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A penalty box meleé resulted in FÁBIO SANTOS driving the ball wide.
A great effort from DYER scraped the outside of the post.
12¹PEDRETTI headed just beyond the near post.
14¹ANDRÉ LUÍS headed the ball wide from just outside the area.
22¹GAVILÁN's header was well saved by the 'keeper.
27¹A tame strike from CARLOS EDUARDO bounced agonisingly wide.
28¹HENRIQUE beat a number of Chelsea players and drove a golden opportunity over.
30¹A pin-point pass was collected by CARLOS EDUARDO and his right foot shot floated narrowly over.
34¹CARLOS EDUARDO fluffed a simple chance.
35¹GOAL!! A twenty-five yard free-kick was skillfully slammed into the roof of the net by VENNEGOOR OF HESSELINK. (1-0 Cruzeiro)
37¹GOAL!! A great piece of skill from SMITH gave BOUMA space on the left and CROUCH stroked in his pin-point pass. (1-1)
41¹GOAL!! A mix up between BATES and the Chelsea 'keeper allowed KLÉBER to fire the ball into the empty net. (2-1 Cruzeiro)
42¹A mix up in the Cruzeiro defence enabled CROUCH to volley the ball just wide.
44¹The Chelsea 'keeper was able to palm clear a weak header from FÁBIO SANTOS.
13²RICHARDSON booked by the referee for a clumsy foul.
16²A cross from DYER left CROUCH in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
17²The hapless Cruzeiro 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from ANDRÉ LUÍS dropped just over.
30²A corner fell to SMITH who forced the ball over.
31²A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Cruzeiro 'keeper.
41²CARLOS EDUARDO waltzed round PEDRETTI and rattled a poor shot well wide.
43²CARLOS EDUARDO beat GAVILÁN and drilled the ball to CROUCH who blasted his effort wide.
46²PHILLIPS shot wide.

 
Chelsea
 
League position: 19
Home league form: XWWL
Overall league form: XXLXWWWO
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Ferdinando COPPOLA1ROGÉRIO Ceni(c)
Matthew BATES2Carlos HENRIQUE
Wilfred BOUMA3KLÉBER de Carvalho Correia
Kieran RICHARDSON4Benoît PEDRETTI
Per MERTESACKER5THIAGO Emiliano
Zat KNIGHT6ANDRÉ LUÍS Garcia
Kieron DYER7Diego GAVILÁN
CARLOS EDUARDO Marques8FÁBIO SANTOS Romeu
(c,p)Peter CROUCH9Jan VENNEGOOR OF HESSELINK(p)
(f)Alan SMITH10IBSON Barreto(f)
Edgar MANUCHARYAN11Kevin PHILLIPS
Manager
James MORRISON  12  ZÉ RODOLPHO
BETO  13  Tomasz KUSZCZAK
Dario VUJICEVIC  14  Jlloyd SAMUEL
Nourdin BOUKHARI  15  RENAN Teixeira
Matthew SADLER  16  FABRÍCIO de Souza
 
Cruzeiro
 
League position: 18
Away league form: LLWL
Overall league form: WLLWLWWW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Chelsea 1 Cruzeiro 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 34,627, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Jef van Vliet 6)

Crouch 37¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Vennegoor Of Hesselink 35¹, Kléber 41¹
  
  
Richardson 13² 
17
125
36
46
1310
1716
24
46%54%
Man of the match: Kieron Dyer