Chelsea vs Barcelona, 1st Leg
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Who won: Barcelona 2-1
Barcelona beat Chelsea 2-1 in 1st Leg on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at Stamford Bridge. Goals for Chelsea: Thiago Motta (own goal) (59'). Goals for Barcelona: John Terry (own goal) (71') and Samuel Eto'o (80').
Play by play
- 90'
The referee has a lot to answer for after showing a first half red card to Del Horno, and given Barca's onslaught the 2-1 scoreline is perhaps acceptable
- 90'
The final whistle goes with Chelsea needing to score twice in the Nou Camp to stand any chance of going through
- 90'
Drogba is penalised for a push on Puyol
- 90'
Barcelona are happy to play the ball around in their own half now, it looks like they're happy with their lot
- 90'
There'll be three minutes to be added on
- 89'
Drogba is through from Makelele's ball over the top. He's given offside but replays clearly show he's about two yards onside. Another poor decision
- 88'
Barca win a corner. Ronaldinho goes over to take with Deco off the pitch. It falls to Eto'o who sees his shot hit Drogba and run away
- 88'
Finally a quiet spell in what has been a pulsating second half. Surely there can't be a fourth goal in the dying seconds?
- 87'
Iniesta becomes the second Barca player to enter the book as Lampard stands over a free-kick on the left. Larsson gets his head to the curving cross, and it loops up to Valdes
- 86'
Eto'o tries a snap shot but again Carvalho is there with the block
- 85'
Barca make their third and final change as Iniesta is introduced in place of Deco
- 84'
Lamprd's wastefulness on the corner proved costly as Barca were able to break which blue shirts committed at the other end. And how they made it count
- 83'
Barca are still hungry for the third, a goal which would put the Catalans close to the quarter-finals
- 83'
What a ball from Ronaldinho! It invited Eto'o to simply plant his head onto it and beat Cech, which he did with ease. An excellent break full of quality resulting in a 1-2 lead for Barca
- 82'
GOAL!!!
- 81'
The corner from Lampard is a waste, not getting past the man at the near post and Barca break menacingly. It's fed out left to Larsson who cuts it back to Ronalindho - in comes a sublime whipped cross to the back stick...
- 80'
Drogba races through from a superb ball by Gudjohnsen. He only has Valdes to beat but takes one touch too many which enables the keeper to make a save. Corner
- 79'
That's Robben's last action of the game as he's replaced by Shaun Wright-Phillips
- 79'
Robben goes on a great, twisting run to try and create some breathing space. He's hacked down by Puyol who somehow does not get a second yellow. Amazing
- 78'
...Ronaldinho shifts it inside to create the angle and curls a shot at goal - Terry is back there on the line to hack it away. So close again, Chelsea under real pressure
- 77'
Eto'o breaks clear now, he's through but shoots straight at Cech. The loose ball comes to Ronaldinho...
- 76'
Again Messi finds space in the box and again he sees his shot blocked, this time by Carvalho, was a goal appeared a certainty
- 75'
It's all Barcelona now and it seems just a matter of time before they score again. Chelsea cannot get out of their own half
- 74'
Now it comes to Silvinho, who shoots straight at Cech
- 73'
Ronaldinho again shows great skill to spot the run of Larsson, it looks certain to be a second as the Barca man got the run of the ball against Cech - but Terry gets back to hack it away as Larsson prepared to tap in from three yards

