Benfica was near to miracle.
By ivonanko
@ivonanko (71)
Bulgaria
April 5, 2012 7:11am CST
Last night Benfica lost again from Chelsea with goal by Raul Meireles in the addition time. Portuguese can feel wronged couse the first goal for Chelsea come from penalty. That situation was very controversial! In the 40th minute Benfica left with ten men on the field after red car for Maxi Pereira. Even that in the 85th minute Benfica scored for 1-1 (Garcia). In addition time Meireles scored for 2-1 and gave Chelsea' victory. With this performance last night Chelsea will have very difficult moments against Barcelona.
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5 responses
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
8 Apr 12
I think Benfica played very well on the night. Unfortunately, I think they failed to do the job at home and it was always going to be difficult for them to come to Stamford Bridge and win. But they made a great fist of it even with 10 men. I think Barcelona vs. Chelsea would be an interesting match. Of course, Barcelona are the favorites, but believe me there are characters in the Chelsea lineup who if properly motivated know how to win difficult games.
Cheers!
Ram
@lakantar (1573)
• Greece
5 Apr 12
Not the best of matches I've seen, though I was expecting to be a nice match. A little push by the ref for Chelsea in the start and after that a low quality match till the 85th minute, Benfica almost completed the miracle but Meireles scored a fantastic goal at the end and sealed it.
@sjlskl (3382)
• Singapore
6 Apr 12
The performance was that of a team that knocked Man Utd out in the group stage. It is very much different from the team in the first leg. One can't help but wonder why did this Benfica team not appear in the first leg? As for Chelsea, they have Barcelona up next. Given the bad blood between the two clubs, it should be an interesting match up. But without Mourinho at the blues corner, one will think they will not be able to defeat the Catalan giant.
@veksinho (84)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
5 Apr 12
yes chalsea give benfica chance to come in semi final and they have some chance in thet few minutes . I am a fun of chalsea but thet wos terrible what they do tomoorow after second yellow card they must score second goal and calmly finished game but what they do come in defend and give benfica chance to came back terrible
