Benfica vs Chelsea
Match pulse
SLBAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLB | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| CHE | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Who won: Chelsea 2-1
Chelsea beat Benfica 2-1 on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at Johan Cruijff Arena. Goals for Benfica: Óscar Cardozo (68' pen). Goals for Chelsea: Fernando Torres (59') and Branislav Ivanovic (90'+3').
Play by play
That is all for this evening then. What a night for Chelsea. 2013 Europa League winners. See you next time.
Lampard and Terry - in full Chelsea kit - lift the Europa League.
Frank Lampard and John Terry make their way up the steps to lift the trophy...
Benfica pick up their runners-up medals. It is now seven defeats in European finals since they last won a European trophy back in 1962.
Chelsea are the first team in history to hold both the Europa League and Champions League trophies at the same time.
Lampard: "I really, really hope so [to still be at Chelsea next season]."
Frank Lampard to ITV: "No-one deserves it more than Ivanovic. He's been immense, he's been fantastic."
Rafa Benitez to ITV: "I'm really pleased and really proud."
Fernando Torres to ITV: "The first half was not good enough at all in any way. It's a final, the only chance we have to win the Europa League, so you can see why we changed our performance."
Chelsea are now amazingly the holders of both the Champions League and the Europa League, though not for long.
What a feeling for Ivanovic who missed the Champions League final win last season through suspension.
What a finish. An excellent second half that really could have gone either way looked to be heading for extra time until Ivanovic popped up with a priceless header.
- 90'
And there goes the full-time whistle. Chelsea have won the Europa League.
- 90'
What a chance for Benfica. Cardozo gets onto a long ball after a mistake from Ivanovic and looks like he is about to equalise again, only for a superb tackle from Cahill.
- 90'
That has to be it now...
- 90'
Mata sends the corner in and finds the run of Ivanovic. The defender rises the highest and fires home an excellent header to find the far top corner. Artur well beaten.
- 90'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL FOR CHELSEA. IVANOVIC.</b>
- 90'
Rsmires does well to win a corner off Jardel. A chance for Chelsea now...
- 90'
Three minutes of added time to be played... Enough time for a winner? Or does extra-time await?
- 90'
Salvio gets in a dangerous cross from the right. He finds Luisao but Cole is there to clear the danger. Excellent defending.
- 89'
What a finish we have to this game. Both sides are getting plenty of men forward and are desperate to find a late winner.
- 88'
Chelsea attack down the other end. Lamprd picks it up in space just outside the area. He shoots at goal but sees his strike rebound off the bar. So unlucky. Artur was well beaten.
- 88'
Gaitan takes it and picks out the run of Matic but he can only head straight at Cech.
- 88'
Benfica win a free-kick in a dangerous position...
- 87'
Cole gets forward for Chelea down the left and whips a dangerous ball into the box. Benfica head it clear only as far as Azpilicueta who rifles a volley at goal from the edge of the box. It was never troubling Artur, however.