UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season

[Frankolala]

Chelsea tried to put on the early pressure on Real Madrid, but no difference in the scores still. One goal in this first half would have made so much difference and influence how the second half will be. Cucurella even though missed a very good opportunity to score, Reece James and Kante have been the best players for Chelsea in this first half. Chelsea have to try to score and not bank on the pressure they are putting on Real Madrid, we know how they have a good ability to soak up pressure and still score you.

Marc Cucurella and N'Golo Kanté were perfectly free to score, but both players fell short when they came in face with goal. I think Chelsea paid a heavy price for a chance like this because it was the best in the first half. I've said Chelsea can be relied on in this match, but they are still struggling to break the goal deadlock.

Of course there's still the second half, but I think Chelsea need to be even more motivated to get out of all the pressure. They should be confident enough to score at least to force extra time today.

Chelsea has a big problem in the game. They don't have a good striker to convert their opportunities to goal. They played better than the first leg but they lack confidence in themselves when the get to Real Madrid box. The last opportunity they had was missed by Cucurella in the first half extra time.

Giroud failed to score a penalty! But he did score from the game. An incredibly emotional game!
Milan now have a two-goal lead. Napoli will find it hard to come back. But there's still the second half ahead. And it's going to be a very tense half.

Napoli don't have goal luck in this first half,the reason is this,they played excellently, dominating the match and winning possessions but they couldn't net the post. Giroud missed a pk which would have given AC their first goal. Leao is a strong and experienced player,he ran with the ball from his post,dribbling all the players that came his way and have a wonderful pass to Giroud who easily finished the ball through Napoli's net,he give AC Milan their first goal almost to the end of the first half. From my observation,I don't that Napoli will make it through to the semifinals.

[harapan]

It's 0:2 in aggregate right now any hope for Napoli again?

I don't think there is any hope anymore for Napoli. Napoli have been dominant but they've not been very lucky to get a goal.
Its football though and anything is possible, especially in the champions league, but Napoli's job just got tougher. It was one thing to try and overture a one goal deficit in 90 minutes, its another thing to overturn a two goal deficit in 45 minutes.
If they keep pressing the way they did in the first half and create chances they might just be able to take this game to extra time but I don't think Milan will let that happen because they will be more composed now that they're 2-0 up.

[salad daging]

Giroud failed to score a penalty! But he did score from the game. An incredibly emotional game!
Milan now have a two-goal lead. Napoli will find it hard to come back. But there's still the second half ahead. And it's going to be a very tense half.

Missed with a penalty but was paid back by Giroud and that was good enough for Milan to be confident again with an aggregate goal now.

Still, Napoli still has a chance in the second half, which has started to be seen from the statistics, of course Napoli outperformed him. Judging from that, there is great hope that Napoli is still there, just make good use of it in the second half and that is hope for them.

Even better, if Milan wins, then Milan have beaten Napoli twice at home.

[GiftedMAN]

It's highly disappointing that Chelsea ended the first half without getting a single goal, Cucrella Missed a wonderful opportunity which should have gave Chelsea a lead in this game and hence creating the possibility of them equalizing the 2 goals in the second half.
With a lot of corners that Chelsea had towards the ending of the game, they couldn't convert any to goal, Which has made me remember the era of John Terry , Cahill, Didier Drogba and Ivanovich who are good in converting corner kicks to goals.

No need to be disappointed mate Chelsea is not in their best form at the moment I think they have really tried for not conceding a goal in the first half this shows that they have improved a little, truth be told Chelsea is supposed to be leading by a goal  now against Madrid but they couldn't make use of their opportunities to get one goal. I don't know how the second half is going to look like but I can assure you that Chelsea cannot end up winning this game. During the era of the players mentioned Chelsea was known to be a great team then but now a lot of things changed, this is no longer the Chelsea you used to know they are no longer the team with the Fighting Spirit they have lost form that they cannot contend for anything anymore, the sky is no longer blue, the roof of the champions League is no longer blue and this sky has gone from blue to White I'm sorry but Chelsea need to be good again.

[abhiseshakana]

I have to be on a different side because Chelsea did well in this match. As long as Real Madrid don't score, then I think Chelsea is expected to chase those 2 goals at home. Kante had a good chance to find a goal but shot wide. Of course I don't doubt Real Madrid's winning mentality, but I could see Chelsea playing well today.

Up to 40 minutes of the first half, the two teams both played draw. Chelsea are good at pressing, but they haven't found a way to score. I thought the first goal was very important, but 0-0 doesn't look like it will change until the first half ends.

Chelsea played very aggressively in the first half because for sure they wanted to make up for their goal deficit, and they do have a slightly better performance than Real Madrid, but what is clear is that their stamina will be drained. If they let their guard down, then Real Madrid's counterattack will be very dangerous for them.

[Cookdata]

]I agree with you, the only reason we cannot discard completely a possible comeback by Chelsea is that we have seen even crazier things happening on the past, and as such Chelsea still has a chance to win and move forward to the next round, but if Chelsea plays at the same level they played their last match and Real Madrid does the same then there is almost no way for Chelsea to stage that comeback, so something must be done by their coach and their players to try to improve their performance in a hurry.

Chelsea tried to put on the early pressure on Real Madrid, but no difference in the scores still. One goal in this first half would have made so much difference and influence how the second half will be. Cucurella even though missed a very good opportunity to score, Reece James and Kante have been the best players for Chelsea in this first half. Chelsea have to try to score and not bank on the pressure they are putting on Real Madrid, we know how they have a good ability to soak up pressure and still score you.

Chelsea's aggressive attack was putting pressure on Real Madrid's defense, but thanks to the efforts of Camavinga, Carvajal, and Alaba, they were able to hold their ground. However, they became complacent, and Cucurella almost scored if not for Courtois' save. Meanwhile, Chelsea's attack from James and Kante was excellent. Real Madrid will need to come back stronger in the second half, or Chelsea may cause significant damage.

I have not seen the good side of Benzema in this match, Vinicius is playing his place but wasted a good chance to score a goal Modric worked for him, and also I am not too comfortable with the way they give Camavinga the ball all the time, it gives me anxiety. 

[sokani]

I'm just glued to the Napoli vs Ac Milan game. Oliver Giroud missed a penalty to put the visitors ahead in the 22nd minutes but later made up for it by finding the back of the net from a well assisted pass from Rafael Leao. I have had high hopes for Napoli based on their form in the Italian Seria A but It's 59th minutes and the Partenopei doesn't look like a side that can turn things around. I think it's the end of the road for them.

[DaNNy001]

Both west races seem to be 0-0 at half time. Perhaps not so very illogical, especially at Napoli because they can already force an extension with 1-0. At Chelsea I expected a bit more because Chelsea has to win 2-0 or more to be able to reach extra time. There was a great chance for Chelsea quite early in the game, but unfortunately it was not used. Now we have to wait for the first goal, it would be very nice for Chelsea if they scored that goal quickly, but we will see if the first goal will come soon. It is also important not to get a goal against, then it is of course the end of the story with a goal against.

Surprisingly Milan managed to score a goal in the 43rd minute by O. Giroud. Quick counter attack and R. Leao was absolutely outstanding he beat a lot of Napoli players and made a great assist for Giroud. I think Napoli had to fight a bit more in the second half. and with an aggregate of 2 goals I think Milan will now play more calmly.

Thats always what happened when a team is trying to place high press, as expected ac milan are going to seat back and hold the press from napoli and hit them on counter attack which played out for them and with the current stats of the game now ac milan will definitely qualify to the semi finals. But i admit napoli will all their good performance this has really dissapointed in this quater finals tie.

[Falconer]

Chelsea tried to put on the early pressure on Real Madrid, but no difference in the scores still. One goal in this first half would have made so much difference and influence how the second half will be. Cucurella even though missed a very good opportunity to score, Reece James and Kante have been the best players for Chelsea in this first half. Chelsea have to try to score and not bank on the pressure they are putting on Real Madrid, we know how they have a good ability to soak up pressure and still score you.

Yes, I really saw Chelsea struggling to find goals from the first half, but I really appreciate Real Madrid's rock-solid defence. Chelsea had a few chances through Kante and Cucurella but we were lucky to save them.

I was pleased with the good response after Chelsea pressed all second half, Rodrygo scored and this will make Real Madrid lead 3 goals on aggregate. We look safe to qualify now, but there is still time to serve Chelsea's resistance in this match. Regarding other matches, Milan is still 0-1 at home at Napoli, it is likely that they will also qualify for the semi-finals because Napoli also have difficulty scoring goals even though Osimhen played from the first half.

[DaNNy001]

Chelsea and frank Lampard are doom as Real Madrid makes the tie 3-0 on aggregate. Real Madrid have really shown that they are champions of this league and it would not be a surprise to see them in the finals again. Chelsea on the other hand are really stuck in a bad position because no matter what they it just doesn't seem to add up for them. I just hope that they can find a way to resolve this bad form and restructure their team if not they will definitely face a relegation treath if they continue like this next season.

[Docnaster]

I was hoping Napoli will be different this time but what I'm seeing is the reverse of my expectations. Napoli is still not playing like they need a win in this match. They are already one goal down and that is not good for them has they will now need to score two goals in order to be on a winning line. Milan seem to be favorite in this game. They are leading with an aggregate of two goals yet pressing tough bottens too score more. Napoli is out of this tournament,  they should face the serie a title.

[Falconer]

Chelsea and frank Lampard are doom as Real Madrid makes the tie 3-0 on aggregate. Real Madrid have really shown that they are champions of this league and it would not be a surprise to see them in the finals again. Chelsea on the other hand are really stuck in a bad position because no matter what they it just doesn't seem to add up for them. I just hope that they can find a way to resolve this bad form and restructure their team if not they will definitely face a relegation treath if they continue like this next season.

I know Real Madrid are the better team both from the odds and from the mentality, but that doesn't make me underestimate Chelsea. It was proven that Chelsea were able to create 3-4 dangerous opportunities to score goals, but Chelsea were just out of luck. I'm pleased with how the lads did in this game although for a while we were under a lot of pressure from Chelsea's attack, and now 3-0 on aggregate means we're safe going into the match.

I hope Manchester City will be the third team from the Premier League we will beat in the semifinals, not Bayern Munich. Manchester City are also likely to qualify due to their big aggregate advantage over their opponents, so I hope they will come to the semi-finals.

[herurist]

Chelsea and frank Lampard are doom as Real Madrid makes the tie 3-0 on aggregate. Real Madrid have really shown that they are champions of this league and it would not be a surprise to see them in the finals again. Chelsea on the other hand are really stuck in a bad position because no matter what they it just doesn't seem to add up for them. I just hope that they can find a way to resolve this bad form and restructure their team if not they will definitely face a relegation treath if they continue like this next season.

I know Real Madrid are the better team both from the odds and from the mentality, but that doesn't make me underestimate Chelsea. It was proven that Chelsea were able to create 3-4 dangerous opportunities to score goals, but Chelsea were just out of luck. I'm pleased with how the lads did in this game although for a while we were under a lot of pressure from Chelsea's attack, and now 3-0 on aggregate means we're safe going into the match.

I hope Manchester City will be the third team from the Premier League we will beat in the semifinals, not Bayern Munich. Manchester City are also likely to qualify due to their big aggregate advantage over their opponents, so I hope they will come to the semi-finals.

The possibility to score a goal I think is still there for Madrid, especially now, is a condition where minutes are crucial and we know Madrid are always good at that.
Right now they can be said to have qualified for sure but in other matches I really regret the defeat of Napoli because apart from them having to accept 3 consecutive defeats from Milan (if this score lasts until the end), they also have to give up a semi-final ticket which is actually their favorite.


edit.
Like I said, another goal now and it's 0-2 to Madrid.

[indah rezqi]

Napoli do not have high hopes of beating Milan in the second leg especially after Milan managed to steal the first goal at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium. Napoli dominated the game, that's good but in fact they struggled to score goals. It was unexpected that Milan managed to beat Napoli in 3 consecutive matches when Napoli were really the favorites to reach the final.

Milan won 0-2 on aggregate, and this was really beyond many people's expectations. While Real Madrid won 0-4 on aggregate over Chelsea. Both of these teams are increasingly likely to qualify for the semifinals and are waiting for their potential opponents tomorrow.

[ajanwalker]

Napoli is still trying the same thing. He is trying to attack with Kvara from the right, but Milan is covering that area so well that Kvara has not been effective. Kvara also missed a penalty and the score is still 0-1 and we can say that the champions league is over for Napoli this year. In the first half, Giroud missed a penalty, but then he scored 1 goal and Giroud pardoned himself. It is also a fact that Milan did not concede a goal in the last 3 matches played between Milan and Napoli. If he wins today, the last 3 games will be 3 wins.

Edit: Napoli scored 1 goal in the last minute😄

[Rockstarguy]

It's highly disappointing that Chelsea ended the first half without getting a single goal, Cucrella Missed a wonderful opportunity which should have gave Chelsea a lead in this game and hence creating the possibility of them equalizing the 2 goals in the second half.
With a lot of corners that Chelsea had towards the ending of the game, they couldn't convert any to goal, Which has made me remember the era of John Terry , Cahill, Didier Drogba and Ivanovich who are good in converting corner kicks to goals.

If Chelsea is to be in a good form and well prepared to win this game, the first half was the best time for them to have  scored atleast 2 goals. In the first half they had lots of opportunities to score but they couldn't make any goal, this leg of the game should have been the turn of Chelsea to shine but  they missed it. I am very aware that if Real Madrid managed to score their first goal it would just make it for them to score more goals. Chelsea performance is a big disappointment tonight.

[Zackgeno96]

It's almost over for tonight's games. Chelsea pretty hopeless mission afterwards to continue. I should have given them a little more chance. Napoli seems to be in a form crisis at this stage and that comes to a very bad result now. In the league they had already lost 0-4 to Milan, and now they have also lost in the CL. They had another chance to get back into the game, but they failed to do so by missing a penalty. Then it would have been 1-1 and you would have had more than 10 minutes to equalize and then be able to force an extension, but that is no longer happening now. We are very likely to get a semi-final AC Milan - Inter Milan.

[Mr.right85]

This is such a hard result to accept for Napoli, even with Victor Osimhen on the pitch, the results is still same. Napoli would have had one chance back into this competition with the awarded penalty but, it was duly missed by Khvicha and what a crucial save that was at a much needed time.
The both goalkeeper's have been impressive, both making penalty saves to give there teams a chance but with limited time, Napoli is as well out of the champions league this season.

Real Madrid is having a nice time with Chelsea, I never doubted there ability to eliminate Chelsea and just as before, they are 2 goals ahead, bringing there aggregates to 4. Chelsea is out as well too.

[BIT-BENDER]

Frank lampard keeps showing what a low level Coach he is, I would have even preferred if Chelsea has waited till they got a replacement before sacking Graham potter.

This hasn’t been the best Real Madrid across the two legs but a poor side Madrid would beat this Chelsea team at any event any day any time.

[piebeyb]

Napoli do not have high hopes of beating Milan in the second leg especially after Milan managed to steal the first goal at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium. Napoli dominated the game, that's good but in fact they struggled to score goals. It was unexpected that Milan managed to beat Napoli in 3 consecutive matches when Napoli were really the favorites to reach the final.

Milan won 0-2 on aggregate, and this was really beyond many people's expectations. While Real Madrid won 0-4 on aggregate over Chelsea. Both of these teams are increasingly likely to qualify for the semifinals and are waiting for their potential opponents tomorrow.

Milan has more experience playing in CL than Napoli so I believe that Napoli's ferocity can only be stopped by Italian clubs too, so far they have struggled in CL to the quarter-finals and were eliminated in the end too, Napoli are not ready to become CL champions so they deserve more won the Italian league this season. it seems that milan knows better how to stop Napoli and steal wins in every meeting.

Chelsea will never have any hope of qualifying for the semifinals because they are in a slump so they deserve more to be eliminated from the CL championship so they can focus more on improving their downturn in both the domestic league and other league championships. but even so chelsea put up enough resistance even though in the end it would be eliminated too.