LONDON: Goals by Timo Werner and Mason Mount despatched Chelsea right into a Champions League final showdown with Manchester City as they outclassed Real Madrid to win 2-0 for a 3-1 combination triumph at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.
German striker Werner, who has endured a stuttering first season at Chelsea, put them in management when he nodded in one of many best objectives of his profession within the twenty eighth minute after fellow German Kai Havertz had struck the bar.
Thirteen-times European champions Real, who had come by way of every of their final three Champions League semi-final ties, had been second finest for a lot final week`s first leg which ended 1-1.
Even with talisman Sergio Ramos again after lacking the house leg they have been outplayed by Thomas Tuchel`s facet once more because the German continued his gorgeous affect in west London to turn out to be the primary coach to reach again to again Champions League finals with totally different golf equipment.
Chelsea ought to have killed the sport as they created, and wasted, a sackload of possibilities in a stunning second-half show. But Mount received the occasion began in earnest when he transformed from shut vary within the 86th minute to turn out to be the second-youngest English participant to rating in a Champions League semi-final after Wayne Rooney.
The final in Istanbul would be the second all-English champions League final in three seasons and offers Tuchel, who has remodeled Chelsea since changing Frank Lampard in January, the prospect to make up for final season when his Paris St Germain facet misplaced to Bayern Munich.
“We deserved to win. The first half was difficult, they had a lot of possession and made us suffer,” Tuchel mentioned.
“In the second half we could have scored so much earlier, so much more to be safe, but now is no time for criticism. It is a fantastic achievement and big congratulations to the team. It is not done yet, we want to go all the way, we arrive in Istanbul to win.”
Real made a assured sufficient begin of their well-known white shirts on an evening that felt extra like January than May with a hailstorm erupting shortly earlier than kickoff.
MORE INCISIVE
Home keeper Edouard Mendy made a few routine early saves from Toni Kroos and Luka Modric nevertheless it was Chelsea whose work was extra incisive. Mason Mount, Havertz and Werner seemed an actual handful for Real`s lumbering defence whereas N`Golo Kante, excellent final week, once more pulled the strings for Chelsea in midfield.
The hosts ought to have taken the lead when Werner tapped in Ben Chilwell`s low cross however the German had strayed offside.
Within the house of a pivotal minute, Chelsea seized management as first Mendy produced a surprising one-handed save within the twenty seventh minute to forestall Karim Benzema`s curling shot creeping contained in the submit. Then, on the different finish, Kante superior and performed a one-two with Werner earlier than sliding a go to Havertz who casually dinked a lob over Thibaut Courtois.
Time appeared to freeze because the ball floated down and bounced off the crossbar, leaving Werner to nod in to an empty web — his first Champions League purpose in open play since September 2019.
Real wanted a fast response and nearly received one with Benzema`s header pushed over by a flying Mendy.
Chelsea may need anticipated a second-half onslaught from Zinedine Zidane`s facet. Instead they turned the screw.
Havertz, given the nod over Christian Pulisic, headed towards the crossbar then Mount blazed a wonderful likelihood over after a flick by Werner left him with solely Courtois to beat.
When Havertz went by way of on purpose shortly afterwards however shot straight at Courtois, Tuchel was apoplectic, turning the air blue at Chelsea`s failure to kill off the Spanish facet.
Real, with former Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard a peripheral determine and Luka Modric fading, supplied treasured little.
Chelsea may lastly chill out when Kante drove ahead but once more and picked out Pulisic who bided his time earlier than sliding the ball throughout for Mount to rating.
“We should have had about five, but the most important thing is that we won,” Mount mentioned.
