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Rosenborg BK

Chelsea

  • Drogba 7’, 20’
  • Alex 40’
  • Cole 73’
  1. Group B: Chelsea stroll

    Group B: Chelsea stroll

    Chelsea strolled into the knockout stages of the Champions League with an embarrassingly one-sided 4-0 win over Rosenborg courtesy of goals from Joe Cole, Alex and a Didier Drogba brace. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Rosenborg BK
    • Chelsea
    • 90+4' It's all over. Referee Olegario Benquerenca brings Rosenborg's misery to an end. 4-0 to Chelsea the final score. Avram Grant's men stroll through to the Round of 16.
    • 90+3' Good save Cudicini! Konan Ya, who has looked lively since his introduction, lets fly from the edge of the Chelsea box, but Cudicini pushes the ball away.
    • 90+1' Sapara with a free-kick... but it goes well over. The referee's whistle will be a mere formality. This game has been over for some time.
    • 89' Belletti with a well-struck shot from the right, but it fizzes across goal and wide.
    • 88' Kalou curls in a delicate shot from the left-hand edge of the box, but it goes just over.
    • 87' Keep-ball now for Chelsea. To call this performance a walk in the park would be to overstate the resistance from Rosenborg.
    • 85' Rosenborg make a change. Mikael Dorsin hobbles off to be replaced by Christer Basma.
    • 79' Rosenborg are getting closer! A fine moves culminates in substitute Konan Ya firing in a rising drive from the right-hand edge of the box that goes just over!
    • 77' Chance for Rosenborg! Cudicini flaps at a cross from the right, but Alexander Tettey thrashes the follow-up wide!
    • 76' Chelsea make their final change. Peruvian forward Claudio Pizarro replaces Frank Lampard.
    • 74' Can Shevchenko get in on the act here?! No. He shoots from the edge of the box, but the ball dribbles wide.
    • 73' GOAL! 4-0 Chelsea! After a quiet spell Chelsea suddenly burst forward. Essien surges into the box and hits a shot straight at Hirschfeld, and Joe Cole gobbles up the rebound!
    • 68' There'll be no hat-trick for Drogba tonight. He is replaced by Andriy Shevchenko. Shaun Wright-Phillips also makes way for Salomon Kalou.
    • 66' Ooh, so close for Rosenborg! Sapara whips a superb free-kick over the wall, but Cudicini leaps to his left to push the ball over!
    • 63' Another change for Rosenborg. Yssouf Kone, who's been very disappointing, is replaced by the Ivory Coast forward Didier Konan Ya.
    • 61' Ho ho! Chelsea are getting carried away here! Essien attempts a Tony Yeboah-style net-busting volley from the edge of the box, and it only just stays in the stadium!
    • 57' Chance for Essien, but it's cleared off the line! Chelsea break at speed, Essien exchanges passes with Drogba but he has to stretch for the return and his weak shot is hacked clear by Kvarme!
    • 56' Change for the home side. Abdou Razack Traore is replaced by the experienced Roar Strand.
    • 53' Wright-Phillips hits the bar! He throws himself at Drogba's right-wing cross but his left-footed effort crashes against the woodwork and bounces back into play! Lampard's follow-up is comfortably saved.
    • 52' Calamitous stuff in the Rosenborg box! Hirschfeld shouts for the ball, causing Bjorn Tore Kvarme to duck, but despite his instruction the 'keeper looks surprised to receive the ball and promptly spills it before gathering it in!
    • 49' Ambitious shot from Wright-Phillips! The diminutive winger shoots from distance, but he slips as he does so and the ball flies across goal and wide.
    • 46' The second half begins! Essien shoots from distance, but it's straight at Hirschfeld.
    • 46+1' The referee's whistle goes, and a torrid first half for Rosenborg comes to a close. Chelsea have one foot in the knockout stages.
    • 45' Lampard and Wright-Phillips link up well down the right, but the latter's left-foot shot is straight at Hirschfeld.
    • 44' Good save Hirschfeld! Alex attacks Lampard's corner with a firm downward header, but the 'keeper springs to his left to palm it away!
    • 40' GOAL! 3-0 Chelsea! Alex lines up a free-kick from 30 yards, and it somehow finds the net via Dorsin's left ankle despite being hit with minimal power! That really was a soft goal to concede.
    • 39' Rosenborg looking for gaps in the Chelsea backline. Sapara dinks a clever ball through to Iversen, but he's off-balance and his left-footed shot balloons wide.
    • 34' Chance for Chelsea! Drogba clips in a half-volley from just inside the Rosenborg box, but Hirschfeld reacts well and parries the ball into the air before collecting it!
    • 31' Half-chance for Rosenborg. Iversen tries to get on the end of a ball into the box from the left, but Terry slides in to make a trademark block!
    • 28' Great vision from Lampard! He spots Hirschfeld off his line and attempts a chip, but the 'keeper gets back in time to claw the ball out from beneath his crossbar!
    • 27' Rosenborg's central midfielders appear to be enjoying their winter break already! Essien is given room to stride deep into the home side's half, but his pass is off-target and Rosenborg clear.
    • 25' Kone trying to inspire a fightback. He pokes a diagonal ball into the box but Cudicini slides in to claim it ahead of Iversen!
    • 23' Corner to Rosenborg. Cudicini can't get there but Essien clears!
    • 20' GOAL! 2-0 Chelsea! And it's that man Drogba again! Wright-Phillips darts into the box and feeds Essien, who's nudged off the ball but Drogba follows up to poke the ball into the top-left corner with his left foot!
    • 18' A nervy moment for Chelsea! Sapara puts a ball into the box from the left and Cudicini gets nowhere near it under a challenge from Yssouf Kone! Luckily for the Italian it drifts out of play for a goal kick.
    • 17' Rosenborg are starting to string a few passes together now, but they will have to sort things out at the back if they want to get anything out of this.
    • 15' Good save Hirschfeld! Essien has all the time in the world on the edge of the Rosenborg box and fires in a low left-footed effort, but the Norwegian stopper dives to his left to keep it out!
    • 14' Chelsea pressing for a second! Juliano Belletti gets a shot in from the right-hand edge of the box, but he was stretching and can only send the ball wide.
    • 12' A response from the home side! Marek Sapara lets fly from distance and the ball bounces right in front of Carlo Cudicini, but he coolly knocks the ball down with his chest and then gathers it.
    • 10' Chelsea are finding acres of space in the Rosenborg half! Drogba ambles forward and tries to pick out Shaun Wright-Phillips on the right, but there's too much on the pass and it'll be a goal kick to the home side.
    • 7' GOAL! 1-0 Chelsea! And it's been coming. Joe Cole hurdles a couple of challenges in midfield and fires in a shot from 25 yards, Lars Hirschfeld can only parry it and Drogba lashes the ball into the roof of the net!
    • 6' Another chance for the visitors! Drogba nods down Ashley Cole's cross, but Michael Essien slightly mis-times his shot and it flies over the bar!
    • 4' An early sight of goal for Drogba! He nonchalantly shrugs off Vidar Riseth and takes aim from about 25 yards, but his well-hit shot flashes across goal and wide!
    • 3' Joe Cole bursts onto a loose pass and heads for goal, but he's crowded out and Rosenborg regain possession.
    • 2' Rosenborg knocking the ball around at the back. They'll all want some early touches to ease their nerves.
    • 1' The first half is underway at a chilly Lerkendal Stadium! Rosenborg are in white shirts with black shorts and white socks, while the visitors are in all-blue. Drogba latches onto a dangerous through-ball from Lampard but can't get a meaningful shot away and the ball goes out for a goal kick.
    • - The stage is set. A win for Chelsea will take them through to the knockout stages, but they are up against a Rosenborg side fresh from two very impressive victories over Valencia...
    • - Rosenborg coach Trond Henriksen has no injury concerns and is able to field his first-choice side. Chelsea are without Petr Cech, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda and Paulo Ferreira, but boss Avram Grant will be delighted to welcome Didier Drogba back from injury.
    • - Referee: Olegario Benquerenca (Portugal)
    • - Chelsea: Cudicini; Belletti, Terry, Alex, Ashley Cole; Makelele, Lampard, Essien; Wright-Phillips, Joe Cole, Drogba
    • - Rosenborg: Hirschfeld; Stoor, Kvarme, Riseth, Dorsin; Skjelbred, Tettey, Traore; Sapara; Iversen, Kone
    • - Good evening and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of this Champions League clash from the Lerkendal Stadium in Trondheim. The game starts at 19:45 GMT, so join us then!

  • Team Stats

    Rosenborg BK Stats Chelsea
    52% Possession 48%
    11 Shots 27
    3 Shots on target 15
    0 Saves 0
    6 Corners 3
    10 Fouls 6
    0 Offsides 2
    0 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    25 Tackles 16
    411 Accurate passes 395
    69 Bad passes 80

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Rosenborg BK
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Lars Hirschfeld 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
      26 Bjorn Tore Kvarme 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 3 1
      33 Mikael Dorsin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 12 1
      4 Fredrik Stoor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 1
      19 Alexander Tettey 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 62 10 5
      27 Marek Sapara 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 60 10 1
      15 Per Skjelbred 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 11 3
      20 Abdou Traore 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 25 7 3
      10 Vidar Riseth 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 34 4 2
      14 Steffen Iversen 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 26 5 2
      7 Yssouf Kone 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11 1 2
      6 Roar Strand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 2 4
      28 Alexander Hansen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Christer Basma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
      22 Andreas Nordvik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Miika Koppinen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Oyvind Storflor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Didier Ya Konan 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 12 1 0
    • Chelsea
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      23 Carlo Cudicini 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 1 0
      33 Alex da Dias Costa 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 16 0 1
      3 Ashley Cole 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 41 22 3
      35 Juliano Belletti 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 39 1 1
      26 John Terry 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 26 2 1
      24 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 22 0 3
      4 Claude Makelele 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 53 7 2
      8 Frank Lampard 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 48 12 1
      5 Michael Essien 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 54 6 2
      10 Joe Cole 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 38 13 0
      11 Didier Drogba 2 5 3 2 0 0 0 17 7 0
      14 Claudio Pizarro 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 2 0
      40 Henrique Hilário 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 John Obi Mikel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Tal Ben Haim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Andriy Shevchenko 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 9 2 0
      21 Salomon Kalou 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 2
      18 Wayne Bridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+3' Good save Cudicini! Konan Ya, who has looked lively since his introduction, lets fly from the edge of the Chelsea box, but Cudicini pushes the ball away.
    • 79' Rosenborg are getting closer! A fine moves culminates in substitute Konan Ya firing in a rising drive from the right-hand edge of the box that goes just over!
    • 77' Chance for Rosenborg! Cudicini flaps at a cross from the right, but Alexander Tettey thrashes the follow-up wide!
    • 73' GOAL! 4-0 Chelsea! After a quiet spell Chelsea suddenly burst forward. Essien surges into the box and hits a shot straight at Hirschfeld, and Joe Cole gobbles up the rebound!
    • 66' Ooh, so close for Rosenborg! Sapara whips a superb free-kick over the wall, but Cudicini leaps to his left to push the ball over!
    • 57' Chance for Essien, but it's cleared off the line! Chelsea break at speed, Essien exchanges passes with Drogba but he has to stretch for the return and his weak shot is hacked clear by Kvarme!
    • 53' Wright-Phillips hits the bar! He throws himself at Drogba's right-wing cross but his left-footed effort crashes against the woodwork and bounces back into play! Lampard's follow-up is comfortably saved.
    • 44' Good save Hirschfeld! Alex attacks Lampard's corner with a firm downward header, but the 'keeper springs to his left to palm it away!
    • 40' GOAL! 3-0 Chelsea! Alex lines up a free-kick from 30 yards, and it somehow finds the net via Dorsin's left ankle despite being hit with minimal power! That really was a soft goal to concede.
    • 34' Chance for Chelsea! Drogba clips in a half-volley from just inside the Rosenborg box, but Hirschfeld reacts well and parries the ball into the air before collecting it!
    • 28' Great vision from Lampard! He spots Hirschfeld off his line and attempts a chip, but the 'keeper gets back in time to claw the ball out from beneath his crossbar!
    • 20' GOAL! 2-0 Chelsea! And it's that man Drogba again! Wright-Phillips darts into the box and feeds Essien, who's nudged off the ball but Drogba follows up to poke the ball into the top-left corner with his left foot!
    • 15' Good save Hirschfeld! Essien has all the time in the world on the edge of the Rosenborg box and fires in a low left-footed effort, but the Norwegian stopper dives to his left to keep it out!
    • 12' A response from the home side! Marek Sapara lets fly from distance and the ball bounces right in front of Carlo Cudicini, but he coolly knocks the ball down with his chest and then gathers it.
    • 7' GOAL! 1-0 Chelsea! And it's been coming. Joe Cole hurdles a couple of challenges in midfield and fires in a shot from 25 yards, Lars Hirschfeld can only parry it and Drogba lashes the ball into the roof of the net!
    • 6' Another chance for the visitors! Drogba nods down Ashley Cole's cross, but Michael Essien slightly mis-times his shot and it flies over the bar!
    • 4' An early sight of goal for Drogba! He nonchalantly shrugs off Vidar Riseth and takes aim from about 25 yards, but his well-hit shot flashes across goal and wide!
    • - Good evening and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of this Champions League clash from the Lerkendal Stadium in Trondheim. The game starts at 19:45 GMT, so join us then!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Rosenborg BK

    Manager: Knut Torum

    Captain: Vidar Riseth

    On the Field

    • Hirschfeld
    • Stoor
    • Kvarme
    • Riseth
    • Dorsin
    • Skelbred
    • Sapara
    • Iversen
    • Traoré
    • Tettey
    • Kone

    Subs

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Chelsea

    Manager: Avram Grant

    Captain: John Terry

    On the Field

    • Cudicini
    • Belletti
    • Alex
    • Terry
    • Cole
    • Essien
    • Makelele
    • Lampard
    • Wright-Phillips
    • Cole
    • Drogba

    Subs

    Injured

    • Cech
    • Ferreira
    • Carvalho

    Suspended

    None