A dominant play by the Chelsea team eliminates Galatasary with a 2-0 win and 3-1 aggregat. An early goal by Samuel E'to then added by Gary Cahill in the second half confirms the team through the quater finals.
Chelsea FC made it an unhappy return to Stamford Bridge for Galatasaray
AŞ's Didier Drogba by marching into the UEFA Champions League
quarter-finals for the eighth time in 11 seasons.
While all the attention had been focused on the reunion with their
former forward, it was one of their current ones, Samuel Eto'o, who got
the ball rolling Chelsea's way with a strike after four minutes. If that
was a well-worked incursion, the second goal owed everything to smart
reactions, Gary Cahill following up a John Terry header to score from
close range.
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Drogba – a winner of ten major prizes with Chelsea
and who will always be remembered for the decisive penalty against FC
Bayern München which ensured they lifted the 2011/12 UEFA Champions
League – battled as hard as he could and typically won a number of
headers and free-kicks, but support was in short supply simply because
the home side were so dominant.
The game panned out that way from
the fourth minute when Eden Hazard drifted infield and was not picked up
as he gathered a throw-in, a smart turn shrugging off his nearest
challenger. Oscar joined in and set Eto'o free inside the box, the low
finish containing sufficient power to beat Fernando Muslera.
It
was a wonderful boost for the Blues while Galatasaray had paid a heavy
price for granting Hazard and Oscar the room to weave their magic. If
the Turkish champions were to improve on a record of no victories in
eight visits to England they would need to show far more discipline.
Drogba,
who was afforded a stirring welcome from the home supporters, sent a
bicycle kick over the bar but was overambitious when chancing his arm
from 35 metres, his free-kick threatening only the 'Always in our
hearts' banner that adorned the upper section of the stand behind Petr
Čech's goal.
Lampard came close following a delightful combination
between Oscar and Hazard. Then, from Lampard's free-kick, Terry's
volley flew just too high. With three minutes remaining in the first
half Lampard's corner was again met by Terry and when Muslera beat out
the header, Cahill reacted first to ram the ball in.
The visiting
fans tried to lift their team with a constant wall of noise, but most of
the action after the break was in the opposite half of the field as
Chelsea sought a third goal, Willian stinging Muslera's palms from the
edge of the area.
Drogba did had a chance to score in his former pitch but it was too late.
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