Real, Chelsea secure quarterfinal berths
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March 16, 2012, Friday
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REAL Madrid provided further proof on Wednesday that its feebleness in the Champions League appears to be a thing of the past under Jose Mourinho.
After failing to reach the quarterfinals for six successive seasons before Mourinho's arrival, the nine-time champion advanced for the second year in a row by sweeping aside CSKA Moscow.
Madrid responded to a 1-1 draw in Russia by winning the second leg 4-1, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring twice, taking his tally to 42 goals this season.
"Without doing anything otherworldly we dominated, played in their half with a lot of maturity and the only uneasy moment came with the reaction of the crowd when they scored to make it 3-1," said Mourinho, whose side reached the semifinals last year.
Mourinho's former side Chelsea will be joining Real Madrid in today's draw after also winning 4-1 to overturn a 3-1 first-leg loss against Napoli. That defeat in Italy contributed to Andre Villas-Boas being fired, but the revival continued under interim coach Roberto Di Matteo with a third straight win.
Frank Lampard's 75th-minute penalty kick sent the game into extra time and Branislav Ivanovic clinched the 5-4 aggregate win.
In what has been a dismal season for the Premier League in Europe's elite club competition, the goal helped ensure England avoided being without a team in the quarterfinals for the first time since 1996.
In the draw there will be teams from seven countries, with defending champion Barcelona, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Marseille, Benfica and Cypriot newcomer APOEL also through.
Napoli's first-leg lead had been wiped out by the 48th minute. Fresh from scoring his 100th Premier League goal at the weekend, Didier Drogba headed home from Ramires' cross in the 29th minute. Terry then nodded the ball into the net from Frank Lampard's corner at the start of the second half.
And after Ivanovic's header hit the raised hand of Andrea Dossena, Lampard leveled the tie on aggregate from the penalty spot.
Ivanovic scored the decisive goal in stoppage time, the defender lashing the ball into the roof of the net before helping his side protect the lead.
After failing to reach the quarterfinals for six successive seasons before Mourinho's arrival, the nine-time champion advanced for the second year in a row by sweeping aside CSKA Moscow.
Madrid responded to a 1-1 draw in Russia by winning the second leg 4-1, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring twice, taking his tally to 42 goals this season.
"Without doing anything otherworldly we dominated, played in their half with a lot of maturity and the only uneasy moment came with the reaction of the crowd when they scored to make it 3-1," said Mourinho, whose side reached the semifinals last year.
Mourinho's former side Chelsea will be joining Real Madrid in today's draw after also winning 4-1 to overturn a 3-1 first-leg loss against Napoli. That defeat in Italy contributed to Andre Villas-Boas being fired, but the revival continued under interim coach Roberto Di Matteo with a third straight win.
Frank Lampard's 75th-minute penalty kick sent the game into extra time and Branislav Ivanovic clinched the 5-4 aggregate win.
In what has been a dismal season for the Premier League in Europe's elite club competition, the goal helped ensure England avoided being without a team in the quarterfinals for the first time since 1996.
In the draw there will be teams from seven countries, with defending champion Barcelona, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Marseille, Benfica and Cypriot newcomer APOEL also through.
Napoli's first-leg lead had been wiped out by the 48th minute. Fresh from scoring his 100th Premier League goal at the weekend, Didier Drogba headed home from Ramires' cross in the 29th minute. Terry then nodded the ball into the net from Frank Lampard's corner at the start of the second half.
And after Ivanovic's header hit the raised hand of Andrea Dossena, Lampard leveled the tie on aggregate from the penalty spot.
Ivanovic scored the decisive goal in stoppage time, the defender lashing the ball into the roof of the net before helping his side protect the lead.
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