And Then There was Chelsea
Come join us and see if Chelsea, the only remaining EPL club in the CL can pull out a miracle and eliminate Napoli. New boss and former player,RDM, is now in charge of Chelsea. Also former Chelsea boss, Jose "The Special One" is in charge as his Real Madrid side is in action at home to Lokomotiv Moscow as they scored a creditable 1-1 draw in the Russian capital. Come join us for this Pi day special.
posted by manunitedrules @ 3:37 PM
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We're off from Stamford Bridge and already a nasty challenge from Lampard that irks the Napoli players
Drogba wins a free kick off a goal kick.
Headed well wide by JT off the free kick.
Chelsea have not conceded a goal under RDM. If they do the same and score two then they are through.Any Real victory sees them through.
A long through by Ivanovic is headed down and a strike from Drogba is well saved by the Napoli keeper. The corner is easily cleared.
This time Napoli do well to deal with the long throw from Ivanovic
Mathematicians have tried for years to find the exact answer to pi,. Will RDM find the formula to get Chelsea through to the quarters?
I'm afraid I am a no show again today.
Do I want Chelsea to win? I REALLY don't like them but they are England's last hope... of course... I definitely don't want them to win the Cup... I want the Cole, Terry and Lampard team not win!
Hamsek had a shot deflected and Cech did a superb job to block that effort as Chelsea cleared. That is not the answer RDM was seeking.
Good afternoon, UWS. Have a good day. Did you like my Pi Day post?
I don't like Chelsea either, but they are England's only representatives.
OH! Chelsea were caught square as Maggio went down the right and crossed for Cavani whose shot found the side netting at the far post.
Chelsea win a corner thanks to pressure from Ivanovic.De Sanctis struggled with the corner, then Napoli break and Cech saved at the near post as Lavezzi broke unchallenged.The corner was cleared, but Napoli retain possession.
Now Cech saves from Hamsek. Who exactly is the home team today?
Sturridge has a goal disallowed for offside from a headed pass by Ramires . The replay shows Ramires was about a yard offside.
High and wide by Juan Zuniga from a great position and the Napoli manager is not one bit pleased about that.
Both sides are out to attack and this makes for a better spectacle than I expected.
This match has gone off the boil after a lightning fast start. Chelsea have not done enough to show me that they are going to nullify the two goal deficit.
Well wide by Cavani after Drogba lost possession just outside the Chelsea box.
Drogba fouls Maggio to end a Chelsea attack.
Gonzalo Higuain has put Real 1-0 up vs CSKA Moscow and ahead 2-1 on aggregate.
GOAL !!! 1-0 CHELSEA AS DRGOBA SCORES WITH A POWERFUL HEADER.
Cashley fed Ramires down the left and he put in a superb cross for Drogba to head home. De Sanctis did not stand a chance as Chelsea now trail 3-2 on aggregate. They need one more goal.
Sturridge has a cross deflected for a corner by Maggio at the far post.
Napoli break from a horrible Lampard corner through Inler and Cech cane out as Cavani shot wide with just Cech to beat. A warning for Chelsea that Napoli is dangerous on the break.
Sturridge volleys wide from a cross by Ivanovic. He should have done better.
Game on!The next Chelsea goal puts them ahead on the away goals rule.
Poor control by Sturridge as we was a ball hog and the ball ran out of play.
Maggio is off injured for Napoli and is replaced by Liverpool reject , Andrea Dossena. A huge loss for Napoli. Can Chelsea take advantage of the loss of such a key player?
Essien shoots just wide from long range after some great Chelsea passing. I think De Sanctis would have saved that had it been on target.
Lavezzi has a shot deflected for a Napoli corner.
A shocking corner from Lavezzi fails to leave the ground and is easily cleared.
Cmpangnaro is called for a foul on Drogba off a goal kick and is not pleased. He's not used to that after playing in Serie A?
Poor by Ramires as her failed to trap a routine pass and was forced to foul to prevent a Napoli counter
Lampard is booked for a foul on Juan Zuniga, who rolls and rolls and rolls.
Nasty by Inler on Cashley as Lampard was booked for a similar challenge.
Aronica heads a cross from Drogba out for a corner.De Sanctis punched away the corner and Cannavaro cleared a cross from David Luiz out for another corner.
Halftime and 1-0 in both CL matches. Chelsea are in this tie as they trail 3-2 on aggregate while Real lead CSKA 2-1 on aggregate.
The second half is underway in both matches.
One more Chelsea goal without reply and they are through to the quarters. They have still not conceded since RDM took charge.
Magaro heads out for a Chelsea corner.
GOAL !!!! 2-0 CHELSEA AS JT HEADS IN FROM A CORNER.
It was a great corner from Lampard and JT headed home a minute and 53 seconds into the second half. Drogba deserves credit for forcing the defender out of position as Chelsea now lead on the away goals rule.
Napoli immediately attack forcing Chelsea into rash clearances.
Napoli take a long throw and Chelsea deal easily with that after facing Stoke last Saturday.
Cech clears after a deflected shot by Lavezzi after great work by Inler.
Now Napoli have a free kick that is easily headed away by Lampard.
Zuniga goes down outside the box rather easily and the ref waves play on . Lavezzi shoots high and wide.
Cannavaro is booked for a rash challenge.
GOAL !!!NAPOLI SCORE AS INLER SCORES WITH A SUPERB VOLLEY AS JT HEADED A OUT A CROSS FROM LIVERPOOL REJECT, DOSENA. IT ALL STARTED WITH A THROW. THE VOLLEY WENT THROUGH CASHLEY'S LEGS.
Now Napoli lead 4-3 on aggregate and Chelsea need to score to force extra time. The goal was coming as it was all Napoli since the Chelsea goal.
Skippy puts Real 2-0 up vs CSKA and 3-1 ahead on aggregate. Real are pretty much through as I had expected.
That superb volley by Inler was the first conceded by Chelsea since RDM took charge.
BLOODY HELL . Torres is about to come on and he's the last player you want when you need a goal.
This time the shot by Inler is easily blocked.
Torres is on for Sturridge, who had one of his quieter matches this evening.
Chelsea is in the same position as halftime, needing one goal.
De Sanctis blocks a rocket of a shot that was straight at him from Ivanovic.
A superb save by De Sanctis from a volley by Drogba off a long throw.
Now a Napoli player is down , supposedly injured. Chelsea fans boo
De Sanctis easily catches the corner as Cannavaro is booed as he is already prepared to rush on.
Dossena is booked for a rash challenge on Essien. Aronica heads for a corner that is headed on to the roof of the net for another corner that is cleared.
Great tackle by JT on Lavezzi as he countered off a long throw by Ivanovic.
Cech saves superbly from Zuniga after a slip by Cashley
Karim Benzema puts Real 3-0 up and 4-1 up on aggregate. Real have sealed their place in the quarters.
Torres has a header deflected by Aronica out for a corner after a great cross by Cashley . Napoli struggle to clear the corner from Lampard.
Drogab wins a free kick just outside the box after greta work by Torres. De Sanctis punches away the free kick and Essien has a shopt deflected for a corner.
PENALTY CHELSEA AS DOSSENA IS CALLED FOR HAND BALL OFF THE CORNER.
GOAL !!! 3-1 AS LAMPARD BLASTS HOME FROM THE SPOT.
FIFTEEN MINUTES REMAINING AS WE FACE THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTRA TIME AT tHE bRIDGE.
Liverpool must be glad that Dossena is no longer on their books after that stupid hand ball, despite supplying the cross for the Napoli goal.
The ref calls a corner after a challenge from Luiz on dossena. Napoli wanted a free kick, but it seemed fair.
CSKA have scored , but trail 3-1 in the match and 4-2 on aggregate. Merely a consolation.
Cannavaro does well to tackle Torres in the box.
A cross from Lampard was behind Drogba and Napoli now attack,but Chelsea regain possession.
Hmasik has a shot deflected for a corner off of Cashley after Luiz blocked an earlier effort. The corner is easily cleared..
It looked like Chelsea were in as Dossena gifted possesion in the Chelsea box from a Torres cross, but Mata was easily tackled.
Chelsea have a free kick in a great possession.
The free kick from Drogba was about a foot over.
Great defending By David Luiz on Cavani.
Lavezzi misses a header from a great cross by Hamsik. The Napoli manager is frustrated.
OH! Magaro tries an ambitious effort from long range and it bounces off the roof of the net as Cech was motionless.
How was that not a penalty as Drogba was rugby tackled in the box.Then Cech rushes out to gather from the on rushing Lavezzi.
I see why Gooner is critical of referees as there will be two minutes of stoppage time
The last chance for both teams before extra time begins.
David Kuiz wins a coorner after a one two with Torres from a superb solo run that began with a tackle he won.
David Luiz is tackled by the Napoli corner flag from a corner by Mata. The ref immediately blows the final whistle and we face thirty minutes of extra time.
Unlike Pi,this tie will not go on infinitely.
Skippy scores his second of the match in the fourth minute of stoppage time to put Real 4-1 up and 5-2 ahead on aggregate and that must have been the final kick of the match as Real win by that margin on the night and on aggregate.
Extra time begins from The Bridge.
If there are not any goals in extra time then it will be decided by a penalty shootout. This isn't PI!
Torres had a shot deflected for a corner and Ivanovic headed just wide from the corner.
OH! Volleyed just high and wide by Hamsek from a superb cross by Lavezzi. Great technique from Hamsik.
High and wide from Inler, unlike the goal.
Ther was a penalty shootout last week as APOEL defeated Lyon in the shootout as the Cypriot club is in the quarters. They are the Cindrrella club this year.
Well offside by Cavani.
As Martin Tyler stated, both teams are going for the win. Malouda is on for Juan Mata.
David Luiz heads out a long free kick for a corner.
Napoli take it short and Torres heads out the cross.
Cashley is booked for a late challenge.Bosingwa is on for JT.
Napoli were through, but Doossena overran it.
OH! How did Torres miss that. He was through thanks to a long clearance to end a Napoli attack. De Sanctis madly rushed it and Torres shot into the side netting with a wide open goal gaping.
Torres heads on to the roof of the net from a narrow angle off a cross by Ivanovic.
Zuniga wins a corner off of Luiz after a useless clearance by Luiz to Zuniga.
The corner is cleared by Torres , but his attempted counter does not come off.
Aronica fouls Drogba just outside the box.
The free kick from Drogba is headed away, but Chelsea keep possession.
GOAL !!! 4-1 CHELSEA AS IVANOVIC SCORES WITH A GREAT FINISH
It was a super b pass for Ramires to assist Ivanovic and there was only enough time for Napoli to center and it is halftime of extra time. Chelsea lead 5-4 on aggregate.
The second half of extra time begins as Goran Pandev is on for Hamsik.
Fifteen minutes for Chelsea to hold on and advance to the quarters.
There cannot be penalties thanks to that goal from Ivanovic.
Cavani is offside to end a spell of Napoli pressure.
Chelsea counter through by Ramires and he sets up Torres , who has his deflected effort saved by De Sanctis.
Eduardo Vargas is on for Aronica.
Drogba does well to win a challenge in midfield and Inler is booked for a foul from behind on Inler.
Malouda uses his experience to win a free kick from Zuniga as he was boxed in. It started with a Napoli back pass.Drogba goes down the left and Ramires has shot charged down.
Useless pass from Lavezzi intended for Pandev.
Now Campagnaro is booked for a foul on Drogba. The Chelsea player seemed to go down rather easily.
The free kick is just to the right of the D.Into the wall by Drogba and Lampard commits a foul by the Napoli corner flag.
Hoofed away by David Luiz to end a Napoli attack and rightly so.
Now David Luiz is down holding his hammy. Time wasting???
I don't like the idea of JT telling RDM how to coach.
Drogba headed away a Napoli free kick and Ramires overcooked it for Torres who would have been through, then Malouda was free down the left and Drogba volleyed wide with just De Sanctis to beat.Offside by Cavani as there will be two minutes of stoppage time.
One minute remaining for Chelsea to hold on.
The last chance for Napoli.
That's it and RDM goes bonkers Hugging Drogba as Chelsea win 4-1 and 5-4 on aggregate. An unlikley victory after that loss in the first leg.Chelsea are the only EPL club in the quarters of the CL.what a comeback on PI Day!
CL will be back tomorrow as we will be hoping for the same from the Mancs tomorrow.The old guard did it for Chelsea today.
I meant I will be back tomorrow to cheer on the Mancs. Cheers!
Many congrats to Chelsea... despite my last comment... I was rooting for them!
I want them ON THE UP for Citeh!
Happy Pi Day, chaps. In fairness, I prefer pie to pi, but there it is.
Sorry, I missed the match today, but your coverage was as thrilling as ever. I hope to join you for another thriller tomorrow afternoon.
Cheerio!
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