Chelsea vs Barcelona
Match pulse
Who won: Chelsea 1-0
Chelsea beat Barcelona 1-0 on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at Stamford Bridge. Goals for Chelsea: Didier Drogba (46').
Play by play
- 90'
Drogba won it with a special strike - and it was no less than the home side deserved. The bossed it as Barca's superstars failed to get into gear. First blood Chelsea - and it's off to the Nou Camp in 13 days time.
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That's it! The final whistle goes
- 90'
Chelsea eat up some time with a substitution. Didier Drogba gets a standing ovation as he is replaced by Saloman Kalou
- 90'
Drogba gets it on the right and switches play with a superb ball to Robben on the left. He gets to the edge of the area before shooting wide
- 90'
Two minutes to be added on
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Ballack breaks down the left, he plays the square ball across the face of goal but Robben just can't get on the end of it and Valdes takes
- 89'
Ronaldinho plays a shot ball into Deco, he creates space for himself and shoots - Hilario is down well to smother it
- 88'
Iniesta shoots from the edge of the area - and it crawls into the gloves of Hilario
- 87'
Robben again has space to make the run, but the diagonal takes him onto his weaker foot and he shies away from the shot, inviting the tackle from Marquez
- 87'
Another booking for Barcelona - this time Deco enters the book or a foul on Essien
- 86'
Xavi does well down the right, he gets the cross in despite the attention of Cole - and Messi's there with the header... the header over the crossbar
- 85'
Robben shows great pace and purpose on the left, he gets towards the byline but the cut-back isn't the greatest and Barca clear
- 84'
Ronaldinho races over to the left to take the corner, and promptly over-hits the cross and it bends out for a goal-kick on the opposite side
- 83'
It's Ronaldinho who looks for options. He decides to cross and it flicks off a Chelsea head for a corner
- 83'
Barca move forward and now Deco is felled by Ballack in a dangerous area - just shy on 25 yards out on the right of goal
- 82'
Cole is penalised for a nudge on Deco, free-kick in midfield
- 81'
Barca are resorting to the long ball, this time angled down the right for Giuly who fails to keep it in play
- 80'
Drobga looks for Robben down the left flank - he's offside
- 79'
Barcelona are enjoyed plenty of possession now, but they can't find any way through the Chelsea rearguard
- 78'
Chelsea still look comfortable, but will they be made to pay for missing those gilt-edged opportunities? Will Ronaldinho come to life?
- 77'
Giuly gets into the area but there's not much on for him. It's a painfully tight angle but he still shoots - but it's wayward
- 76'
Now Chelsea make a change. And it's the pace of Arjen Robben who comes on for Andrey Shevchenko. Chelsea will go with one up top and look to use the pace of the Dutchman
- 75'
It's a free-kick to Chelsea on the right. Again it's lumped long by Lampard and he finds Sheva at the back stick - he heads wide
- 74'
Barcelona will make their final change. Skipper Carlos Puyol goes off for Oleguer. Ronaldinho takes over the armband
- 73'
Deco finds Messi in space inside the area. He holds off Cole gets to the byline and tries to cut it back, but the pass lacks pace and that enables Terry to clear

