Scare for Chelsea: Benzema and the shot to the crossbar that could have been the stoppage goal | VIDEO

Two hard blows meant for Real Madrid the goals of Mason Mount and Antonio Rüdiger, who made it 2-0 for Chelsea, in the second leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions League. With this scenario, the meringues were forced to react and, in one of the several plays that he generated, Karim Benzema almost discounted.

At minute 66, at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Ferland Mendy sent a cross from the left and, in the area, the French striker headed in first. To his bad luck, the ball hit the crossbar and left the field, in the midst of the expectation of the thousands of fans of the white team.

Moments before, the Polish referee Szymon Marciniak had annulled what could have been 3-0 for the ‘Blues’, due to a hand from Marcos Alonso, before shooting from the right. The judge used the VAR to decide not to validate the score.

Real Madrid vs. Chelsea: match preview

Real Madrid go into their Champions League quarter-final second leg on Tuesday against Chelsea as favourites, following their 3-1 win in London, while Bayern Munich will seek to come back at Villarreal at the same time, after fall in the first leg in Spain by 1-0.

At the Santiago Bernabéu, the English, current champions, will be deprived of their Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku, injured in a heel.

Despite everything, Chelsea’s German coach, Thomas Tuchel, believes in a spectacular comeback, as “Football is always full of surprises.”

Last week, a hat-trick by Karim Benzema, the Frenchman’s second in a row in the competition after the round of 16 second leg against Paris Saint-Germain, gave the Spanish team victory at Stamford Bridge (3-1).

With information from AFP.