The individual performances have Real Madrid in the semifinals with two epic comebacks. Modric, Benzema and Vinicius sign their best numbers.
The rise of Real Madrid
Real Madrid lives subscribed to the epic in this Champions League. The Whites, whose legend in Europe as the all-time top winner has been based on winning as a great maxim, have always felt the phenomenon of the comeback at the Santiago Bernabeu as their own. This season they add two, one in each round. In the round of 16, Real Madrid, led by Karim Benzema, dropped Paris Saint-Germain after a very complicated first leg (1-0) and a second leg that began to go wrong with another goal from Kylian Mbappe. The Lyon striker signed the three goals to avoid falling. In the quarterfinals, after another hat-trick by Benzema in London, Chelsea looked comfortable at the Santiago Bernabéu and entered like a yellow and blue gale until they made it 0-3 in the electronics at the white coliseum, still under renovation. Luka Modric and Rodrygo appeared there to save extra time and invent the 1-3 and, again, Benzema and Vinicius to once again impose themselves on the blue defense and make the 2-3 that certified the pass.
Rise of Courtois
At the back, Courtois is having a top-level season. Real Madrid received multiple arrivals in the four qualifying games against the powerful attacks of both rivals and there, the Belgian appeared as one of the best in the world in his position. He signed quality saves and also accumulated a notable amount being the goalkeeper who has made the most saves in this edition of the Champions League. In Europe he has played everything (930 minutes) in which he has conceded nine goals and has kept a clean sheet four times. In the absence of knowing who his rival will be in the semifinals (City or Atletico), Courtois is facing the opportunity to sign his best season in continental football, achieved precisely with Atlético de Madrid in 2013/14, in which he lost the final against Real Madrid.