Thursday, May 16, 2013
Congratulations!!! Chelsea clenches Europa League title.
A third European final in a row for Chelsea looked to be heading for
extra-time after a Benfica penalty had levelled up Fernando Torres’s
second-half goal, however, Branislav Ivanovic defined the moment when he scored
a towering stoppage time header to ensure Chelsea clinched the Europa
League title after an absorbing encounter with Benfica at the Amsterdam Arena
on Wednesday night.
Branislav Ivanovic came in central
defense along with Gary Cahill to cover for John Terry who is still recovering
from his ankle injury. Frank Lampard who was Captain for the night played alongside
David Luiz in Midfield while Fernando Torres led the attack.
Portuguese side Benefica dominated
the first-half of the game , and only a lack of a decisive touch in the Blues'
area prevented Benfica from taking the lead, with Nico Gaitan and Cardozo both
wasting chances.
THE second half was a different
ball game as Chelsea’s Torres scored the very first goal of the match 14
minutes into the other half of the game. Benfica scored what will be their only
goal in the second half after Cardozo's header found the bottom corner, but the
Paraguayan was correctly judged to have been marginally beyond the Chelsea
backline.
Congratulations Chelsea!!!
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