Benfica vs Chelsea, 1st Leg
Match pulse
SLBAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLB | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHE | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Who won: Chelsea 1-0
Chelsea beat Benfica 1-0 in 1st Leg on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at Estádio da Luz. Goals for Chelsea: Salomon Kalou (75').
Play by play
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<b>BENFICA 0-1 CHELSEA:</b> A first away win of this Champions League campaign for Chelsea and a really disciplined display. Some surprise inclusions in the starting line-up but it was one of those, Salomon Kalou, who popped up with the winner. Benfica were frustrated and now need a really big result at Stamford Bridge next week.
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It's all over...
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Matic called up for pushing Lampard in the box. Silly free-kick to concede.
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Benfica looking to just smash it upfield with a minute to go.
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Nolito and Gaitan with a delightful one-two, and the latter fires in a cross that is very close to being turned in by Ashley Cole. Just wide though.
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Mata with a neat sidestep as Chelsea counter, but Benfica have it back.
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Gaitan crosses and it finally finds a Benfica head. Nolito's header hits Luiz and it's a corner.
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We're looking at five minutes of stoppage time by the way.
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Cardozo's shot deflected - it loops in the air and is well claimed by Cech.
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It's been a very disciplined performance from Chelsea. They deserve credit and Di Matteo's selection in particular does.
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David Luiz clears away the left-back's cross.
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Emerson tries to launch a Benfica attack as the Portuguese giants look to claim a late equaliser at the Estadio da Luz.
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<i>@krizon4real on Twitter: what a night Chelsea and Madrid scoring almost at the same time (74,75)perhaps Jose will be happy.</i>
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In tonight's other Champions League quarter-final, Real Madrid are beating APOEL Nicosia 2-0 thanks to goals from Benzema and Kaka.
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<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/images/2012/0327/juanmata20120327_275x155.jpg"><br> Juan Mata has twice come close for Chelsea
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That's right, no problems for Chelsea as Sturridge brings them forward at pace. He finds Mata who executes a delicious chip that falls just over the bar.
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I'll give you one guess what happened?
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Nolito to take a free kick on the left side around 25 yards out.
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Luiz with a marauding run out of defence, he looks like he is brought down deep inside the Benfica half but the referee isn't convinced.
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Nolito makes some space in the area but fires over.
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<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Nolito on for Garcia
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<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Sturridge on for Kalou
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Another Benfica corner comes in, another Benfica corner gets cleared away.
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It's got to be a long time since Ferreira played 80 mintues, he must be knackered!
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