Wednesday, March 14, 2012

UEFA Champions League: OT Goal Carries Chelsea To Quarterfinals; Galacticos Finish Off Horses

The Round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League concluded with two games contested on Wednesday.

At London:

Branislav Ivanovic

With goals from Didier Drogba (28'), John Terry (47'), and Frank Lampard (PK-75') during regulation of game two to force overtime, Branislav Ivanovic scored the series-winning goal in the 105th minute (shown here) as Chelsea overturned their game-one road defeat from three weeks ago and defeated visiting Napoli 5-4 on aggregate.

At Madrid:

Sergei Chepchugov

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice (55', 90'+4) as Real Madrid manhandled visiting CSKA Moscow 4-1 in game two and won their two-game series 5-2 on aggregate.  Pictured here is Horses' goalkeeper Sergei Chepchugov surrendering a goal.

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