Real Madrid & Chelsea through to the next stage of UEFA Champions League. East Bengal will take on Prayag United in IFA Shield Final tomorrow.

There were two exciting matches of UEFA Champions League second leg lastnight. Spanish giant Real Madrid won easily in a 4-1 margin against the Italian side Napoli in Santaigo BenBou, Madrid & became through to the round of eight while the only existent side from England Chelsea overturned their first leg deficit merely in the extra time & occupied a berth for the round of eight by winning the thriller in 4-1 margin at their home Stamford Bridge against the Russian side CSKA Moscow.

The Spanish Giant made an 1 all draw in their first leg away match against the Italian side Napoli in Naples. Regarding the advantage of the away goal a goalless draw was just needed for the Spanish side to reach in the quarter stage of the tournament. But in front of their homecrowd at Santiago BernBau the hosts were in a mood to hammer the visitors from the beginning, won the match in a comprehensive 4-1 margin, Aregentine star Gonjalo Higuen opened the account for the hosts in the 26^th minute of the match, Potugesse star Christano Ronaldo netted twice in the 55^th & the dying moments of the match, Karim Benzema scored the rest in the 70^th minute of the match, Tosic minimized the margin for the visitors in the 77^th minute of the match. Madrid boss José Mourinho's decision to start the in-form Gonzalo Higuaín ahead of fit Karim Benzema became completely fruitful for the hosts, Benzema also scored a goal when he was replaced Higuen in 76^th minute. Real Madrid became through to in the quarter final stage of the tournament by 5-2 aggregate now they will face the British giant Chelsea.

Meanwhile in another thriller in Stamford Bridge, London the only existing English challenge in this year’s UEFA Champions League Chelsea merely occupied their berth for the quarter stage of the tournament. Chelsea had a real daunting task to do against the Italian side Napoli, Chelsea lost their first leg away match against Napoli in Naples by 1-3 margin, for reaching the next stage the hosts had to overturn their 1-3 deficit in front of their homecrowd, Chelsea did it in style by winning the match in a 4-1 margin & became through to the next stage of round of eight. In schedule time the result was 3-1 in Chlesea’s fore, Didies Drogba gave the lead to hosts in 29^th minute, John Terrry doubled the lead in 47^th minute, Inler minimized the margin for the visitors in 57^th minute, Frank Lampard didn’t make any mess to convert from the spot in 75^th minute for the hmeside but regarding to the first leg the aggregate became 4 all for both the sides, match went to tie-breaker, Ivanovic breaks the shuffle for the home in the 105^th minute of the game, this goal carried Chelsea to the next stage, now they will take on the mighty Real Madrid.

Kolkata giant East Bengal will take on the giant killer of Kolkata, Prayag United tomorrow in 116^th IFA Shield final at Yuva Bharati Kringan in Kolkata. Both the teams are very much keen to win their first tournament of the season. In semis East Bengal defeated the minnows Pailan Arrows while the Prayag United have beaten the Brazilian giant Botafogo by a late goal, it helps Prayag to boost their confidence before the crucial tie of Friday. In last meeting of the both the teams Prayag have beaten East Bengal by a late injury time goal. East Bengal have few injury problems before the tomorrow’s final while Parayag is also going to miss few of their key players due to injury in tomorrow. It might be the decissive factor for the East Bengal coach Morgan tomorrow.

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