Napoli vs Chelsea, 1st Leg
Match pulse
NAPAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAP | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| CHE | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Who won: Napoli 3-1
Napoli beat Chelsea 3-1 in 1st Leg on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at San Paolo. Goals for Napoli: Ezequiel Lavezzi (38', 65') and Edinson Cavani (45'+2'). Goals for Chelsea: Juan Mata (27').
Play by play
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Andre Villas-Boas will have questions to answer over his team selection, but it's joy for Serie A as they claim another big home win over Premier League opposition.
Napoli have control of this tie but Chelsea are certainly not out of it with that crucial away goal. But at the same time you cannot see them keeping a clean sheet.
Collectively it was perhaps the worst display of defending you will see at this stage of the Champions League. The side best able to capitalise on those errors won this game.
- 94'
And that's the last action of the game, full-time in Naples.
- 94'
Inler fired in the driven shot-cross, but it flicked off a Napoli player and went behind.
- 93'
Ivanovic tugs back Gargano. Last chance for Napoli for four.
- 93'
Lampard with a power drive but De Sanctis holds well again.
- 92'
We've played two of three added minutes.
- 90'
Ashley Cole crossed in from the left, Drogba had his back to goal and can only fire well wide. He should have left the ball for Sturridge who was free behind him and facing goal.
- 90'
Drogba misses a chance!
- 89'
Sturridge flips to the ground looking for a free-kick over on the left. The ref waves at him to get up.
- 88'
Offside against Drogba again.
- 87'
Doesn't look like Chelsea are going to get what could be a vital second goal.
- 86'
Gargano breaks and squares it for Pandev but he blazes over. A look down at the pitch from Pandev tries to shift the blame for that effort.
- 85'
Chelsea pump a free-kick into the box and eventually Drogba is flagged offside - but Napoli look like an under-10s team every time the ball goes into the box.
- 84'
Chelsea really could do to find a second goal, that would make them favourites in this tie. Otherwise they face an uphill task to score at least two and not concede.
- 83'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> And that's Hamsik's last action of the game as Goran Pandev comes on.
- 82'
Ivanovic completely lost Hamsik, and cut the ball back, played the short square ball to Maggio who had to score - but Maggio picked out the only man blocking his path and Ashley Cole made a superb clearance when a fourth goal looked certain.
- 81'
Great goal-line clearance by Ashley Cole!
- 80'
Mata takes the corner, it's a poor one but he gets a second chance to deliver. There's an almighty scramble in the box and Napoli manage to hack it away.
- 79'
Drogba wins the corner. Chelsea with another chance to create a goal.
- 78'
Inler swings in the free-kick but Cannavaro is penalised for jumping on Ramires.
- 77'
Free-kick to Napoli. Dzemaili felled by Lampard.
- 76'
This time David Luiz gets across to stop a long ball trying to find Cavani.
Leaders
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