Chelsea team:Cech, Ivanovic, Azpilicueta, Lampard, Terry, Cahill, Willian (93), Ramires, Etoo (85), Oscar (82), Hazard (subs: Luiz, Torres (85), Mikel, Schurrle (82), Ba, Schwarzer, Kalas (93))Galatasaray team:Muslera, Eboue (77), Telles, Kurtulus (67), Chedjou, Kaya, Yilmaz (54), Felipe Melo, Drogba, Inan, Sneijder (subs: Burdi so, Gulselam, Hajrovic (77), Bulut (54), Balta (67), Sarioglu, Ceylan Yao Ming Jersey )Didier Drogba returned to his former stomping ground but could not prevent a Chelsea victory as his former club recorded a comfortable victory. Two first half goals from Samuel Etoo and Gary Cahill sealed the win.Ramires and Willian were free to play for Chelsea as the ban from their red card against Aston Villa only applies in domestic competitions, Salah ineligible.The previous leg ended 1-1, with Chelsea securing a vital away goal but, they did Carmelo Anthony Jersey not need the away goal to count tonight.All pre-match talk was about the brilliance of Drogba, his Chelsea past and his relationship with manager Jose Mourinho, but it was a current Chelsea striker who only took four minutes to make an instant impact on the pitch. Hazard turned brilliantly from a throw in to release Oscar down the right wing with the Brazillian midfielder squaring to born-again striker Samuel Etoo, who took a touch, and scored at the far post via a tiny deflection. The perfect start for Chelsea.Etoo was in the thick of it James Harden Jersey again, this time sent clear down the right wing by Willian, on his own, skipped past a Turkish challenge and feigned a shot on the by-line, but could not find a team mate with a cut back as thecavalryarrived.Drogba was trying his best at the other end making a nuisance of himself in the Chelsea box, his knock down header cleared. Galatasaray eventually made an impact in an attacking situation. A series of thrown ins resulted in an eventual cro s to Drogba whoextraordinarytried a bicycle kick on the edge of the area thatdid not come off.Chelsea nearly had a second, Hazard and Oscar combined again to set up Lampard, toe poking over. Hazard looking very lively as a good run resulted in a shot at a tight angle. Moments later he curled another shot straight at the keeper.Drogba controlled a long ball on his chest and, via Sneijder, combined with Felipe Melo to set up a shot for the latter that went wide. Galatasarays best chance David Nwaba Jersey of the game and all they would really create.Further chances for Chelsea from a set piece as Lampards floated pa s was volleyed just over by captain John Terry and a tame shot from Willian saved after a reverse pa s from Etoo.The second goal was getting closer and it eventually came. An Oscar corner was headed by John Terry, though Muslera saved the shot, he could do nothing about Cahill emphaticallythumpinghome the rebound.Chelsea continued from where they left off in the second half, a well worked move led to Oscars shot being blocked. Willian and Lampard shot straight at the keeper.The rest of the half was not much of a contest, Chelsea keeping the ball well and exchanging neat pa ses. A Galatasaray goal would kick start the game again but it did not arrive Danuel House Jersey . Drogba had a late chance as did Hazard and Torres but the Blues saw the game out easily. Arsenal next for Chelsea and Galatasaray will now need to focus on cutting the points gap between themselves and Fernebache in the Turkish League.
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