Benfica and Chelsea have managed to defeat their rivals in the second leg of the round of 16 and thus consolidate their place in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. They are the first two teams of this edition to qualify, although they have not had the same path. Chelsea came back from 1-0 down in the first leg with a convincing 2-0 win against Borussia Dortmund, leaving them 2-1 on aggregate. In the case of Benfica, they went as far as 7-0 on aggregate until Bruges made up the result by scoring a goal in minute 87. This is how Twitter has reacted to the two Champions League games:
Benfica did not give an option to surprise in the tie and left the pass to the quarterfinals half sealed in the first leg, but tonight’s game has been a declaration of intent. The Portuguese have already dominated their group and now they send a message that they are serious, that this is no coincidence.
The 5-1 win against Bruges has left good details in the Portuguese team, such as David Neres’ goal to make it 5-0 or the great form of Joao Mario.
As with every bulky result, the Simpsons meme could not be missed on the networks.
In the other match, the ball was not put into play until 10 minutes later due to London traffic. We don’t know why there was so much traffic, but Dortmund fans could be the cause of it because the invasion of London was brutal.
Already on the field, they almost forced the game to be delayed even more with their desire to encourage their own.
The controversy of the game was Havertz’s penalty, since at the end of the first part he missed a penalty but the referee ordered it to be repeated as there were players inside the area. If you look at who the most advanced players are…
Even so, Chelsea deserved more during the tie and some curious facts end with this 2-0 victory. The English have scored more than one goal for the first time in 2023 and break Dortmund’s unbeaten streak this year.
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