreno almost converted it into a goal, If this error continues in the second leg, I don't believe Bayern Munich will qualify for the next round, and to be honest I would prefer to see Villarreal qualify for the next round.
Villarreal v Bayern Munich match was also really interesting. Because Villarreal played much better than I expected as far as I watched the match. They scored a very early goal and it was due to leaving big spaces in Bayern Munich's defense. And after this goal, Villarreal didn't prefer to try to secure a 1-0 win. They just attacked for more and found many goal chances too. But Bayern Munich were very lucky about not conceding the second. Villarreal were nearly scoring a spectacular goal too but it was disallowed due to offside. I think Villarreal still deserved this 1-0 win fully.
It was one of the most spectacular games of the 1\4 th finals. Compared to Atletico-Manchester City, it was a great match, with a huge number of moments. The teams played open football and Villarreal could and should have scored more, but unfortunately they were unlucky. I'm afraid that 1 goal may not be enough to defeat Bayern. Bayern always play great at home. Madrid and Liverpool have a big chance to qualify for the Semifinals, with a 3 goal win in the Leg-1 match, they only need a draw results for the next round, For Liverpool, it looks like they will play defensively like the previous match in the last 16 in the 2nd leg, for Madrid maybe they will try to adapt open play, because they very rarely play defensively despite being in a ood position in the UCL, except when they play under Mourinho.
The Liverpool game in the second leg will not be as difficult as the Chelsea game because the Liverpool tie was the easiest fixture in this round. Liverpool will not play defensively against Benfica and will easily win the second leg at home. And we can't predict what will happen in the second leg of the Chelsea-Real Madrid match because Real Madrid only grabbed their chances in the first half and took advantage of Mendy's gaffe in the second half. Chelsea was the better team in the second half, with several excellent chances to score, but Lukaku was unable to convert any of them. If Chelsea can improve their defense, I believe they will make life difficult for Real Madrid. We've been terrible lately. 
The Chelsea defense did not disappoint me. In fact, this third goal broke all the substitutions and Tuchel's mood that he made at half-time.Chelsea are good, but Real are even better and with a two-goal advantage it's hard to imagine that at the Santiago Bernabeu they'll have trouble reaching an overall victory.
LOL Bavaria? What kind of stupid patterns? I wonder if they can bounce back at home like they did with Salzburg?
I am a fan of Real Madrid, so I can’t talk about victory in advance, because you must first achieve the actual result and then celebrate. I said in advance that Real is not an outsider in this pair (although the bookmakers thought so) and now it is obvious to everyone. Yes, Chelsea have very few chances in Madrid, but they still exist, so I'll wait for the second leg.
Villarreal shocked Bayern Munich by having a solid game against them. They were solid in their defense and offense both. It was just unlucky for them not being able to score more goals in this game. If Villarreal were able to win by at least a two-goal gap, then things were going to be too hard for Bayern Munich. But now, Bayern Munich should be still confident about the second leg. Villarreal will need to defend them with all they have got there to secure next round. But I don't think they will make it.
Villarreal v Bayern Munich match was also really interesting. Because Villarreal played much better than I expected as far as I watched the match. They scored a very early goal and it was due to leaving big spaces in Bayern Munich's defense. And after this goal, Villarreal didn't prefer to try to secure a 1-0 win. They just attacked for more and found many goal chances too. But Bayern Munich were very lucky about not conceding the second. Villarreal were nearly scoring a spectacular goal too but it was disallowed due to offside. I think Villarreal still deserved this 1-0 win fully.
This match really ruined Bayern's reputation in UCL 21/22 because this was their first match to lose. The goal in the 8th minute by Danjuma was really unexpected and I think it broke the concentration of the Bayern players despite the many attacks and chances created.
Madrid and Liverpool have a big chance to qualify for the Semifinals, with a 3 goal win in the Leg-1 match, they only need a draw results for the next round, For Liverpool, it looks like they will play defensively like the previous match in the last 16 in the 2nd leg, for Madrid maybe they will try to adapt open play, because they very rarely play defensively despite being in a ood position in the UCL, except when they play under Mourinho.
It's a bit painful too see that the likes of Toni Kross, Casemiro and Luka Modric are not having enough years much ahead of them, they are the kind of players I'll miss in Real Madrid.
Though Pogba, Cavavimga and Valverde can be possible replacement for them trio's.
Can this be possible ?
Valverde who might look like a typical player like Luca Modric and Toni Kroos in the future. If Paul Pogba doesn't seem suitable to fill Luca Modric's position at Real Madrid, considering their age at Real Madrid is no longer young.Though Pogba, Cavavimga and Valverde can be possible replacement for them trio's.
Can this be possible ?
Instead of Paul Pogba, the position of Toni Kroos or Luca Modrid is suitable if it is filled by Callager, who is now playing at Crystal Palace.
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