The final two Champions League quarter-final places were clinched last night as the final second legs took place. Chelsea held a 2-0 aggregate advantage before kick-off at Stamford Bridge against Copenhagen. There wasn't any real trouble from Copenhagen as the omens were there from the start; Chelsea have never lost a Champions League home match by more than two goals, Copenhagen have never won a Champions League away match by more than two. The Danes did hit the post but that was about it as they were looking more like a damage limitation side. But there was to be no more damage as Chelsea didn't really test Wiland with Torres still proving one of the most expensive flops (a la Shevchenko?), so the game petered out to a 0-0 with Chelsea comfortably making it three English sides in the last eight.
The other match was finely poised at the Bernabeu as Real Madrid hosted Lyon, the aggregate scoreline was 1-1 and could still go either way. Lyon weren't impressive at all in the first half and only managed one shot at goal. So no surprise that they found themselves 1-0 down at half-time with Marcelo scoring the goal after 37 minutes. The game wasn't over though as an equaliser would bring extra time, but that never looked like materialising and Real took a 2-0 lead after 66 minutes with Benzema scoring through the legs of his former teammate Lloris. Angel Di Maria finished the game off ten minutes later to make it 3-0 on the night and 4-1 on aggregate.
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