#CHELSEA_2_GALATASARAY_0_AGG_3_1) The passage to the last eight of this years #Champions_League was a comfortable one. #Samuel_Etoos 10thgoal of the season, scored very early on, took almost all the tension out of the evening and by half-time the scoring was complete, Gary Cahill having slammed in the second. Only the home side looked likely to find the net throughout and with #Didier_Drogba not allowed a true sight at goal by the exemplary Chelsea defence, #Petr_Cech was able to mark his 100thChampions League game with a clean sheet. #Team_News Samuel Etoo returned as centre-forward and Frank Lampard came into the midfield in place of Nemanja Matic who is ineligible for Chelseas Champions League campaign. The defence was unchanged for the sixth game running and there was the familiar three of #Willian_Oscar_and_Eden_Hazard supporting the attack. For #Galatasaray_Yekta_Kurtulus, who came on after half-an-hour of the first leg when the home side were struggling, started in midfield. Semih Kaya, a half-time substitute in Istanbul, was in defence. #First_half Before kick-off there was the by-no-means small matter of a packed Stamford Bridge welcoming back #Drogba. He spontaneously ran to all sides of the ground to applaud the fans who began singing his name as special presentation by chief executive #Ron_Gourlay was prepared. When it was handed to the Chelsea legend, his son Isaac was by his side. The players returned to the dressing rooms after the warm-up but moments before kick-off Drogba ran the Chelsea dug-out to plant a kiss on the cheek of #Jose_Mourinho. An Always in our Hearts banner was also on display high in one of the stands. #Chelsea(4-2-3-1): Cech; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry (c), Azpilicueta; Ramires, Lampard; Willian(Kalas 90+2), Oscar(Schurrle 80), Hazard; Etoo (Torres 84). #Unused subs Schwarzer, David Luiz, Mikel, Ba. ScorersEtoo 3, Cahill 42 Booked Oscar38, Ivanovic 57 #Galatasaray(4-2-3-1): Muslera; Eboue (Hajrovic 76), Chedjou, Semih Kaya, Alex Telles; Yetka Kurtulus (Hakan Balta 65);Felipe Melo, Burak Yilmaz (Umut Bulut 53), Selcuk Inan (c), Sneijder; Drogba. #Unused subsUfuk Ceylan, Burdisso, Ceyhun Gulselam, Sabri Sarioglu. BookedFelipe Melo 18, Drogba 65, Selcuk Inan 90+1 Referee #Felix_Brych from Germany #Goddy
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 22:46:36 +0000
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