Following an exciting second leg quarter-final tie between Real Madrid and Chelsea, the Guinness Book of World Records confirmed UEFA Champions League (UCL) ‘greatest sports competition in history’. After the first leg ended 3-1 in favour of the La Liga giants, the Blues fought their way back and forced the tie into extra time.
However, their comeback on Tuesday did not last as Karim Benzema once again was a thorn in their side as he scored a header goal in extra time to send the home fans into ecstasy. As a result, Real Madrid may have lost the second leg 3-2 on the day, but they won the tie 5-4 on aggregate to join Villarreal in advancing to the semi-finals.
Madrid now join Villarreal in the UEFA Champions League semis after Unai Emery’s side registered a shocking 2-1 aggregate win over Bayern Munich. After Robert Lewandowski scored the equaliser of the tie in the 52nd minute for the Bavarians, the Yellow Submarine scored the vital winning goal in the 88th minute of the game via Samuel Chukwueze.
The Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
The popularity of the franchise has resulted in Guinness World Records becoming the primary international authority on the cataloguing and verification of a huge number of world records.
