Mario Melchiot: Last News

Chelsea's 3-1 defeat to Real Madrid on Wednesday night.The Blues' chances of retaining their Champions League crown are hanging by a thread after they were battered at Stamford Bridge in their quarter-final tie. Benzema put Thomas Tuchel's side to the sword with a brilliant hat-trick to give the Spanish giants a two-goal cushion heading into next week's return leg at the Bernabeu.It was a rotten night for Chelsea at the back, with Andreas Christensen hauled off at the break after being schooled by Vinicius Junior just before Edouard Mendy gifted Real a goal almost immediately after half time.But Rudiger has come under fire as a result of his weak attempt to stop Benzema before he profited from Mendy's error.

Premier League season, the race for the elusive final Champions League spot went right down to the wire.Chelsea and Liverpool went head-to-head at Stamford Bridge in what was dubbed 'the £20million match'.It was a winner takes all affair which would have seen one side qualify for the Champions League and the other settle for a place in the UEFA Cup.But goals from Marcel Desailly and Jesper Gronkjaer cancelled out Semi Hypia’s opener for Liverpool to send the West Londoners into the Champions League.A couple of months later, Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea for around £140m, and Daily Star Sport considers the Blues’ first team which sealed their place in the Champions League. Carlo Cudicini was still Chelsea’s undisputed No.1 goalkeeper at the time, while a back four of Mario Melchiot, William Gallas, Marcel Desailly, and Celestine Babayaro held down the fort.