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Inter Milan edges Chelsea 2-1 in Champions League
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February 25, 2010, Thursday
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ARGENTINA midfielder Esteban Cambiasso fired Inter Milan to a 2-1 first-leg victory over Chelsea in the Champions League yesterday, while a 30-meter drive by Chilean winger Mark Gonzalez salvaged a 1-1 draw for CSKA Moscow against Sevilla.
In a high quality and evenly contested game at San Siro, Inter coach Jose Mourinho gained an advantage over the Premier League team he led to back-to-back English titles in 2005-06.
"There were no surprises for me, no surprises from Chelsea - just two teams playing with the quality they have," said Mourinho, who won the Champions League with FC Porto in 2004.
"Chelsea can play better, Inter can play better, but this is the reality of the Champions League. Sometimes it's difficult to express your qualities. This is a knockout, so you know any mistake can cost you qualification."
Chelsea, managed by former AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti, needs only to win the second leg 1-0 at Stamford Bridge on March 16 to reach the quarterfinal on away goals.
"It is not a good result but we have to accept this," Ancelotti said. "But it is not a bad result to score an (away) goal in the (knockout) round of the Champions League.
"We have to win the next game against Inter but we have a (chance) because this evening we played a good game. We start with one goal conceded but we had a very good reaction. We had a good control of the game."
In a city where he successfully served Milan with Champions League titles both as a player and coach, Ancelotti fielded an attacking formation of three strikers but his side trailed by the three minutes
Argentina forward Diego Milito collected a ball from Samuel Eto'o and easily sidestepped Chelsea captain John Terry before firing past goalkeeper Petr Cech at his near post.
After Chelsea striker Didier Drogba's free kick from 25 meters hit the Inter bar, the visitors equalized in the 51st minute.
Salomon Kalou scored with a 22-meter shot inside the far post after a determined run by right back Branislav Ivanovic had opened up the defense.
But Chelsea was level for only four minutes. Cambiasso hit a shot that was blocked and followed up with a low, left-footer that flew inside the far post.
Chelsea lost Cech to a calf muscle injury in the 60th and replaced him with Hilario.
At Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Sevilla went ahead in the 25th minute when an unmarked Alvaro Negredo tapped the ball into an empty net from a cross by Jesus Navas. But CSKA earned the draw when Gonzalez fired in a left-footed shot in the 66th minute.
"It would have been better to win but this can be considered a good result," Sevilla coach Manolo Jimenez said. "We needed to make short passes because of the artificial pitch. We got a draw and we will decide everything in the second leg."
On Tuesday, defending champion Barcelona drew 1-1 at Stuttgart and Bordeaux won 1-0 at Olympiakos.
In a high quality and evenly contested game at San Siro, Inter coach Jose Mourinho gained an advantage over the Premier League team he led to back-to-back English titles in 2005-06.
"There were no surprises for me, no surprises from Chelsea - just two teams playing with the quality they have," said Mourinho, who won the Champions League with FC Porto in 2004.
"Chelsea can play better, Inter can play better, but this is the reality of the Champions League. Sometimes it's difficult to express your qualities. This is a knockout, so you know any mistake can cost you qualification."
Chelsea, managed by former AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti, needs only to win the second leg 1-0 at Stamford Bridge on March 16 to reach the quarterfinal on away goals.
"It is not a good result but we have to accept this," Ancelotti said. "But it is not a bad result to score an (away) goal in the (knockout) round of the Champions League.
"We have to win the next game against Inter but we have a (chance) because this evening we played a good game. We start with one goal conceded but we had a very good reaction. We had a good control of the game."
In a city where he successfully served Milan with Champions League titles both as a player and coach, Ancelotti fielded an attacking formation of three strikers but his side trailed by the three minutes
Argentina forward Diego Milito collected a ball from Samuel Eto'o and easily sidestepped Chelsea captain John Terry before firing past goalkeeper Petr Cech at his near post.
After Chelsea striker Didier Drogba's free kick from 25 meters hit the Inter bar, the visitors equalized in the 51st minute.
Salomon Kalou scored with a 22-meter shot inside the far post after a determined run by right back Branislav Ivanovic had opened up the defense.
But Chelsea was level for only four minutes. Cambiasso hit a shot that was blocked and followed up with a low, left-footer that flew inside the far post.
Chelsea lost Cech to a calf muscle injury in the 60th and replaced him with Hilario.
At Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Sevilla went ahead in the 25th minute when an unmarked Alvaro Negredo tapped the ball into an empty net from a cross by Jesus Navas. But CSKA earned the draw when Gonzalez fired in a left-footed shot in the 66th minute.
"It would have been better to win but this can be considered a good result," Sevilla coach Manolo Jimenez said. "We needed to make short passes because of the artificial pitch. We got a draw and we will decide everything in the second leg."
On Tuesday, defending champion Barcelona drew 1-1 at Stuttgart and Bordeaux won 1-0 at Olympiakos.
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