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6¹ The 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing strike from WILLIAN. 7¹ GOAL!! A swerving outswinging corner was headed in at the far post by MARCOS ALONSO. (1-0 Chelsea) 9¹ A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing JÉFFERSON. 11¹ WILLIAN hit a deadly shot inches wide from close range. 17¹ LEANDRINHO headed just wide. 33¹ A tame strike from WILLIAN rolled agonisingly wide. 34¹ VITINHO's header was well saved by the 'keeper. 35¹ GOAL!! A shot from VITINHO deflected off the shins of CAHILL and rolled past the helpless 'keeper and over the line. (1-1) 36¹ The hapless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from MICHEL BASTOS fell just over. 37¹ A wonderful save prevented MATIC from scoring a great goal. 42¹ Uncertainty in the Botafogo defence enabled WILLIAN to volley the ball just beyond the far post. 0² A lovely effort from VITINHO scraped the outside of the righthand post. 4² A free-kick from RONALDINHO went inches wide. 8² GOAL!! A mishit PASALIC shot found RONALDINHO who made no mistake from the edge of the box. (2-1 Botafogo) 9² VITINHO brought the ball round CAHILL and flicked a weak shot well wide. 11² NKANTÉ ran onto a great ball from MATIC but fired his shot wide of the righthand post. 15² GOAL!! A great solo effort from FALCAO who beat two defenders before firing the ball into the net. (2-2) 18² A cross from WILLIAN left CUADRADO in lots of space but he scuffed his shot. 33² NKANTÉ beat PAULINHO and flicked the ball to MOSES who fired his shot wide. 39² A good ball from WILLIAN on the right found MARCOS ALONSO who scuffed his effort inches wide. 39² VITINHO shot over. 41² LEANDRINHO poked a simple chance past the far post.

Chelsea   League position: 6 Home league form: LWWO Overall league form: LXWWWWWO Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Thibaut COURTOIS 6½ 1 6  JÉFFERSON de Oliveira Victor MOSES 7  2 7  FABINHO MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza 6½ 3 6½ Diego LAXALT N'Golo KANTÉ 7  4 7½ PAULINHO (c)Gary CAHILL 7½ 5 7  DANTE Bonfim Branislav IVANOVIC 6½ 6 6  MÁRIO Figueira FERNANDES Juan CUADRADO 7½ 7 6½ LEANDRINHO WILLIAN Borges 7½ 8 6½ MICHEL Fernandes BASTOS (p)Radamel FALCAO 7  9 6½ VITINHO(p) (f)Nemanja MATIC 7  10 7  Mario PASALIC(f) Dominic SOLANKE 6  11 6½ RONALDINHO(c) Manager ORIOL ROMEU Vidal    12    Matheus DÓRIA Asmir BEGOVIC    13    RENAN dos Santos Emmanuel ADEBAYOR    14    GABRIEL Girotto Marko MARIN    15    VINÍCIUS Vasconcelos ARAÚJO Kurt ZOUMA    16 6½ RODRIGO CAIO Coquette

Botafogo   League position: 21 Away league form: XLXL Overall league form: XWLWWXLL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Chelsea 2 Botafogo 2 (Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 41,700, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Pierluigi Collina 7½) Marcos Alonso 7¹, Falcao 15² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Cahill 35¹ (og), Ronaldinho 8²   Michel BastosóRodrigo Caio 9²         5 1 10 11 0 2 6 5 10 8 16 13 4 3 55% 45% ¶ Man of the match: Juan Cuadrado ¶