Eto'o helps Inter eliminate Chelsea
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March 18, 2010, Thursday
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INTER Milan knocked out Chelsea 1-0 to squeeze into the Champions League quarterfinals after a four-year absence, while CSKA Moscow made it for the first time after defeating Sevilla on Tuesday.
Samuel Eto'o, who also handed Chelsea its last home defeat in the Champions League four years ago, scored with 12 minutes left to give Inter a 1-0 win and end Chelsea's 21-match unbeaten streak at home in the tournament.
While Inter advanced 3-1 over two matches, CSKA won 2-1 at Sevilla to go through 3-2 on aggregate.
Tomas Necid put CSKA ahead in the 39th minute, beating goalkeeper Andres Palop, but Diego Perotti equalized two minutes later. Keisuke Honda got the winning goal for CSKA in the 55th when Palop punched his long free kick into the net.
Chelsea once again failed to win European club football's top trophy.
The English Premier League club lost two semifinals under Jose Mourinho, now manager of Inter, lost a penalty shootout in the 2008 final and was beaten in a contentious semifinal by last season's eventual winner Barcelona.
"This is the story of this club and this is the story of these players, so this is a demonstration of history," Mourinho said. "I'm not saying Inter is better. I'm saying today Inter was much better.
"Today I was the enemy and today the enemy won."
Mourinho's players frustrated his former team's efforts to get the single goal it needed to advance and Eto'o completed the Italian club's progress when he beat an offside trap to finish Wesley Sneijder's floated free kick with a low shot past goalkeeper Ross Turnbull.
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba was sent off with three minutes left for stamping on Thiago Motta's foot after the Inter midfielder bundled into him in the area with a challenge that could have yielded a penalty.
With Chelsea pressing for an equalizer, Eto'o almost scored a second goal in injury time but Turnbull saved with his feet.
The referee also refused two other similar penalty appeals by Chelsea, contributing to a furious reaction by home fans and Chelsea captain John Terry, who had a heated discussion with the fourth official at the end of the match.
"Sometimes you win because something happened, something made the ball go from one side to the other or something," Mourinho said. "Sometimes you win because you are the best team from the first minute to the last minute. And that was Inter, my team.
Samuel Eto'o, who also handed Chelsea its last home defeat in the Champions League four years ago, scored with 12 minutes left to give Inter a 1-0 win and end Chelsea's 21-match unbeaten streak at home in the tournament.
While Inter advanced 3-1 over two matches, CSKA won 2-1 at Sevilla to go through 3-2 on aggregate.
Tomas Necid put CSKA ahead in the 39th minute, beating goalkeeper Andres Palop, but Diego Perotti equalized two minutes later. Keisuke Honda got the winning goal for CSKA in the 55th when Palop punched his long free kick into the net.
Chelsea once again failed to win European club football's top trophy.
The English Premier League club lost two semifinals under Jose Mourinho, now manager of Inter, lost a penalty shootout in the 2008 final and was beaten in a contentious semifinal by last season's eventual winner Barcelona.
"This is the story of this club and this is the story of these players, so this is a demonstration of history," Mourinho said. "I'm not saying Inter is better. I'm saying today Inter was much better.
"Today I was the enemy and today the enemy won."
Mourinho's players frustrated his former team's efforts to get the single goal it needed to advance and Eto'o completed the Italian club's progress when he beat an offside trap to finish Wesley Sneijder's floated free kick with a low shot past goalkeeper Ross Turnbull.
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba was sent off with three minutes left for stamping on Thiago Motta's foot after the Inter midfielder bundled into him in the area with a challenge that could have yielded a penalty.
With Chelsea pressing for an equalizer, Eto'o almost scored a second goal in injury time but Turnbull saved with his feet.
The referee also refused two other similar penalty appeals by Chelsea, contributing to a furious reaction by home fans and Chelsea captain John Terry, who had a heated discussion with the fourth official at the end of the match.
"Sometimes you win because something happened, something made the ball go from one side to the other or something," Mourinho said. "Sometimes you win because you are the best team from the first minute to the last minute. And that was Inter, my team.
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