Champions League: Round of 16 (Second Legs)

Chelsea 2 (3) v 0 (1) Galatasaray Eto'o (4), Cahill (43)
First Half: Goal! 1-0, Chelsea take an early lead as Oscar plays in Eto'o who scores with a low shot across goal into the far bottom corner. Lampard puts an effort wide of the near post. Hazard has a long range shot saved. Melo drags a low shot from the edge of the box wide across goal. Terry volleys over the bar from a Lampard free kick. Willian has an effort saved. Goal! 2-0, Terry has a header parried but Cahill scores from close range with an effort into the roof of the net following a corner.
Half Time: 2-0.
Second Half: Willian has a driven shot from the edge of the box saved. Bulut has a penalty appeal turned down. Lampard hits a free kick high and wide across goal. Azpilicueta blazes a shot high and wide across goal. Hazard has a shot across goal parried behind. Drogba scuffs an effort that is easily saved.
Full Time: 2-0.
Chelsea win 3-1 on aggregate.



My Opinion:
My man of the match was Hazard. Chelsea ease into the quarter-finals. Eto's early goal seemed to ease any nerves and set the tone for the rest of the match. It turned out to be a reasonably easy night for Chelsea as they were hardly put under any pressure at all throughout the whole game by Galatasaray. Cahill scored just before half time and that was all but game over. It knocked the stuffing out of the Galatasaray players and they just never looked like scoring against a stern Chelsea defence tonight. Mourinho and Chelsea will be pleased and will look forward to another champions league quarter-final. 
Galatasaray were simply woeful and didn't turn up tonight. They posed no threat going forward and left the returning Drogba with nothing to feed off up front. Mancini will be hugely disappointed with his teams efforts in the second leg as they had a real chance to go through if they scored an away goal but it looked beyond them. Nevertheless, a decent run this year for Galatasaray who eventually got outclassed by Chelsea. 

Real Madrid 3 (9) v 1 (2) Schalke Ronaldo (21,74), Hoogland (31) Morata (75)
Real Madrid win 9-2 on aggregate.



My Opinion: 
Madrid storm past Schalke. Real Madrid are one of the favourites to win this years champions league and after that compounding drumming of Schalke I wouldn't bet against them. The damage had been done in the first leg and the tie was over before the second leg had kicked off. However, Ancelotti still opted to start Ronaldo and the world player of the year didn't disappoint, bagging two goals. It was a strong performance from Madrid who comfortably progressed into the quarter-finals. One thing is for sure, nobody will want to face the stars of Madrid in the Quarters. 

Best Goal: Eto'o, Ronaldo. Winner: Ronaldo

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Champions League: Round of 16 (First Legs)

Galatasaray 1 v 1 Chelsea Torres (9), Chedjou (65)
First Half: Willian missed with a long range chip that goes wide of the far post. Goal! 0-1, Chelsea take the lead as Torres slots a shot from Azpilicueta's cross into the centre of the goal. Willian has a low shot from long range saved. Lampard fires a long range free kick over the bar. Ramires puts an effort over the bar. Hajrovic has a shot saved. Yilmaz has a low shot from the edge of the box parried past the far post.
Half Time: 0-1.
Second Half: Torres has an effort parried past the near post. Chedjou strikes against the near post with an effort from close range. Goal! 1-1, Galatasaray equalize as Chedjou scores with a close range volley following a corner. Torres drags a low shot wide across goal. Telles has a blast from long range parried over the bar.
Full Time: 1-1.



My Opinion:
My man of the match was Lampard. Chelsea held in Turkey. Galatasaray started the game slowly but got more involved as the match progressed. They went into half time 1-0 down but came out in the second half looking to get an equaliser. Chedjou came close to levelling the match but hit the near post before finally scoring with a close range volley. The result means Galatasaray are still in the tie but they will most likely need to score twice at Stamford Bridge if they are to progress. 
Chelsea started really well and Torres scored within the opening ten minutes to settle any nerves. It looked like Chelsea were going to score a second before half time but they ended up spurning plenty of chances. They didn't put the game to bed with a second goal and paid for it as they were pegged back to 1-1. In the end, Mourinho played for a draw. The result favours Chelsea as they have that vital away goal under their belt. I fancy Chelsea to do the job in the second leg and can't see how Galatasaray are going to stop a strong Chelsea side. 

Schalke 1 v 6 Real Madrid Benzema (13,57), Bale (21,69), Ronaldo (52,89), Huntelaar (90)

Best Goal: Torres, Bale, Ronaldo, Huntelaar. Winner: Huntelaar

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