UCL 2011/12 QF - SL Benfica vs. Chelsea FC - 1.Half
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00:00and here is one of the famous Benfica Eagles victory or glorious sword and
00:05swooped around the Stadium of Light and tradition has it that if the Eagle lands
00:10precisely on its perch it will be a good night for Benfica so the omen is bad
00:17indeed for Chelsea the Eagle has landed time for Chelsea to go to war let's join
00:23our commentators Gary Neville and Martin Tyler thank you Jeff good evening
00:28everyone in terms of points gained this season the worst of the Premier League's
00:34for Champions League candidates has lasted the longest in Europe and they
00:40now are about to step out against the club which played a major part in
00:44Manchester United going out at the group stage and we are just around the corner
00:50from where sporting of Lisbon been celebrating eliminating Manchester City
00:54from the Europa League Portuguese football Gary Neville is not to be
00:58underestimated no they've got a lot of quality some
01:02fantastic stadiums courtesy of the European Championships in 2004 and this
01:08Benfica team tonight they know each other inside out got a lot of quality a
01:11lot of players that have been linked with the top English clubs as well
01:17this is only Benfica's third quarter-final in the Champions League
01:23era and they lost the other two compared to Chelsea's seventh in nine seasons
01:35Benfica's history in Europe's elite competition is rich but somewhat distant
01:40it was they who ended Real Madrid's total monopoly of the early years of the
01:44European Cup by becoming only its second winners in 1961 and they were
01:49powerful enough to retain that prize but those two victories in 61 and 62
01:55remain their only triumphs though they have reached five finals since then
02:02after what happened in the return leg against Napoli maybe we have to revise
02:13our estimates of what is a good result for Chelsea tonight but they won't want
02:17to recover from a 3-1 deficit again even if they showed they knew how to
02:24and FIKA also had to come from behind in the round of 16 they were 3-2 down
02:30to Zenit St. Petersburg 1-0 would have been enough they managed 2-0 in the end
02:35scoring in added time at the end of each half
02:49it's a setting worthy of the competition worthy of this stage of the competition
03:00the end of what has been a lovely day in Lisbon
03:14chances are we will have a very entertaining football match
03:26no problems with the playing surface
03:31the distant view for the 1,500 traveling Chelsea fans
03:39Pablo Aymar who has given English clubs a few problems in the past is in this
03:44team after missing the second leg of the last round through suspension he's one
03:47of nine South Americans including fellow Argentine Nicolas Gaitan who is being
03:52trailed by Premier League clubs including Chelsea Paraguayan Oscar
03:56Cardoso has scored five goals in three previous home matches against English
04:02clubs
04:04the referee is from Italy
04:18a hairdresser by profession
04:26so we might need a hairdresser George Jesus but he has vowed not to have it
04:30cut until Benfica are Portuguese champions again currently third after
04:36Braga's win last night took them to the top
04:51as we've heard freshness is the key word for the Chelsea team six changes from
04:57the side which looked weary against Spurs on Saturday the big shot Paulo
05:01Ferreira only his third start of the season joined by fellow countryman Raul
05:06Mareles and two ex-Benfica players in David Luiz and Ramirez Fernando Torres
05:13preferred to Drogba, Mikel to Lampard and Salomon Kalou to Daniel Sturridge
05:27Roberto Di Matteo has certainly taken to life as the boss after being the assistant to the
05:41Portuguese previous Chelsea head coach André Villas-Boas whose name hasn't been
05:48mentioned too much in these parts since Chelsea arrived yesterday
05:54one thing you know about Portuguese football is there are a lot of teams
06:00many of the supporters of other clubs back Benfica as their second club
06:04because of the history of this team in the red shirts
06:10there is a huge sense of anticipation around this nation especially when
06:18George Jesus the coach said we'd like to get Chelsea in the draw and that's what
06:21happened
06:24here's Raul Mareles and Mata, Mareles getting in and forcing it wide to Kalou
06:32Chelsea's first attack
06:36pretty swiftly snuffed out it's Javi Garcia one of the non-South
06:42Americans only two of them he's from Spain and Axel Witzel from Belgium
06:46they should almost be in the Copa Libertadores Benfica rather than the
06:50Champions League it's quite interesting the makeup of the team but Javi Garcia
06:57and Witzel in midfield they looked strong powerful I know when the Manchester
07:03United team played against them they were really impressed with them and
07:06Witzel looks to me suited to the Premier League and watch out for him tonight at
07:10home
07:12by the left-footed Guy Tan tends to start on the right and pretty soon drift out to the
07:19left-hand side
07:24tall and dangerous Cardoso scored here against Manchester United in the opening
07:30of the group stage Paulo Ferreira
07:35he's been out of the side for so long a loyal Chelsea servant and I suppose one
07:42of the old guard there's not so many of them in the starting team tonight for
07:46Roberto Di Matteo
07:54and a real dilemma Roberto Di Matteo coming into this game he'd seen his
07:58team play against Manchester City and Tottenham and falter slightly in the
08:02last 15-20 minutes of those games and there's one thing about Champions League
08:06games you cannot lack energy in your legs I think he was forced tonight he's
08:10been brave by making changes and something that hopefully will pay off
08:17for him I haven't been strong in the last 15-20 minutes
08:23Kel who did pretty well at Manchester City
08:27reason for his inclusion he's been one of those on the fringes really
08:33I think of him and Morales tonight, Mikel and Morales in that central midfield
08:40they could find themselves at times I know they've got Witzel and Javi Garcia
08:45but Guy Tan, Cesar, Neymar they could end up four against two they're gonna have to
08:50stay tight and together I don't think we'll see much of them going forward
08:55belatedly the referee reacting to the appeals for handball and maybe a bit of
09:01help from one of his assistants
09:17first test for Chelsea aerially, defensively
09:27by Neymar
09:31missed his kick and probably was grateful that he did could have sliced
09:34that anywhere he didn't deal with the original ball and Jesus that his team
09:41didn't deal with it as well as they might have done in terms of creating a
09:44chance it's just a shade numbers that Benfica had in the box there they
09:48committed forward they had seven players in there I think it was Jardel at the
09:52back post he sort of followed it with his side of his foot across the goal
09:59by Kaluu, Jardel who is really the player who signed to replace David Luiz
10:05when he was a sold to Chelsea over a year ago
10:11it's Witzel
10:14trying to take it on, maybe just blocked off, but cleverly enough for the referee not to have seen it
10:23Mata
10:25Ramirez going ahead of him
10:30the thing about this Benfica team they have options and plenty going forward
10:36I'm thinking Maxi Pereira and Emerson the full-backs they do have weaknesses
10:40if Ramirez and Kaluu, Mata can get at them it will cause them problems and
10:46Chelsea have to go for the away goal same principles always apply in these
10:50first legs of these knockout stages of the Champions League you've got to take a
10:55little bit of the pressure off yourself for the second leg
11:01something's got to give tonight in one respect both these teams have scored
11:06first in all their Champions League games so far this season Chelsea of course
11:10scored first in all their away games but haven't won any of them
11:16Cole
11:19banged across by Torres and Ramirez trying to make something of it
11:24they have a season here, Ramirez before moving on to Chelsea
11:31well he's one of the players Ramirez who will have played three games or the last
11:36three games for Chelsea he has got good legs just lacks a little bit of quality
11:42at times it's a good cross by Fernando Torres into that back post
11:49Bruno Cesar heading on, Neymar to his credit climbing well
11:59strength by Torres
12:04needed a bit of chasing but chasing he did, Mandel's header only as far as Ramirez
12:09a chance for a second ball in, here's Mata, control was instant
12:16quite as effective at his right foot
12:21positive by Torres at least knocking it past the defender
12:26seen him do a lot of that recently
12:30he's on the chase again, of course fortified by those two goals in the FA Cup against Leicester
12:35and he played, sorry about your superior judgment, he put in a good shift at Manchester City
12:41didn't he, he was a bit disappointed to be taken off in the end for
12:44Petropas late arrival, he was I thought he did put in a good shift being up there on his own
12:49in a difficult game but when the ball did come up to him it stuck, he made a nuisance of
12:55himself he worked hard he's just getting that, he's in those one-on-one positions
12:59and he used to destroy people, he used to go past them so easily he's just getting that
13:03little bit back into his game, you mentioned Maxi Pereira's defensive
13:08deficiencies but he's a real attacking asset, scored in both games against
13:13Zenit
13:16in the round of 16 which was spread out over four different weeks
13:23quarterfinals come and go in a flash, the second leg of this is a week tomorrow at
13:28Stamford Bridge
13:33Terry
13:36and Luiz who gave a very intelligent press conference for the locals yesterday
13:42spoke very warmly of his time as a Benfica player, said he felt he was older and
13:48wiser now I'm not sure his play has always shown that, he's wise enough here
13:53to cut out the ball which would have otherwise reached, Aymar
14:00I think he has improved in this last two or three weeks, obviously benefited from the return of John Terry
14:07Aymar, just blocked off the hat-tongue necessarily I think
14:14by Raul Moreles
14:17talking to here, he missed the Napoli second leg through suspension
14:21in the topping up procedure
14:32Aymar
14:35with Raul Moreles you can't
14:39Torres
14:41as Witzel
14:50pressure applied by Ramirez
14:53Roberto Di Matteo talking about Benfica pressing his team high but his own players are
14:58working hard
15:02Benfica are in their own half and they've stopped them at source getting into the rhythm of their passing
15:07which can be very good, decent mobility, subtle play
15:12in which the Premier League teams don't always come up against in domestic football
15:23another slip from Ashley Cole's grasp
15:26no-team legitimate
15:28oh we saw them absolutely soak the pitch through just before kick-off
15:39conditions here are fantastic for football
15:47Stadio de Luge
15:51perhaps translated Stadium of Light but actually the Luge bit is a military academy
15:56not far away from here
15:58which the original ground was named after
16:03stadium
16:06built on the site of the original ground for the Euro finals of 2004 when England played here three times
16:12John Terry
16:14was in that squad of course
16:16Ashley Cole
16:18an Arsenal player
16:20Frank Lampard scored in all of England's games here but he's
16:23not got the chance to score for Chelsea so far tonight sitting on the bench
16:31Terry
16:32Chelsea will be happy, Roberto Di Matteo, Chelsea fans, the way they've started and settled into the game
16:37there's David Luiz for that sense of adventure and it's a skimming drive
16:41obviously
16:43more attracted to the shot in that position than perhaps in other games on other grounds because of his
16:49wish to do well
16:50all friendships forgotten he said once the game started
16:53warm though they were before and will be after
16:58a little ambitious from him there
17:01do you have particularly painful memories of playing here for England in that tournament?
17:05yeah the first game we played against France
17:08they scored two in the last minute and then obviously going out against Portugal
17:13we won their luck I think for 80 minutes in that match we lost Wayne Rooney after 20 minutes
17:17Steven Gerrard and Scholes went off
17:20they really were suffering from tiredness
17:22it's interesting that
17:24the Premier League managers
17:26the top four or five have all spoken about it in the last few weeks
17:28wonder what will happen at the end of the season for this European Championship squad
17:33playing these three games in six days
17:35is tough
17:38Calhoun called offside
17:41so often in his Chelsea career he's been a substitute and a very effective one
17:46has to show his stuff again from the start
17:51well it's getting to that stage of the season now
17:53where Chelsea are in three combo, fighting on three fronts
17:57they have to use the squad, they have to rely upon players like Ferrara, Calhoun to come in
18:02Morales, Mikel to serve them well
18:05Push by Terry
18:11Whatever the selections over the remainder of the season
18:15A little push on Cardoso
18:17There's no doubt there's going to be an overhaul of Chelsea in the summer
18:21Again
18:24Just watch Benfica, the amount of numbers they've got in there
18:29Unusual to see
18:32Unusual to see continental teams do this
18:37Again, Jardel was the target
18:40Put away by Ramirez
18:42Usually wouldn't be one of the tactics that
18:45European teams would use against English teams
18:47because English teams are more used to it
18:49Benfica circling this first couple of set pieces
18:52thinking they must have some joy to be gained from it
19:02Another Benfica throw
19:06Aymar
19:14Quickly by Calhoun
19:21Moved forward by Javi Garcia
19:23Ramirez saw it coming
19:26He is a Champions League winner, Paulo Ferreira with Porto
19:31Jose Mourinho back in 2004
19:47Good passing Benfica haven't really
19:49quite got into their stride in that respect
19:51one or two
19:53more encouraging possibilities from their point of view
19:57Not frightened of getting the ball in the air towards Cardoso
20:03He's a left footed lanky striker
20:14Almost 15 minutes gone
20:17David Luiz
20:19Aymar
20:20Here's Cardoso, Terry
20:23Comes away with it
20:26Tries to measure it for the running power of Ramirez
20:29which is strong
20:32Looking for Torres, finding Torres
20:34Calhoun waits in the middle
20:37Chelsea get a corner from an attack
20:39stimulated by their skipper
20:41Brilliant play by John Terry
20:43but also the run by Ramirez
20:45As a full back you know now you've got him
20:47Ramirez can get at him
20:49Play that ball in behind, it was good play by Torres as well
20:51in the near post
20:53Held off Louis Sao
20:55Uses strength, positive from Chelsea
21:00They certainly did well with headers against Napoli
21:02in the second game
21:07Artur the goalkeeper
21:12A certain amount of distress then
21:15He played in the European final last season
21:18Braga
21:19against Porto in the Europa League in Dublin
21:26Put the ball back in the box Chelsea
21:29Trying to do that
21:31Off the knee of Javi Garcia
21:36Raul Morales
21:39Remembering now that he is a former Porto player
21:46David Luiz
21:48Really being spared it as a former Benfica player
21:52Snap forward by Bruno Cesar
21:56Cardoso
21:57Waiting for support
21:59Got it from Aymar
22:06Ramirez
22:07With that confidence that you just outlined Garry
22:10He's got him
22:13Torres trying to get a position
22:15He was being bought off the ball, Matas there
22:17Garcia whose job it is really to protect the back four
22:20In the end does
22:21Almost from a position within the back four
22:25Get it to Ramirez
22:27Would be an early message for Chelsea
22:29Well you would and certainly when you see
22:31Twice, it's very difficult as a full back to get it back
22:34Once you've been mentally affected by that
22:37You sail past him twice
22:40Beat him for pace, beat him with skill
22:44Ramirez has shown in the first ten minutes of this game
22:46I think he struggled in the Manchester game last week
22:49And against Tottenham when he actually got on the ball in those areas
22:52He struggled in Naples didn't he
22:54In an equivalent fixture when he was asked to play as one of the holding two
22:59But he can stretch his legs
23:01He has got energy and plenty
23:05Despite his recent workload
23:07He's started in very frisky fashion
23:11If those are there may just have to help
23:13Emerson out
23:17Here's Gaitan
23:20Ref is going to look for a card here
23:30And
23:36Awaiting his punishment
23:38Here's Raul Morelis
23:39Head down
23:40It was a cynical trip
23:41It was, it was a little tasted by Gaitan
23:43We've not seen much of him
23:45In his first 17, 18 minutes
23:48He's drifted in for the first time
23:50He's been hanging out here on his right hand side
23:53It certainly looks like he can beat a man
24:00And here's Cardoso
24:06Chelsea could have been caught out badly then
24:09Chelsea could have been caught out badly then
24:15Such a fine finisher
24:17Just makes a run off the back of John Terry
24:19It's a great pass from Runo Cesar
24:23Brings it down his chest
24:25Tries to hit it
24:28First time, quickly
24:30Off balance
24:32First danger signs for Chelsea
24:35Maxi Pereira
24:38Terry's there
24:41Comes off from Mikel to
24:43Aymar
24:46Lucky it
24:47Comes down to Witzel
24:51Gaitan
24:52Easing it on
24:53For Witzel
24:55Cross, unattended
24:56David Luiz flying through the air to head it away
24:59Committed by Javi Garcia
25:01Committed by Javi Garcia
25:04Emerson
25:07Runo Cesar crossing
25:09Playing a diagonal ball
25:11To Witzel
25:15Gaitan
25:17That's tailored to Aymar's strengths
25:21It's the first bit of play that Benfica have had
25:23Where we've seen them keep the ball
25:25Witzel freed himself on his right hand side
25:27Acrobatic header from David Luiz
25:32Witzel
25:36Still think Chelsea will be happy with this first 20 minutes
25:42Across the way it is for Chelsea
25:45In the Premier League at the moment
25:49Quite cut adrift in 5th place
25:50But in danger of that happening
25:52They would have to win the Champions League
25:54To stay in it for next year
25:55And if they did that it would spoil
25:57The end of the 4th place team qualifying
25:59In the Premier League
26:05Just a Liverpool strike from 2005
26:07With 5 English teams involved
26:11UEFA closed that loophole straight afterwards
26:18Gaitan
26:20It's a lovely ball from Maxi Pereira
26:25It's interesting
26:26You've got the 2 officials there
26:27The assistant referee
26:28The linesman in old money
26:30Who made the call
26:31And yet it was right in front of
26:33One of the
26:34Assistants behind the goal
26:35Look he was almost interfering with play himself
26:38But it's not his call
26:40I don't know what they're doing there
26:44I know there's a lot of employment problems
26:46But surely they can create better jobs than that
26:48It's not his call
26:56Towards Torres
26:59It's out
27:02Back towards Torres
27:03Another touch
27:04Hoisted away by
27:06Maxi Pereira
27:07Almost up to the
27:08Height of the
27:09The 2 Eagles that fly around this stadium
27:18It's a free kick
27:19In Raul Morales' favour
27:30David Luiz
27:32Torres able to get it down
27:33And
27:35Again another flash of
27:37The old Fernando Torres
27:38Maybe not in the
27:40Execution of the shot
27:41But the
27:43Wish to take it on
27:45It was good though
27:46Luis Sau
27:476 foot 4
27:49Fernando Torres holding him off
27:50Bringing it down in the air
27:54Still positive signs though
27:55That he's getting back
27:57His strength and his confidence
27:58To take the shot
27:59So he's turning shots down
28:012 or 3 months ago
28:04Javi Garcia
28:10Maxi Pereira being invited to come forward again
28:13Play these little triangles with Witzel
28:15And Gaitan here
28:20It's a real strong part of Benfica's game
28:22Over the side
28:23Witzel, Gaitan
28:24Maxi Pereira
28:25Pelou and Cole
28:27Mikel got a big job to do
28:34Right again
28:35He's out
28:38Luis Cardoso
28:39Luis Cardoso
28:44Got the actual from Gaitan
28:45And the referee's not buying it
28:47So Chelsea get the free kick in the end
28:50No, when you come away from home in Europe
28:52You want a strong referee
28:53It's one of the things you ask for
28:56Something that's not intimidated by
28:58Easy falls to the ground
28:59Dives
29:01He did well there, the Italian referee
29:03Gaitan went down too easily
29:06Emerson
29:08Aymar
29:13Cesar looking for a give and go with Cardoso
29:17Reading of the play by Paulo Ferreira
29:26Forward with the interception
29:27It's Javi Garcia, look right
29:31Pelou
29:34On the front foot though Chelsea
29:35They look prepared
29:37Looks like they watch plenty of videos
29:38This Benfica team
29:39Know where the strengths are
29:40At the moment
29:41They're nullifying them
29:44It's a big test for Chelsea
29:45Of team selection
29:46Tactics
29:47And above all else
29:48Fitness
29:51In some games where they
29:52Haven't quite gone the distance
29:53You felt that Spurs
29:54Were probably the stronger
29:56Finisher of the two in the London derby
29:58On Saturday
29:59And they had played on the Wednesday night as well
30:02So it wasn't just about
30:03Chelsea coming back from Manchester City
30:07You think back to the reaction in Napoli
30:09When the likes of Essien, Lampard
30:10Were left out
30:11And Oktober
30:12Played
30:13But he's been left out tonight
30:14I think Roberto Di Matteo
30:15Has got this one right
30:17I didn't expect them to play
30:19But I think his bravery
30:22May pay off for him
30:23Because
30:24They look on the front foot
30:25They look like they're full of energy
30:28And they did lack that on Saturday
30:29That first half
30:30It was the slowest Premier League
30:314-5 minutes I've seen for a long time
30:38Here's Juan Mata
30:42Carlo Ferreira
30:461-2 with
30:48Ramirez
30:50Handball
30:51Handball has been given
30:52And so so has the assistant
30:58Talk about Benfica looking to their right
30:59Chelsea should be doing the same really
31:01Yeah it was a good 1-2
31:02Between Ramirez and Ferreira
31:04Bruno Cesar
31:06Getting booked for it as well
31:08Once it was handball
31:09I think it was a booking
31:12Here's a chance for Chelsea
31:1525 minutes gone
31:18John Terry in the air
31:20Luis has
31:21Sticked with a few goals
31:22Since his arrival
31:26Mikel as an outsider
31:33Corner
31:34They can stay forward
31:39Moving it to Raul Morales
31:45It doesn't look the sort
31:46Raul Morales should be too troubled
31:47By the barricade
31:49That he's getting
31:50I think he can handle himself
31:53And may handle
31:54John Terry
31:59They did
32:01He's put Fitzell on him
32:02Just to look at him really
32:05Knock off his movements
32:08That's a huge threat
32:09When he goes forward
32:10On set pieces
32:19Kalou
32:20To come for Mata over Torres
32:25Goes Gaitan
32:28Important for the Chelsea players
32:29To keep their self control
32:30Particularly those that are getting
32:32Baited a bit
32:35Raul Morales
32:45Of course it was this stage
32:46That Chelsea went out last season
32:47To Manchester United
32:48It was really those
32:50Two games
32:51In the Champions League
32:53That spelled the end
32:55For Carlo Ancelotti
32:58He was tied
32:59A few weeks
33:01Beyond the European exit
33:04Abramovich
33:05Was not impressed
33:08Well it's become the obsession
33:09The Champions League
33:10For Roman Abramovich
33:12There's no quick way
33:13Of getting there
33:14You can't take shortcuts
33:15Ancelotti is a good manager
33:20He's out
33:22Made the switch now
33:24They often do with Bruno Cesar
33:25Also left footed now
33:26On the right hand side
33:28Gaitan
33:29Is not involved here at the moment
33:30It's with Emerson
33:31He's just in field with him
33:35Witzel
33:36Aymar
33:42Emerson
33:50First delivery from Gaitan
33:51On the left
33:53I was just going to say
33:54It's a positive
33:55When you make the winger switch
33:58Means they're not getting the joy
33:59But Gaitan gets over to that left hand side
34:02Whips in a good cross
34:05Just above Cardozo
34:07But he does pick up good positions
34:09Again off the back of John Terry
34:11In between him and Ashley Cole
34:1626 goals in all competitions this season
34:18For Oscar Cardozo
34:26Times when Fernando Torres
34:27Would have that sort of tally at this stage
34:30On the campaign
34:35Maybe there will be times again
34:56Bruno Alves got one
34:57He came here with Zenit
34:58Another former
35:00Porto star
35:02Master
35:03Round
35:06With a cross
35:07By Javi Garcia
35:08His Aymar
35:11He only played it on to Cardozo
35:13Did well to stay on his feet
35:14Because he knew that there was a ball on
35:16For Gaitan
35:19Just trying to feed it in for Emerson
35:22Beyond Paulo Ferreira
35:24Who was able to intervene
35:26Gaitan goes to win it back again
35:27And does that
35:31Argentinian
35:33Gaitan
35:38Remember when there was such a fuss
35:39I think it was back in 1999
35:41When Chelsea actually fielded a team
35:43Without an Englishman
35:45But it's a
35:46Regular now
35:47For Benfica
35:48Not to have a
35:50Portuguese player in the starting eleven
35:57Four on the bench
35:59Here's Maxi Pereira from Uruguay
36:04A bit back again
36:05Oh, David Luiz
36:08Got it away
36:09Looks as though he made rather a meal of it
36:11But he did the job
36:14Well, composure from David Luiz
36:16Doing kick-ups on his six-yard box
36:19Nice
36:20Not the conventional way of getting rid of it
36:22But he dealt with it
36:23It's the most important thing
36:27Another crowding Petrček
36:29Petrček
36:33Dragging more Chelsea players into
36:36That zone in the goal area
36:37With a goal short
36:38Bit of a bluff
36:39Second ball might be coming in from Bruno Cesar
36:43Eventually
36:45It's not, it's a shot
36:46It's blocked by Cole
36:53We're watching the game against Zenit
36:55In the second round of the Champions League
36:57They did have some
36:58Turning ground
36:59Routine set-pieces Benfica
37:00I'm sure Chelsea will be aware of that
37:04With numbers coming in
37:05And those lurking on the edge
37:07Gaitan
37:13Good pressure by
37:14Fernando Torres
37:17It's caught in about four minds, I think
37:28Cardoso
37:33Cardoso
37:35Squeezed forward by Bruno Cesar
37:37It's a petzl
37:43Chelsea cope
37:44And Mikel gets it away
37:48Jardel
37:51Emerson
37:52Emerson
37:57Linking the play once more
38:00Really well organised tonight though Chelsea
38:02Real discipline and focus and concentration
38:04This will start for now
38:05Bruno Cesar
38:06Got away from Ashley Cole
38:09Curve on the ball
38:10And the infamous shot took it
38:12Towards Petrček rather than away from him
38:17I think you're happy if you're shooting
38:18From that distance
38:20Bruno Cesar
38:22That's what I'm talking about
38:27There goes
38:28Torres
38:31Benfica
38:32Here's pretty much the Benfica equivalent of John Terry
38:34The leader, the long servant
38:45Been there a long time
38:47Rousseau
38:49Experienced defender
38:52So it's on to Raul Morales.
39:00Trying to get into those areas, he's got the free-kick.
39:03Just wasted it there, Raul Morales.
39:06Just keep the ball and the attacking theory as much as he possibly can.
39:11Let's see what this Benfica defence have got.
39:16Great support for Benfica.
39:23It's a ground, of course, that's been selected by UEFA for the final itself in 2014
39:28and it's certainly worthy of that choice.
39:35Maxi Perala.
39:48Mbappe Garcia.
39:53We can step in.
39:54Let's get a word from our man down on the touchline, Jeff Shrees.
39:57Yes, Martin, the referee's just come across and had a word with rugby team,
40:00Demir Tayo, and said that your captain hasn't got an armband on him,
40:04he has to have one on.
40:05So the kit man's gone scurrying away to see if he can find it.
40:08I don't know whether John Terry's started the game with one,
40:10or what happened to it, but I think there's one come out now.
40:13Go on, go on, go on.
40:43You're supposed to know about the United things.
40:45You'd think the referee's got more to worry about than the armband.
40:51Down goes Mikel.
40:53Tapped there by Gaitan.
41:00Disrupting the rhythm of the game, Chelsea, stopping Benfica playing.
41:06Closing off those spaces for Eymar, Gaitan, Cesar, Witzel.
41:12Not seen a lot of them in this first 35 minutes, only little flashes.
41:20It's an intriguing game, Chelsea shuffling their pack,
41:24trying to find freshness.
41:26Benfica granted it by the Portuguese league,
41:28which allowed them again to play on a Friday night.
41:35When are we going to start looking after our teams?
41:38Of course, in looking after one team,
41:40you might be helping them in the domestic league as well by doing that.
41:49Here's Bruno Cesar.
41:53Made wide by Gaitan.
41:55Eymar.
41:57Bruno Cesar.
42:00Nicely worked.
42:02They have to be really quick on the ball to get through this Chelsea defence.
42:07Maxi Pereira.
42:09Makes room for Cesar.
42:12Gets it out to Eymar.
42:13Chelsea really organised in the shape.
42:15Maxi Pereira heads it back.
42:17Difficult technique to hit that on the half-volley.
42:27Might have been a glimpse of an armband.
42:32Go on, go on, go on.
42:46Mikel.
42:51John Terry, captain in Chelsea for the 409th time.
42:54Probably feels that they should know that he's the Chelsea captain.
43:02He'll be a happy captain so far.
43:05What you want in these first legs is calmness when you're away from home.
43:11Let the fireworks go off in the return leg.
43:13It's down for Bridge.
43:14Get the crowd up.
43:15But at the moment it's a frustrated Benfica crowd.
43:19Mikel.
43:24Take the sting out of the game.
43:25Take the sting out of the game.
43:30Interesting to hear at half-time what Jamie Redknapp thinks about Di Matteo's selection for this game
43:36after Jamie was very critical of
43:39Kovac Baris'
43:41line-up for the away game in the last round.
43:46Slightly different circumstances.
43:47I think that Roberto Di Matteo had to react to what he saw on Saturday
43:52against Tottenham in a very big game for Chelsea to get into that Champions League spot.
43:57Chelsea have got four forward here.
43:59Tamareles making it five.
44:01Torres.
44:02Some lovely play by Fernando Torres.
44:05That is Fernando Torres.
44:08Getting in those channels.
44:09Left and right down the side of the centre-backs.
44:11Twisting and turning.
44:13Everything right but the finish.
44:15Just so well here again.
44:17The build-up plays there now with Fernando Torres.
44:19He's holding the ball up.
44:21He's getting into positions.
44:23Just the accuracy on his shooting.
44:24That last bit.
44:25The most important bit.
44:27If he can get that right.
44:29I'm sure his confidence will soar.
44:37Cole.
44:39Torres trying to get their first beat to it by Javi Garcia but it falls for John Terry.
44:44Now David Luiz.
44:47Roberto Di Matteo said that Benfica were going to press high.
44:49They're not.
44:51For some reason you would expect at home.
44:54That they would really now when John Terry's on the ball.
44:56Sprint to him.
44:57But they're ambling across.
44:58Letting Chelsea.
44:59Just pass the ball comfortably along the back.
45:09It's worth a chase for Ramirez now.
45:10He's going to skip through to the goalkeeper.
45:12Had it been the left-backs defending.
45:15It would have been too high to make up.
45:17It's not the right yards then.
45:18I think Ramirez could have done it.
45:22The last coaches who don't need to steer Benfica beyond the quarter-finals of this competition.
45:26Was our old friend Sven-Joran Eriksson.
45:29They took them on to the last final.
45:31In 1990 when they lost to Milan.
45:35Torres.
45:37This is Salomon Kalou.
45:40Torres waiting on the edge of the area.
45:42Making a move into it now.
45:43Ramirez hit it well.
45:45Very well indeed.
45:47Turned aside by Artur.
45:48He nearly delivered some payback to those that have been barricading in the Stadium of Light.
45:54Well we've just found out three of the Benfica back four can't run.
45:59Kalou went easily past Luis Al there.
46:03And Jardel.
46:05He must be encouraged by this Chelsea.
46:08Corner by Mata.
46:09Dammit Luis.
46:11Real flick of the neck muscles.
46:14Real flick of the neck muscles.
46:20When you're looking at teams and weaknesses.
46:24They're doing everything right in the defensive discipline.
46:27But in Emerson Ramirez has got the better of him.
46:30And Kalou and Torres I think have got the better pace terms of Jardel and Luis Al.
46:36Very slow on the turn there.
46:37Forward by Raul Morales.
46:41Mikel.
46:44That's that really good chance for Cardoso.
46:49Two other awkward moments.
46:50Specifically one for David Luiz here to steer away with Cardoso waiting behind him.
46:55But by and large Chelsea have coped pretty well here.
46:59They're having a more confident Chelsea team.
47:02I think they're going to have a good time.
47:04More confident Chelsea team.
47:06I think they'll be thinking now let's go for these.
47:10I mean Aymar there frustrated turning his head.
47:15Can't let them in the game.
47:16They're not good enough to be in the game at the moment.
47:19They've had a bit of a dip Gary.
47:20You and I were talking about it before the game.
47:22Last month or so.
47:24They dropped to third in the Portuguese league.
47:28They've failed to score in three of their last eight games.
47:31The only three games they've failed to score in all season.
47:34They've come recently.
47:35They haven't scored here yet.
47:37Here's Mata.
47:39For Torres.
47:40Can he reach it?
47:44Close enough to doing that.
47:46Mike Jardel can see the corner.
47:48When they bought Juan Mata at the start of the season.
47:51This is the type of movement and ball you would expect to see.
47:54The link play with Torres.
47:57He's drifting off the back again.
48:00Jardel.
48:01They're not comfortable back there Benfica.
48:03There's a chance for Chelsea to embroider.
48:05A decent first half.
48:07With a goal.
48:11Some pushing spotted by the referee.
48:15Looks to me like Vixel had hold of John Terry's shirt there.
48:19Have to watch it again.
48:21I suppose he grabbed him.
48:22You can see John Terry's shirt being grabbed.
48:25Just a little bit between Aymar and Raul Morelis.
48:28As that was cleared.
48:30At the end of which Raul Morelis patted Aymar's curly head.
48:34I'm not sure it was just a friendly pat.
48:38That's one thing that Chelsea have got to worry about.
48:41Raul Morelis is being booked.
48:46He's being riled.
48:50The only danger to Chelsea at the moment is Champions League football.
48:54It can lull you into that false sense of security.
48:56The game's sleeping, it's calm, nothing's happening.
48:59You're doing really well.
49:01And it can hurt you.
49:10This concentration is high on the list of attributes that you need.
49:14The higher the level of football that you play.
49:20Apart from that one Cesar pass over the back of John Terry to Cardozo.
49:25Can't really think of any time that Benfica have created anything in this first half.
49:30It's been the perfect disciplined defensive display from Chelsea.
49:37There goes Mikel, losing out to Javi Garcia.
49:41Doesn't get forward that often but he's trying to do so here.
49:46When I saw the team I was worried about Mikel and Morelis in the centre of that midfield.
49:50But they've done a good job first half.
49:54The first half isn't over yet.
49:57Aymar.
49:59Maxi Pereira.
50:01Aymar again, Maxi Pereira again.
50:04Ashley Cole stopping the supply.
50:07Wincing a bit in the way that he did it.
50:15Waiting for Luiz Al to come up.
50:20Has got a long throw.
50:25When it comes.
50:28Gaitan.
50:30Axel Witzel.
50:34Bruno Cesar.
50:36A trip by Calou.
50:38Chelsea haven't got to the half-time whistle yet unscathed.
50:44She didn't get out quickly enough Chelsea.
50:46I didn't feel from that long of a time.
50:48It's been a tough game.
50:50It's been a tough game.
50:51She didn't get out quickly enough Chelsea.
50:53I didn't feel from that long throw in.
50:55The left-footer isolated one-on-one.
50:57He's always going to be in trouble against Bruno Cesar.
50:59In the end just decides to take the foul.
51:05And now he'll take the free kick.
51:12As we move into stoppage time.
51:14Remember they scored very late.
51:18Against Zenit here.
51:22Second leg.
51:24Of the last round in the first and second halves.
51:28They've run out of time.
51:30This time.
51:33A freshened Chelsea team.
51:35And Roberto Di Matteo's selections have.
51:37Stood firm.
51:39For the interim coach.
51:41Raul Morelis.
51:42Might just be half a problem.
51:43Because of his.
51:44Previous in this country.
51:46And the fact that he's been booked.
51:48And Fernando Torres lively.
51:49When he's had the chance to get on the ball.
51:51At the break in the Stadium of Light.
51:53It's Benfica nil.
51:54Chelsea nil.
51:56And a late scare for Chelsea.
51:58But you have to say before that.
51:59A pretty controlled performance.
52:00And you would imagine.
52:02That Roberto Di Matteo will be delighted.
52:04I'm not sure about Raul Morelis.
52:05Public enemy number one here.
52:07No question.
52:08About that.
52:09But at halftime.
52:10Chelsea have accomplished.
52:12What they would have hoped to have done.
52:14At the start of this game.
52:15Nil-nil.
52:16At the interval.
52:17And they have been.
52:19Pretty much in control.
52:21At a place.
52:22Which has a reputation.
52:24Of being mighty difficult to go to.
52:26And get a result.