Chelsea vs Real Betis
Match pulse
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Who won: Chelsea 4-0
Chelsea beat Real Betis 4-0 on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at Stamford Bridge. Goals for Chelsea: Didier Drogba (24'), Ricardo Carvalho (45'), Joe Cole (59') and Hernán Crespo (64').
Play by play
- 90'
Despite a slow start Chelsea showed their class to steamroller Betis. Can anyone stop this team?
- 90'
The ref blows up for full-time
- 90'
The loose ball comes to Joaquin but Del Horno blocks his shot from 20 yards
- 90'
Corner to Betis - chance for a consolation. Assuncao takes but fails to beat the first man
- 90'
Three minutes to be added on
- 89'
Essien picks up the loose ball, he comes forward through the centre and has options left and right - but he stupidly goes for the shot which hits row Z
- 88'
Essien is pulled back by Rivera - and he becomes the latest player to enter the referee's notebook
- 87'
Crespo thinks he's through for a second, but he loses the marginal offside decision
- 86'
Cole comes forward on the right, but he ignores the intelligent running of Crespo and instead hits a tame shot, off target, which Doblas can claim
- 85'
Another free-kick for Chelsea on the right. Lampard, as usual, takes and this time Terry is within a whisker of making contact with his head
- 84'
Corner to Betis now. Joaquin trudges over to the right to deliver but Juanito can only head it away from the goal
- 83'
Gallas shows great strength to hold off Xisco, but again he is felled by the Betis substitute
- 82'
The ref has to calm it down and in the end hands a booking to both Xisco and Gallas
- 81'
Xisco and Gallas challenge for a ball in front of the bench, and the Chelsea man gets the decision. But Xisco takes exception to something and shoves the Frenchman - and then it's handbags as the two push and shove
- 80'
Oliveira crosses from the right for the head of Edu, his header from the edge of the box lacks venom and it directly into the arms of Cudicini
- 79'
Despite the scoreline, Betis have not wilted and continue to look for a way to get on the scoresheet. Credit to them.
- 78'
Juanito fouls Gudjohnsen in midfield, free-kick
- 77'
Cole now looks for options on the right of the box. He spots Gudjohnsen free at the back stick - his first time volley is saved and the second crashes back off the post - oh, hold on, the flag was up for offside
- 76'
Chelsea hand a debut to Lassana Diarra, a summer signing from Le Havre, in place of Claude Makelele
- 75'
Cole breaks down the right, and passes first time without looking up. Crespo is far post rather than near enabling Doblas to pick up
- 74'
Essien goes in two-footed to win the ball ahead of Rivera. Shades of Tal Ben Haim there - this time he won the ball but it's still a free-kick for dangerous play
- 73'
Xisco attempts a speculative shot from 25-yards. Ambitious to say the least and well over
- 72'
Gudjohnsen looks to be through on goal - but he's a mile offside from the pass by Makelele
- 71'
No! Joaquin is booked for diving! Del Horno did dive in a little, and though he did make contact with the Betis wide man it was perhaps the Spaniard deliberately moving into this leg-line. Still, a harsh booking and we've all seen them given
- 70'
Betis break now, they have men over and Joaquin is fed in on the right of the box. He looks to get past Del Horno who goes down early - and then so does Joaquin. Penalty!
