David Luiz scores a super goal, Chelsea meets Benfica in the Europa League final
There were no surprises in the Europa League semi-finals. The two teams with the advantage from the first leg and also rated higher, Chelsea and Benfica, met at the Amsterdam Arena.
David Luiz celebrates his achievement-Getty Images
Winning 2-1 in the first leg, Chelsea entered the match confidently at Stamford Bridge when welcoming their opponent from Switzerland. The London team pressured Basel in the first half and created many dangerous opportunities, but the home team's strikers were unlucky in decisive situations.
With an ineffective game, Chelsea was the team that had to suffer the first goal in the 45th minute of the match. Player Valentin Stocker made a delicate pass for Mohamed Salah to break through goalkeeper Petr Cech to open the score 1-0 for Basel.
With the goal, Basel lit up hope for a comeback on away ground. However, in the second half, they lost control of the game when Torres equalized 1-1 in the 50th minute. Just 2 minutes after the Spanish striker's achievement, Moses continued to score to increase the gap to 2-1 for Chelsea. Luiz's beautiful goal in the 59th minute completed Chelsea's memorable party at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea officially won a ticket to the Europa League final.
In the match between Benfica and Fenerbahce, the Portuguese team opened the scoring in the 9th minute with a goal by Gaitan. However, Fenerbahce's mettle was immediately demonstrated with dangerous counter-attacks and concretized with Dirk Kuyt's equalizer in the 23rd minute.
With the tie leveled, Benfica rose up to attack in search of 2 goals to secure a ticket to the next round. And Oscar Cardozo became their hero with an impressive double. Winning 3-2 after 2 matches, Benfica will meet Chelsea in the final match of the season.
Result Chelsea- Basel: 3-1 (aggregate score: 5-2) Benfica - Fenerbahce: 3-1 (aggregate score: 3-2) Final match schedule May 15 Chelsea - Benfica |
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