{"id":145957,"date":"2023-04-18T05:38:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/real-madrid-seeks-its-place-in-the-semifinals-of-the-champions-league\/"},"modified":"2023-04-18T05:38:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:08:18","slug":"real-madrid-seeks-its-place-in-the-semifinals-of-the-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/real-madrid-seeks-its-place-in-the-semifinals-of-the-champions-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid seeks its place in the semifinals of the Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><b>&#8216;Benzema and Vinicius at the top&#8217;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They will be at their best for Tuesday,&#8221; Ancelotti warned after the match against C\u00e1diz, which augurs that Vinicius will once again lead the attack with captain Karim Benzema.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian was a real nightmare for the &#8216;Blues&#8217; defense in the first leg with his runs down the wing until he was named man of the match.<\/p>\n<p>Vinicius &#8220;is one of the best and it&#8217;s almost impossible to stop him because he doesn&#8217;t stop running,&#8221; his teammate Militao said at a press conference on Monday.  Along with &#8216;Vini&#8217;, Benzema, who scored in the first leg against Chelsea, seems to have recovered his best image in the area after showing off against the English team and C\u00e1diz.<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman mixed well in that meeting with Rodrygo, who will probably accompany Vinicius and his captain again in the white attack on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid, current defending champions, aspires to renew their crown and raise a 15th &#8216;Orejona&#8217; to expand their dominance on the continent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Due to the history of this club, it is the king of the Champions League and we are a small part of the history of this club that has won it 14 times,&#8221; Ancelotti recalled on Monday.  &#8220;We want to make this story bigger by trying to win this competition&#8221; again, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Probable teams:<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea: Kepa &#8211; James, Silva, Fofana, Cucurella &#8211; Enzo, Kovacic, Kant\u00e9 &#8211; Felix, Havertz, Mudryk.  Coach: Frank Lampard<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid: Courtois &#8211; Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Camavinga &#8211; Valverde, Kroos, Modric &#8211; Rodrygo, Benzema, Vinicius.  Coach: Carlo Ancelotti (ITA)<\/p>\n<p>Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n        FB.init({\n                appId : '162165018053926',\n            cookie     : true,\n            xfbml      : true,\n            version    : 'v8.0'\n        });\n        FB.AppEvents.logPageView();\n    };\n    (function(d, s, id){\n        var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n        if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n        js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n        js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Benzema and Vinicius at the top&#8217; &#8220;They will be at their best for Tuesday,&#8221; Ancelotti warned after the match against C\u00e1diz, which augurs that Vinicius will once again lead the attack with captain Karim Benzema. 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