Rudiger told he’ll ‘regret’ Real Madrid actions, as Chelsea ace cites two reasons for crushing loss

Rio Ferdinand reckons Antonio Rudiger will regret how he reacted to the Real Madrid players following Chelsea’s Champions League exit.

The Blues travelled to Madrid hoping to overturn a two-goal deficit. Goals from Mason Mount and Rudiger erased Real’s lead before Timo Werner put Chelsea ahead on aggregate.

However, Rodrygo pulled the Spaniards level with 10 minutes to play after slotting home a divine pass from Luka Modric.

Extra time awaited, with Karim Benzema joining the party in the 96th minute when heading past Edouard Mendy to make it 5-4 overall.

Chelsea pushed and pushed, though couldn’t send the tie to penalties as the reigning champions exited at the quarter final stages.

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Rudiger was seen reacting poorly to a number of Real Madrid players attempting to embrace him immediately after the final whistle.

David Alaba was pushed away after attempting to say a few consoling words with Rudiger then storming off and dropping to his knees while yelling. Other Real stars tried to shake Rudiger’s hand, but the German remained rooted to the ground.

Speaking on BT Sport after viewing Rudiger’s reaction, Rio Ferdinand understood emotions were running high, though insisted the Chelsea man will regret his response.

“It’s emotional, man. And I don’t think he’d necessarily want to react like that or see those pictures,” said Ferdinand (via the Metro).

“But the feeling there you can’t control it. We’ve all been there after big games, I’ve said and done things that you regret, you think: “that’s not me, that’s not my normal personality”. But this is what football means to people.

“If you see changing rooms after games…