Real Madrid vs Chelsea: midfielder Federico Valverde ran over his coach Carlo Ancelotti in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the 2022 Champions League that was held at Stamford Bridge Stadium in London.
One of the curious actions of the Real Madrid vs Chelsea match was the involuntary clash of the midfielder Federico Valverde with his own coach Carlo Ancelotti in the second half.
Real Madrid steering wheel Federico Valverde fought an aerial ball with Chelsea player César Azpilcueta on the edge of the sideline of the playing field.
After the jump of both players, Valverde collided with Ancelotti, almost caused his fall and left him battered. Even the fourth assistant referee Francois Letexier surprised by the action chose to attend to the strategist of the Spanish team.
The Uruguayan footballer caught up in the match continued the game, without returning to his DT, because Azpilcueta played fast the winger with Mateo Kovacic. Fortunately for Ancelotti it was just a shock without consequences.
Real Madrid reached the Champions League quarterfinals after beating PSG in the round of 16 by an overall score in favor of 3-2. In the first leg the French team won 1-0 with a goal from Kylian Mbappé and on the second leg the Spanish team won 3-1 with a treble by Karim Benzema and the only goal of the Parisian team was Mbappé.
Chelsea reached the Champions League quarter-finals after two round-trip wins against France's Lille. The first was with goals from Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic (2-0) and the last 2-1 with goals from Pulisic and Azpilcueta.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti lined up with Thibaut Courtois, David Alaba, Dani Carvajal, Ferland Mendy, Eder Militao, Luka MoDric, Toni Kroos, Casemiro, Federico Valverde, Karim Benzema and Vinicius Junior.
Chelsea strategist Thomas Tuchel chose this eleven: Edourd Mendy, Thiago Silva, Cesar Azpilicueta, Antonio Rüdiger, Andreas Christensen, Reece James, Jorginho, N'Golo Kanté, Mason Mount, Christian Pulisic and Kai Havertz.
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