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", Prediction on which you are strongly advised not to stake your last Rolo: Chelsea 2-1 PSG. 19.40 Mourinho has just given a comically grumpy pre-match interview to ITV's Gabriel Clarke. AND IT INVOLVED 22 MEN AND A FOOTBALL. Cavani's first touch was immaculate, daintily cushioning it into his stride so that he could hit it on the run from 10 yards. Apr 2021. 62 min Cahill tries to impress Laurent Blanc with a Blanc-style run from defence. He's in a special place right now. Marco Verrattiâs failure to recover from a groin injury meant that Rabiot started in midfield for PSG and he almost cost his side an early goal with a loose pass that culminated in Kevin Trapp parrying from Costa. 26 min With Hazard off the field, the need to get Oscar on the ball is even more pressing. Two goals, both from substitutes. He's eight yards out, right in front of goal, but attacks the ball with all the composure of a teenage boy wrestling with his first bra strap and shanks it high and wide. For a serial winner like Mourinho, that is unthinkable. Barnsley/Chelsea vs Sheffield United. Amazing. It's a famous night at Stamford Bridge, and all the players are dancing around the pitch to Madness's One Step Beyond. Before it's taken Maxwell has to leave the field with a cut on his face. 24 min Chelsea are a rabble at the moment. 9 min Lovely play from Oscar, who dupes Jallet on the left side of the box and toebungs a cross towards Eto'o on the left edge of the six-yard box. 55 min A rattled PSG make their first substitution, with Yohan Cabaye replacing Marco Verratti. TUE 08 Apr 2014 Champions League - Quarter Finals - 2nd Leg. They’re in quite the predicament, 3-1 down to an excellent PSG side, although there is no lawful impediment to them overturning that. 77 min: Cavani has missed a sitter! Tonight will be tough for PSG, because Chelsea will take full control of the game. Chelsea v Paris Saint-Germain: key clashes in the quarter-final John Terry and Gary Cahill successfully muzzled PSG's attack while Samuel Eto'o kept Alex on the back foot Published: 8 Apr 2014 18.35 The Sky Sports News folk are wearing their Grave Face while reading soberly from a freshly printed sheet of paper, and that can only mean one thing: JFK has been shot the team news is in. No incidents of note thus far. He cut it back to Schurrle, who stormed onto the ball and slammed a fierce first-time shot off the bar from 15 yards. The team that decided to defend was punished, and the team that gave everything - sometimes with the heart - deserved to through to the semis.". They had 87 minutes before Ba's goal in which they could have done that. The Poland striker has carried his team in a disappointing campaign and will be sorely missed in the quarter-final ⦠71 min Lavezzi, the liveliest of the PSG attackers, tries to play a through pass for himself. Costa had another sight of goal early in the second half, David Luiz blocking his shot from Willianâs cut-back, but the Spain international, who had been a constant menace, had to go off on the hour after appearing to hurt his calf, with Bertrand Traore replacing him. There was no contact. Thursday August 13 RB Leipzig vs Atletico Madrid, 3 p.m. on CBS All Access â Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon. AND THAT WAS ON A TUESDAY TOO. Lampard will curl it into the area between goalkeeper and defenders. Cabaye, on the halfway line to the right, drilled a wonderful angled pass over the defence. 19.31 Joe Cole is in the ITV studio alongside Roy Keane and Lee Dixon. Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, London.The club's involvement in international competitions dates back to the 1950s. 90+2 min Alex is playing centre-forward for PSG. 39 min Thiago is off the field, limping along the touchline at the moment. Matuidi's left-wing cross deflects off David Luiz and onto the roof of the net. Mourinho, who started the game with a rare old puss on him, is going to have the last laugh. 44 min PSG have applied a little balm, keeping the ball for a minute or so to move then closer to half-time. PSG, meanwhile, aren't really trying to score a goal. 57 min Lavezzi whips the free-kick into a dangerous area, a cross-shot towards the far post, and Cech dives to his left to punch it away for a throw-in. It was a fine effort from Oscar, bent towards the far corner and flush onto the crossbar as Sirigu leapt to his left. Mottaâs astute pass to the left found Di Maria in acres of space and his fine cross was volleyed in emphatically by Ibrahimovic. PSG fans sing before the Uefa Champions League Quarter Final second leg match between Chelsea and Paris St-Germain at Stamford Bridge. Whether it's a triumph of the human spirit or just one of those things that sometimes happens in football is open to debate. 18.30 Here's a slightly strange statgasm. You don't need me to tell you that his enterprise ends with PSG in possession. So I played Demba and Fernando. 2-1 to PSG.". CHELSEA v PSG RECENT RUN-IN. 75 min A dangerous cross from Oscar, in a deep, narrow position on the right, just evades Ba on the six-yard line. This has been a poor game, riddled with nerves. The crowd have already gone quiet as well. It’s been a weird season for Mourinho. He isn't booked despite a bit of outrage from the crowd. Paris Saint-Germain Féminines vs Chelsea Women. They lost to the Blues on away goals in the 2014 quarter-final but reversed the result at the last-16 stage last season. 68 min A long ball is headed on by Ba to Schurrle, who makes a superb run infield from the right to receive the ball before hitting a shot from the edge of the area that hits Maxwell and is comfortably saved by Sirigu. The referee waves play on and Terry stomps righteously back to his station. Demba made a crucial finish for us and I think it was very much deserved. Everton vs Man City. And now he has made a crucial save! "Oh look. 21.50 Jose did get one thing wrong: it wasn't pure mathematics after all. With Liverpool securing the Premier League title at Upton Park last Sunday, the Champions League is Mourinho and Chelsea’s last chance of silverware. 40 min Chelsea get a free-kick just inside their own half. 3-1 now, but, in the end, I think it can be 4-3, or 5-4. Any readers who can name all 12, and the seasons in which they won the competition, will win my deepest sympathy at what has become of their life. Paris St-Germain (4-3-3) Sirigu; Jallet, Alex, Thiago Silva, Maxwell; Verratti, Thiago Motta, Matuidi; Lucas, Cavani, Lavezzi. They are in blue; PSG are in white with a fat blue and red stripe down the middle. 29 min A beautifully struck long-range shot from David Luiz kicks up off the pitch and is well held by Sirigu, plunging to his right. I expected a fast start from Chelsea but it's been quite the opposite, with PSG looking the more urgent with and without the ball. That means Cavani will miss the first leg of the semi-final should PSG get there. Clive Tyldesley on ITV tells us that Torres has scored twice in 51 substitute appearances for Chelsea, although one of those was at the Nou Camp. 52 min: Schurrle hits the bar! He placed a deliberate shot towards the near post, a really clever effort, and Cech reacted smartly to beat it wide. Chelsea FC. 73 min Another PSG substitution: Lavezzi off, Javier Pastore on. Chelsea v Paris Saint-Germain: as it happened. Select from premium Chelsea Vs Psg of the highest quality. 83 min Torres tries to run through everyone in the box. 11.58 The dates for the quarter-finals have been confirmed. It was half cleared to Azpilicueta, whose 20-yard shot from the left deflected across the box. It was worse than that. But the point is that it’s so much better than 2-0, because Chelsea need not drive themselves round the bend worrying about the concession of an away goal: if PSG score tonight, their first goal will be worth one, not two. Their attacking was a bit lazy in the first half, as is often the case with sides who have a biggish first-leg lead. They were weak and wishy-washy going forward. He gets past a couple before Alex lumps the ball out for a throw-in. "We trained yesterday with three different systems. Eto'o fouls him and that's the end of that, although it was an unnecessary risk from Sirigu. ... Quarter-finals - 2nd leg. 88 min That Cavani miss looks even more important now. Semi-finals - 1st leg. 25 min Cavani curls the free-kick straight into the wall. So Chelsea are down but they are far from out. 63 min A corner on the left for Chelsea, which will be swung in by Lampard. He sidefooted it over the bar with his left foot. But with Angel di Maria and Lucas Moura abandoning their wings at will, PSGâs attack bristled with menace and in the sixth minute stand-in Chelsea captain Branislav Ivanovic had to slide a shot from Di Maria off the line after he had been played in by Lucas. 36 min Oscar is causing problems every time he pulls to the left, and Jallet brings him down with a stupid tackle. Willian is booked. 79 min Maxwell is booked for a foul on Schurle. David Luiz of PSG celebrates at his old home ground. We'll leave you to consider that searing insight for a few minutes. "No no, I didn't run down the touchline to celebrate. But oh for a Drogba tonight. But you can never say that Mourinho lacks self confidence, or belief in his team (if not his strikers) as he goes in search of victory to seal a place in the Champions League last four. He took that really nicely. According to Mourinho it's pure maths. 10 min Lavezzi, rightly given offside, puts the ball in the net anyway. 67 min An outswinging free-kick from deep on the right is headed high over the bar by Lucas, under considerable pressure 12 yards from goal. Chelsea v Paris Saint-Germain: key clashes in the quarter-final John Terry and Gary Cahill successfully muzzled PSG's attack while Samuel Eto'o kept Alex on the back foot Published: 8 Apr 2014 They played pure counter-attack, no ball possession, and it was difficult for us to penetrate in that second part of the second half. Ibrahimovic put a header straight at Thibaut Courtois from a Lucas cross, but the hosts finished the half with the wind in their sails, Cesc Fabregas, Hazard and Costa all going close to levelling the tie. The Blues are OUT of the Champions League. Eto'o is all apologies but, well, you slammed your studs into his shin, Samuel. Leading 3-1 on aggregate, it should have been the cue for PSG to take the sting out of the game, but instead they allowed Chelsea to level on the night with a goal that owed equally to Thiago Mottaâs carelessness in possession and the hostsâ dazzling interplay. Announcer: “Peter Bonetti - who has won more European trophies than PS-G’’ (actually 1-1)</noframe> Half-time: Chelsea 1-0 PSG Chelsea will be happy with the scoreline, if not necessarily the performance. It's like they were given their pre-match teamtalk by a grouchy teenager or something. Club Atlético de Madrid. It wouldn't be a surprise if a winning goal came that way. 90 min There will be four minutes of additional nail-eating for Chelsea fans. Chelseaâs mood darkened yet further with 14 minutes remaining when Hazard limped off, but the hostsâ fire had already burnt itself out. 28 min Lampard's inswinging free-kick takes a big deflection off the wall and flies towards the near post, where Sirigu changes direction and plunges to his right to tip the ball round the post. Friday August 14 A dismal pass from Lampard, followed by a sliding foul on Lucas, is a reflection of the game thus far. 22 min PSG keep the ball without trouble for a minute or two, with their fans cheering every pass. They don't; Sirigu punches clear. <noframe>Twitter: Henry Winter - Mourinho in <a href="https://twitter.com/search?src=hash&q=%23cfc" target="_blank">#cfc</a> prog "We have to approach game with no fear & the belief that with the perfect performance we can achieve something special</noframe> 18.00 Hello. 65 min A Chelsea substitution: Demba Ba replaces Frank Lampard, so presumably Oscar will drop into midfield in a 4-4-2. PSG were lucky themselves, they got away twice once when Luis appeared to have elbowed Chelsea striker Costa which went unnoticed, and the second when Costa was tripped in the penalty area by Cavani only for the Spanish strikerâs cries for a penalty to be turned down. Adrien Rabiot swept home the striker's cross to put PSG on their way to the quarter-finals after 16 minutes at Stamford Bridge, before Diego Costa gave Chelsea ⦠Women's Champions League Quarter Final. Lavezzi's corner is headed wide by Cavani, ahead of the near post. 19 min When PSG get the ball they are able to potter around with it at leisure. Mourinho is waving furiously on the touchline, trying to get Ba and Torres to play as second full-backs in front of Azpilicueta and Ivanovic. "That's a bit naughty," says Andy Townsend. "At 1-0 we always give ourself a chance by not conceding," says Terry. That was cynical and deliberate from Lampard, because Napoli were in a really good counter-attacking position. French clubs teams have only ever won two European competitions, Marseille in 1992-93 and PSG in 1995-96. Semi-finals - 2nd leg. I think we did enough in the beginning of the second half to score before, but we couldn't. Follow minute-by-minute commentary of the Champions League quarter-final second leg between Chelsea ⦠They managed three in the first 17 minutes against Arsenal. You can discuss the match there should you wish. Chelsea will be hoping for the same result as last season when they went on to win the 2 nd leg quarter final tie versus PSG 2-0 at home and thereby progressing to the semiâs based on the away goals rule. Chelsea's impressive start to Thomas Tuchel's reign continued with a 1-0 win at Barnsley to move into the FA Cup quarter-finals on Thursday, while ⦠The keeper Sirigu is forward - and his opposite number Cech punches clear. "These are the games he manages for." 58 min This game is suddenly extremely open. Chelsea have a mountain to climb in their Champions League quarter-final second leg against PSG after they lost 3-1 in Paris Dumb luck for Chelsea. There's a half shout for a penalty, nothing more. 90+4 min A corner to PSG, won by their new centre-forward Alex. 2. They will probably be outsiders in the semi-finals, though they won't mind that - not after 2012, and not after this, the kind of victory that gives a team a sense of destiny. PSG players celebrate in front of their travelling fans. ", "It is hard to question a coach who has led two sides, Porto and Inter Milan, to glory in the Champions League but Mourinho still has a point to prove with Chelsea in Europe. it comes to Maxwell, who drives it all the way across the box and wide of the far post. PSG have never made a semi-final. 74 min Chelsea have started hitting a few long balls towards the head of Ba, who is winning enough of them for it to be a concern to PSG. Nobody needs reminding how powerful Chelsea are at home under Mourinho. It's all strangely subdued. It means a lot. Demba Ba has surely put Chelsea into the semi-final! Jose Mourinho doesn’t do failure. After Pedro Rodriguez nipped in to rob Motta, Willian played a quick one-two with the Spaniard before feeding Costa, who expertly turned Thiago Silva and drilled home left-footed. 42 min Thiago Silva is back on and seems to be okay. That's an extremely good save. Victory took Laurent Blancâs PSG into the quarter-finals for the fourth year in a row, while Chelsea were left to contemplate a first season without Champions League football since 2002-03. The competition means a lot to us. Chelsea kick off from right to left. He fed it infield to Oscar, who slid it wide to Willian on the other side of the area. So: it's possible Chelsea will go through, and possible that PSG will. Much of the pre-game attention had focused on Costa and Ibrahimovic, and it was PSGâs Swedish talisman who emerged triumphant as the French champions claimed further revenge for their elimination by Chelsea in 2014. Up to Christmas he seemed to be sulking after being rejected by Manchester United. PSG are a very disciplined and technical team...", : "You need not to rule Chesea out of the competition yet. It helps to have a squad that contains stars such as Kylian Mbappe and Neymar, of course, though he was the first PSG boss to make it beyond the quarter-final stage of ⦠76 min Pastore floats a dangerous ball towards Cavani, who is cocked for a left-foot volley just inside the area when Ivanovic gets a vital headed touch. Chelsea need the bloody-mindedness shown in the astonishing 4-1 extra-time home triumph over Napoli under Di Matteo, determination witnessed further when Terry idiotically got himself sent off against Barcelona but they still found a way through to the final. They may only need two, especially as they haven't conceded a goal at Stamford Bridge since mid-January. That allows PSG to waste another 30 seconds. Apr 2021. It was a fine move from Chelsea. Now he doesn't quite have the same twinkle in his eye, and at times in the last few weks has seemed like a Jose Mourinho tribute act. 21.52 Here's Jose! Yet another long ball was lumped into the box. Lampard robbed Verratti and found Eto'o with a crisp pass down the left. Pure mathematics. 21.56 That's it for tonight's liveblog. He will organise, coax and inspire his players to give their all.". What a chance! Highly attacking by their standards. The likes of Willian, Oscar, Lampard and Hazard will really torment the defence of PSG knowing fully well that some of them have been booked. I predict 3-0 Chelsea. Leading 2-1 from the first leg of the last 16 tie, PSG stretched their lead when Ibrahimovic crossed for Adrien Rabiot to tap in and although Diego Costaâs slick finish gave Chelsea hope, Ibrahimovic volleyed home in the 67th minute to complete a 4-2 aggregate success. CHELSEA vs PSG (7.45pm) ... DEMBA BA HAS SENT CHELSEA THROUGH TO THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. CREATIVE. FULL-TIME - Chelsea 2-2 PSG aet (agg 3-3) - PSG progress on away goals Those two minutes evaporate quickly for Chelsea who fail to score. Cech gets there first. 33 min Schurrle goes down in the box after a challenge from Verratti, prompting a big appeal for a penalty. Demba Ba's late goal fired Chelsea into the UEFA Champions League semi-finals on away goals after their quarter-final clash with Paris St-Germain ended 3-3 on aggregate. Chelsea vs Manchester United: Juan Mata hails âperfect responseâ to PSG defeat by beating FA Cup holders. Connah's Quay Nomads FC. Ten minutes later PSG tightened their grip on the tie as Di Maria played a pass behind the Chelsea defence for Ibrahimovic, whose masterful low cross was turned in by Rabiot. The game is ragged, like a playground match, with PSG pressing desperately. Cavani stands in front of the ball, so David Luiz charges up and boots it off Cavani, who is booked. In this weekâs Fox Football Podcast, Adam Peacock, Ned Zelic and Mike Cockerill are joined by Daniel Garb from the UK to review the week in football. Their attacking was negligent for most of the match, and only now are they really trying to score a goal. He passes a fine first-time cross, all along the floor into the area between defender and keeper, and Terry does very well to clear under pressure from Cavani. Henry Winter does not expect Chelsea "to leave the stage meekly" and has drawn on Mourinho's side to draw on their spirit of 2012. Follow minute-by-minute commentary of the Champions League quarter-final second leg between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday April 8 2014, kick-off 19:45 GMT, • Chelsea 2-0 PSG (aggregate: 3-3; Chelsea win on away goals)• Hazard limps off; his replacement Schurrle scores• Schurrle and Oscar hit the bar• Cavani misses sitter before Ba's late winner. 49 min A slow start to the half. Leicester City vs Man United. The free-kick is fractionally to the left of centre, and Alex might fancy this against his old club. 21.45 Demba Ba and John Terry are being interviewed on ITV. This is the spell of pressure that Chelsea have waned for the last 20 minutes. Chelsea Chelsea 2 PSG Paris Saint Germain 0. ZLATAN Ibrahimovic scored one and created another as Paris Saint-Germain won 2-1 at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday to eliminate Chelsea from the Champions League for the second season running. His snapshot is deflected over the bar, and the resulting corner skims off Ivanovic's head before drifting well wide of the far post. 6:00pm, Wednesday 27th March 2019. And now. 72 min Matuidi plays a fine long pass down the inside-left channel, who runs behind Ivanovic and then, from the left of the box, smashes the bouncing ball a few yards over the bar. The save itself was routine but he did well to hold out. But they still look a bit ragged. He moves smoothly infield from the left wing, past Verratti, who fouls him and is booked. Peep! 18 min It gets worse for Chelsea: Eden Hazard, their one world-class player, is struggling with an injury of some description and has been replaced by Andre Schurrle. 80 min An excellent short-passing move from PSG ends with a fierce 25-yard strike from Lucas that is straight at Cech and well held. Chelsea will look to persue their European campaign when they travel to France for their Champions League quarter-final first leg against PSG. Re-live how the morning unfolded in our live blog at the foot of the page. Nor is he one of the four PSG players on a yellow card; they are Thiago Motta, Alex, Matuidi and Cavani. CS Fola Esch. Eto'o had a goalbound volley blocked by a defender, although by then the referee had blown for a PSG free-kick, probably for a push by Ba on Jallet. Ba, lurking at the far post, reacted quicker than Maxwell and dragged the ball over the sprawling Sirigu from six yards. The keeper Sirigu is whistled while taking an age over a free-kick. 16.00 Jose Mourinho says Chelsea were "dangerous" to themselves in Paris as they let slip a late goal to lose the first leg 3-1 against PSG and give themselves a bigger moutain to climb at Stamford Bridge tonight. Wednesday August 12 Atalanta vs Paris Saint-Germain, 3 p.m. on CBS All Access â Estádio do Sport, Lisbon. Maybe he'll tell the referee to ensure Chelsea don't win so that he can blame the elimination of what the players did in the first leg. Will Chelsea overcome 3-1 deficit? Guus Hiddinkâs side came close to making light of Costaâs departure, but Trapp produced a sharp double-save to thwart Willian and then Hazard, and within two minutes the tie was over. 81 min Another Chelsea substitution: Oscar off, Torres on. 41 min Now Lampard is booked for a sliding foul on Lavezzi, who was breaking dangerously into the Chelsea half. Branislav Ivanovic of Chelsea remonstrates with goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. Ten points off the top four in the Premier League, Chelseaâs hopes of qualifying for the Champions League via the league are paper-thin and their chances of bouncing back in Saturdayâs FA Cup quarter-final at Everton were jeopardised by injuries to Costa and Eden Hazard. Ba runs into Thiago Silva in the box and falls over. Club Brugge. Venue:Parc des Princes Date:Wednesday, 2nd April Kick-off:19:45 GMT On TV:Sky Sports 1/HD The Blues have enjoyed continental success the last two seasons, famously winning the Champions League before going on Football News: Chelsea's impressive start to Thomas Tuchel's reign continued with a 1-0 win at Barnsley to move into the FA Cup quarter-finals on Thursday, while Sou Wolverhampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) â Chelseaâs impressive start to Thomas Tuchelâs reign continued with a 1-0 win at Barnsley to move into the FA Cup quarter-finals on Thursday, while Southampton put their miserable Premier League form behind them to ⦠Sent off at Stamford Bridge a year ago, when PSGâs 2-2 draw took them through on away goals, he belied doubts about his big-game temperament to keep the runaway Ligue 1 leaders on course for a potential quadruple. Subs: Schwarzer, Cole, Torres, Mikel, Schurrle, Ba, Kalas. That probably suits Chelsea more than PSG, who could with half-time and some nice soothing words frm Laurent Blanc. That should give them sufficient confidence to stay calm if their likely fast start doesn't produce a goal. Rob Smyth will be here from 6pm for team news and build up - but in the meantime get involved. After what happened with Andres Iniesta in 2009, they will not be counting a single chicken. It'll be another inswinger from Lampard. Chelsea are only pressing the ball when they enter the final third. 84 min Lucas, the wide forward, is replaced by the central defender Marquinhos. It's a brilliant ball in, which hits the back of Cavani at the near post and breaks straight to Cahill. Paris Saint-Germain's Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic (R) celebrates. Hazard goes off injured and his replacement Schurrle scores. Or rather, he didn’t do failure. 50 min Lucas goes flying just outside the penalty area after a challenge from Terry. Even in Munich, trailing to Bayern, they fought back. "I am with you because my wife is watching Eastenders and we are a one-telly house, but I have learned to love and would like you to alert your readers to the joys of following you and yours while listening to the radio commentary in the headphones, sometimes it's like you're all watching the same match.". Chelsea did not play particularly well; against that, they hit the bar twice and found one last push when they really needed it, with four or five minutes of concerted pressure culminating in Demba Ba's decisive goal. And it is far from beyond the realms that Chelsea might score three in 90 minutes at home. Fernando Torres's face is probably a picture right now. This season their record in all competitions at home is: P22 W19 D2 L1 F50 A10. "Do you think you can replicate the performance against Napoli two years ago? Thanks for your company; night! PSG's Thiago Silva throws his shirt to this side fans. FULL TIME: Chelsea 2-0 PSG (Chelsea win on away goals) Chelsea are into the semi-finals! Find the perfect Chelsea Vs Psg stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. "If Chelsea go all-out-attack then they are out! He said: "I think, at the end of the two legs, we’ll have scored more goals than them. A 3-1 deficit is not the worst for Chelsea. Shoulder to shoulder: Samuel Eto'o battles for the ball, 18 amazing free things to see and do in Hong Kong, Holi Festival 2021: how the thwarting of a Hindu demon king led to the colourful celebration, How the Spring Equinox marks the changing seasons, Sacha Lord: 'Keeping pubs closed until May is unscientific, and amounts to class discrimination', blame the elimination of what the players did in the first leg.