Chelsea, England, imposed a 1-1 draw at Real Madrid on Tuesday at the "Alfredo Di Stefano" stadium in Madrid in the first leg of the semi-finals of the European Champions League in football.
Chelsea was the first to score through the American international Christian Pulisic (14), and Frenchman Karim Benzema equalized (29).
The two teams meet back, next Wednesday, at "Stamford Bridge" in London.
The second semi-final first-leg match will take place, Wednesday, between Paris Saint-Germain, France, and its English guest, Manchester City, at the Parc de Prince stadium in the French capital.
And Chelsea, who has a Yemeni soul, made it to the third final in its history after 2008 when it lost to fellow Manchester United on penalties and in 2012 when it crowned its only title at the expense of Bayern Munich on penalties as well, a good match and was the closest to returning to London with a gal victory, but its attackers took turns The waste of easy opportunities, especially German Timo Werner, in addition to the brilliance of Belgian international goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, the former star of the London club.
Chelsea played in full ranks and preferred German coach Thomas Tuchel, seeking to reach the second consecutive final, after losing last year's edition with his former club, Paris Saint-Germain, to Bayern Munich.
On the other hand, the royal club found it difficult to impose its style of play and control of the events, as the guests met him with great pressure in the middle of his stadium.
The Spanish champion played the match in the absence of captain Sergio Ramos and his winger Lucas Vasquez and Uruguayan international midfielder Federico Valverde due to injury, while French defense pole Rafael Varane returned to the squad.
Real Madrid hopes to win the fourteenth title in its history to enhance its record in the number of titles in the competition in which it was singled out for the role of four for the thirtieth time in its history.
It was the first official confrontation of the Spanish League champion with Chelsea since losing to the London club in 1998 in the European Super Cup (0-1) and the first in a major competition since the European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1971 (1-1 in the round and 1-2 back).
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