After beating Liverpool and successfully advancing to the last four of the Champions League, Real Madrid renewed Rossi's contract.

The contract is extended until 2024 and the annual salary increases to 35 million euros.

The salary increase is not much, but this is already the highest salary in the Real Madrid team, which represents the club's respect for Rossi.

What is surprising is that in this contract renewal, Real Madrid increased Rossi's liquidated damages to 400 million.

Although it is far from Messi's 700 million liquidated damages in Barcelona, Rossi has become an irreplaceable player for Real Madrid.

This is also Florentino's attitude towards the players.

It will not blindly raise the salary of players and destroy the team's balance of payments.

And Rossi's income on image rights has far exceeded his annual salary, which is another guarantee given to him by Real Madrid.

As for liquidated damages, Real Madrid will not set high fees to restrict player transfers.

Because you can't keep people who really want to leave.

With a liquidated damages of 400 million, there are not many teams in the five major leagues that have the strength to pay, but as long as the commercial value of Rossi is evaluated, even if it is smashed, it must be scrapped.

Rossi's contract renewal is just the beginning, and then Real Madrid and Ramos, Casemiro, Varane and others renewed the contract to further stabilize the morale of the army.

Real Madrid's opponent in the Champions League semi-finals is also confirmed, which is the English Premier League side Chelsea.

Because of the addition of Rossi, Hazard's plan to join Real Madrid has come to naught.

The duel between the two has also become the focus of the game.

Real Madrid had a tough weekend in the league.

The continuous high-intensity game made the players very tired, the passing and running coordination was very chaotic, and the last kick was even more substandard.

It wasn't until the 80th minute of the game that Rossi made a penalty in the penalty area, and Ramos, who had returned from injury, scored a penalty goal, and Real Madrid won with difficulty.

There was no respite, and three days later Real Madrid had to play the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey again.

The three-line battle is a severe test for the sprint in the second half of the season.

Combined with injuries and fatigue, Real Madrid's first-team squad has been missing as many as nine players, most of them mainstays.

Just the day before the Copa del Rey match, Real Madrid president Florentino called the whole team for dinner.

A dinner party that seems to boost internal cohesion and morale is actually very good.

During the dinner, the president of Real Madrid intentionally or unintentionally conveyed a signal, that is, Real Madrid's goal this season is to win the Champions League.

Zidane naturally heard the meaning behind it, but he still had to reassure Florentino in front of everyone that Real Madrid would win tomorrow's Copa del Rey match.

On the day of the game, Zidane made changes to the starting lineup.

Odegaard, Ceballos and Isco formed a three-man midfield and became the brains of the team.

In the forward line, Mariano is the starting center, and Rodrygo and Asensio are the wings.

The opponent Levante started to press frantically to drain the physical energy of the Real Madrid players.

Real Madrid can dominate the game with a technical midfield, but there are not many opportunities to threaten their opponents.

In the second half, Zidane sent on Benzema in the hope of improving the efficiency of the attack.

However, under the pressure of the opponent, it is difficult for the midfielder to send the ball forward, and it is difficult to score goals as strong as Benzawa.

The turning point of the game came in the 78th minute.

Sergio Ramos was injured in a confrontation and Real Madrid had to send in second-team centre-back Victor.

The lack of experience, coupled with the lack of run-in with the team, and the frequent mistakes of the young Victor added a lot of excitement to the originally boring game.

Levante have been relegated this season and are now putting all their energy into the Copa del Rey, with players in better fitness and form than Real Madrid.

After seeing the leaks in Real Madrid's defence, they launched a quick attack and in the 89th minute, it was their striker Roch Marti who scored the only goal of the game.

If it weren't for the Copa del Rey match and Real Madrid lost, the media would have thought it was an upset.

As we all know, Real Madrid's win in the knockout round of the Copa del Rey is the real upset.

They can lose to La Liga League in the Copa del Rey.

This also explains the ecstasy of Levante in the dressing room when he learned that his opponent was Real Madrid.

This is a real royal package.

After relieving the pressure of the Copa del Rey, Zidane focused on the league and the Champions League.

The opponents in both league games are Cadiz and Real Betis, with Real Madrid winning comfortably and continuing to lead the La Liga standings.

Winning streaks can certainly boost morale, but Real Madrid's injury problems this season have been plaguing Zidane since the second half of the season.

The winter break was supposed to be the perfect time to adjust, but Real Madrid's participation in the Spanish Super Cup and the Club World Cup not only did not get rest, but the physical fatigue was exacerbated.

Even if it's as magical as Pintus, there's nothing they can do.

Ahead of the Chelsea game, Sergio Ramos, Edouard Mendy, Vazquez Vazquez and Ernesto Valverde were confirmed to miss the first leg and the Real Madrid defence was once again put to the test.

Zinedine Zidane wanted to replicate the wing-back attacking tactics of the Barcelona national derby, but the absence of Vazquez and Valverde made it difficult to execute.

On the other hand, Chelsea's Champions League has become the most important competition for them to chase after ensuring a top-four finish in the league and an early exit from the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

Chelsea, who are strong and strong, are full of confidence against Real Madrid.

Eden Hazard remains Chelsea's most important core and scorer.

Against Real Madrid, he was the most excited.

It's going to be a battle of proof.

It would have been a grave mistake to prove that Real Madrid had chosen Rossi and given up on himself in the first place.

Before the game, in the media's analysis of the strength of the two teams, it was unanimously agreed that Real Madrid's biggest problem at present is the lack of the backbone Ramos' defense, whether it can withstand Chelsea's attack.

In the submitted starting line-up, Zinedine Zidane sent five defenders in one go, much to the surprise of Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel.

Real Madrid starts.

Goalkeeper: Thibaut Courtois.

Defence: Nacho, Varane, Militão.

Midfielders: Marcelo, Toni Kroos, Casemiro, Luka Modric, Carvajal.

Forwards: Rossi, Benzema.

It may be due to the absence of Sergio Ramos, Edouard Mendy and Vazquez, and Carvajal's return from injury, which could not guarantee the stability of the back four.

Zinedine Zidane used a three-centre-back system in this game, and moved the full-back position to the midfield, forming a tactic of switching back and forth between three centre-backs and five-backs.

Away Chelsea starters:

Goalkeeper: Edouard Mendy.

Defence: Andreas Christensen, Thiago Silva, Antonio Rudiger.

Midfielders: Cesar Azpilicueta, N'Golo Kante, Jorginho, Mount, Chilwell.

Forwards: Eden Hazard, Christian Pulisic.

The 3-5-2 formation is almost identical to Real Madrid.

The difference is that Real Madrid had no choice but to switch to this lineup.

Tuchel's Chelsea have been playing with this squad for most of the season.

Real Madrid players, who were unable to play due to injury, appeared in the private rooms of the stadium to watch the game.

The high-definition cameras set up on the scene were frequently aimed at Rossi and Hazard before the game started.

The media is looking for trouble.

Both of them are the attacking core of their respective teams, and the form of their games directly affects the outcome of the game.

The "grudge" between the two made this first-round match more dramatic.

Marcelo, as captain, won the kick-off and called his teammates together for the final pre-match mobilization.

With a neat "Hala Madrid", all Real Madrid members dispersed and came to their respective positions, ready to kick off.

Zidane also took the initiative to shake hands with Tuchel, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

Everyone is a back three, it's not terrible to hit the shirt, whoever loses is embarrassed.