Rodrigo leads Real Madrid to the semi-finals on the ruins of Chelsea
Real Madrid completed the task of reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League competition, beating hosts Chelsea 2-0 on Tuesday evening, in the second leg of the quarter-finals.
Rodrigo scored the goals of the match in the 58th and 80th minutes.
Real Madrid qualified for the last four, having won the first leg at home last week, with two clean goals.
Chelsea showed their intentions early by controlling the area of manoeuvre, and almost opened the scoring in the tenth minute, when Kai Havertz failed to reach a cross, to reach the uncontrolled Kante, who shot strangely next to the near post.
Real Madrid surprised their hosts with a counter-attack in the 20th minute, when Rodrigo received a ball from Dani Carvajal, to take the lead and unleash a shot that shook the near post.
Carvajal passed a perfect ball to Luka Modric, who advanced on the right side of the box, and shot despite the harassment of Silva, to save Kepa his attempt in the 32nd minute.
Real Madrid defender David Alaba kept out Reece James' cross in front of his goal in the 36th minute, and Modric passed from the right side, before passing a cross in front of goal, Vinicius tried to follow it to no avail in the 42nd minute.
Carvajal launched a quick counter-attack for Real Madrid after receiving the ball from goalkeeper Courtois, to pass to Benzema, whose shot failed to threaten goalkeeper Kepa in the 44th minute.
Chelsea wasted a dangerous chance in stoppage time, when a cross from James reached Marco Kokorea who shot from a comfortable position, but goalkeeper Courtois appeared out of nowhere to clear his shot.
Antonio Rodriger entered the Real Madrid squad at half-time in place of Alaba, and the Real Madrid defense cut a cross before reaching Havertz, to reach the ball to Conor Gallagher, who winked it towards Kante, and Real Madrid defender Eder Militao stood in front of the latter's shot in the 53rd minute.
But Real Madrid, through a counter-attack, managed to open the scoring in the 58th minute, when Rodrigo made his way on the right wing, to pass in front of goal, and Benzema tried to follow the ball without success, to reach Vinicius, who in turn, passed to Rodrigo instead of shooting, and the latter put the ball in the net.
Gallagher struck Courtois' parking spot in the 60th minute, and the player made a clear effort before passing to Enzo Fernández, whose shot was saved by Courtois in the 65th minute.
Vinicius and Rodrygo teamed up on the left to reach Benzema, who shot awkwardly into the goalkeeper's hands in the 66th minute.
Chelsea made a triple substitution through which Joao Felix, Raheem Sterling and Michailo Modric entered in place of Gallagher, Fernandes and Kokorea, and Real Madrid responded by introducing Aurelene Chuamini in place of Benzema.
Substitutions continued from both sides, with Dani Ceballos replacing Ton Kroos at Real Madrid, and Chelsea replacing Havertz with Mason Mount.
Real Madrid added a second in the 80th minute, when Vinicius raced from the right, passing to Fede Valverde, who dribbled past Thiago Silva and deceived the goalkeeper before passing to Roredigo, who deposited the ball in the net for a second goal.
The remaining minutes passed quickly, and Vinicius almost singled out the goal had it not been for the intervention of Thiago Silva in the 84th minute.