Chelsea cruised through to the UEFA Champions League
quarter-finals after a 2-0 victory over Galatasaray at Stamford Bridge
sealed a 3-1 aggregate triumph for Jose Mourinho's team.
"It will be very important for the evolution of our team to play one of the best, so we wait for the draw" Jose Mourinho
The Blues got off to a great start when Samuel Eto'o scored with just
four minutes on the clock, Oscar slipping the ball into the path of the
Cameroon forward, who finished well from a tight angle.
Galatasaray struggled to make any impression going forward, save for
an ambitious overhead kick by former Chelsea forward Didier Drogba, and
found themselves two goals behind three minutes before the interval when
Gary Cahill lashed home from close range after Fernando Muslera had
parried John Terry's powerful header from a corner.
Muslera denied Hazard and Fernando Torres late on, while Drogba
missed a late opportunity to mark his return with a goal, but Chelsea
effectively strolled into their eighth UEFA Champions League
quarter-final in 11 seasons.
"It was a very good performance," said Mourinho. "We were very solid,
very compact, and had no fears – a very good approach to the game.
One-one is a difficult score, but our game was very solid. We were very
confident and very much in control for the entire 90 minutes, which is
difficult. We got a positive result in the first leg and in the second
leg we finished the job.
"All the big teams are there, all the big candidates to win the
competition are there. We welcome any of them. It will be very important
for the evolution of our team to play one of the best, so we wait for
the draw."
The draw for the last eight takes place in Nyon on Friday at 11am,
but Chelsea must quickly turn their attentions to their home match
against Arsenal in the Barclays Premier League on Saturday at 12.45pm,
when the Gunners will be aiming to move to within a point of their hosts
with a win at Stamford Bridge.
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