Topic: Mourhino and his men have done the impossible yet again.  (Read 2010 times)

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Mourhino and his men have done the impossible yet again.
« on: April 08, 2014, 10:59:21 PM »
heroic Chelsea performance saw Jose Mourinho's side overturn a 3-1 deficit from the first leg to reach the Champions League semi-finals courtesy of the away goals rule.

Substitute Demba Ba pounced three minutes from time to make it 2-0 on the night after Andre Schurrle had given us the lead in the first half, and we survived a late Paris Saint-Germain onslaught to reach the last four of the competition against all the odds.

Stamford Bridge has seen some truly unforgettable European nights down the years but this will take some beating for sheer edge-of-the-seat drama and tension.

Having not been breached for the last eight games at the Bridge, we knew going into the match another clean sheet would give us a great chance to progress, and so it proved.

On a night when the whole squad rose to the occasion it would be unfair to single out individiuals; all that matters is that we have progressed, and we can now sit back and await Friday's draw.

Team news
Jose Mourinho made four changes to the side which beat Stoke City 3-0 at the weekend, with Samuel Eto'o coming back into the team for the first time since limping out of our 6-0 win over Arsenal. The back four remained unchanged, while in midfield David Luiz replaced the ineligible Nemanja Matic alongside Frank Lampard. Both Eden Hazard and Oscar, subs on Saturday, were back in the starting line-up, with Andre Schurrle dropping down to the bench and Mohamed Salah unavailable having already played for Basel in this season's competition.

Former Chelsea defender Alex started for the visitors, and the injured Zlatan Ibrahimovic was replaced by Lucas Moura. The Brazilian was deployed wide on the right-hand side with Edinson Cavani operating in his favoured central striker's position.

-chelseafc

 

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