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Times:
Penalty takes shine off polished performance by ChelseaBy Rick BroadbentChelsea 4 Bayern Munich 2
HIS most committed critics may claim that José Mourinho is not quite all there and, while that state of affairs was incontestable last night, a coruscating victory for Chelsea suggests that there is method in his madness. If the display of Frank Lampard was anything to go by, absence clearly makes the heart of this team grow stronger. Shorn of their emotional leader, Mourinho’s side pummelled Bayern Munich into submission during a second half when the rapier was replaced by the sledgehammer. When Didier Drogba stabbed home the fourth from close range after a corner nine minutes from the end, their progress to the European Cup semi-finals seemed inexorable.
This being Chelsea, though, no road is pothole-free and stoppage time provided a sobering stumble. Ricardo Carvalho’s tug on Michael Ballack’s sleeve was the soft side of innocuous, but the Germany midfield player licked his mythical wounds to caress a penalty that ensures there is still work to be done next week.
With the scores tied at 1-1 after an hour and Chelsea needing some inspiration, Lampard took the game by the scruff of the neck. Drogba’s aerial prowess had been a thorny subject for Bayern throughout and his header gave Lampard the chance to swivel and guide a 20-yard daisycutter beyond Oliver Kahn.
Ten minutes later he went one better, a pirouette enabling him to chest down Claude Makelele’s cross and thunder a deft half-volley across Kahn. “We know he is a class player and just hope that he has emptied his locker,” Felix Magath, the Bayern coach, said before indulging in a touch of the Mourinhos and lambasting the referee: “The referee was not for us.” Mourinho might wonder whether that should merit a disrepute charge.
Magath said that the late, late show gave his side “a lot of hope”, but Baltemar Brito, Mourinho’s assistant, was less sure. “It’s frustrating but I’m not angry with the players,” he said. “We scored four goals and we were fantastic, but we can look back and improve.”
It takes some doing to be the centre of attention without turning up, but after Mourinho’s millions had dominated the build-up, it was left to his minions to blossom away from his cavernous shadow.
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the Bayern chairman, had suggested that Chelsea’s wealth was not good for football, but given that Bayern have long been viewed as the playground bullies of German football, any pretence at impoverishment sounded hollow and he would have been more justified highlighting their depleted playing resources, Roy Makaay, the Holland striker, pulling out hours before kick-off.
Makaay, who had been expected to recover from a hamstring injury, joined Claudio Pizarro, his Peruvian partner, and Martin Demichelis, the midfield anchorman, on the sidelines. The doctor had passed Makaay fit, but he said that the injury was troubling him and he was rested with a view to having him fit for the second leg.
The opening exchanges lent credence to the sob story. Only three minutes had gone when John Terry’s long ball was tentatively dealt with by Robert Kovac and fell to Damien Duff. His lay-off was typically deft and Joe Cole’s 20-yard strike took a decisive deflection off Lucio’s heel. If the goal owed much to good fortune, it was symptomatic of Cole’s renaissance.
With Eidur Gudjohnsen starting in midfield, but acting an an ancillary forward, Chelsea debunked the negative jibes by often finding themselves with four up front. They threatened to add to their lead, a header from Terry was palmed over, Duff taking the wrong option after side-stepping towards gilt-edged glory.
However, Bayern were not intimidated. Magath had a good look at the Mourinho-lite version of Chelsea last year while at Stuttgart and the victory over Arsenal in the last round meant that they were confident.
After half an hour, the Bundesliga leaders should have levelled when Glen Johnson inexplicably chested the ball to Zé Roberto from Hasan Salihamidzic’s cross. The Brazilian dragged his shot wide of the post, but it was the sort of error that might have caused Mourinho to suffer a blistered thumb from over-strenuous text messaging.
Zé Roberto curled a free kick just over and a volley from Lampard whistled past a post as chances came and went, but the greater parity spawned greater spice. Terry thundered into Kahn when he had no chance of winning the ball,sparking vociferous protests from all but the doyen of dotty German goalkeepers.
Chelsea might have entered the comfort zone just after the restart when Drogba and Gudjohnsen shovelled the ball across to Duff, but Kahn managed to slow his shot with a strong hand and Willy Sagnol completed the rescue mission. Disappointment quickly turned to regret. Another free kick from Ballack cannoned into the wall, but when Zé Roberto flashed the rebound goalwards, Petr Cech blotted a hitherto spotless copybook by pushing the volley to Bastian Schweinsteiger, who finished with aplomb. It was a situation that called for a hero. They chanted Mourinho’s name at the end, but it was Lampard who deserved the plaudits.

CHELSEA (4-3-3): P Cech — G Johnson (sub: R Huth, 65min), R Carvalho, J Terry, W Gallas — E Gudjohnsen, C Makelele, F Lampard — J Cole (sub: Tiago, 81), D Drogba (sub: M Forssell, 89), D Duff. Substitutes not used: C Cudicini, A Smertin, Gérémi, Nuno Morais. Booked: Drogba, Carvalho, Gallas, Makelele.
BAYERN MUNICH (4-4-1-1): O Kahn — W Sagnol, Lucio, R Kovac, B Lizarazu — H Salihamidzic (sub: B Schweinsteiger, 46), O Hargreaves, T Frings, Zé Roberto (sub: M Scholl, 73) — M Ballack — P Guerro. Substitutes not used: M Rensing, V Hashemian, J Jeremies, T Linke, S Deisler. Booked: Frings, Schweinsteiger.
Referee: R Temmink (Belgium).
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Telegraph:
Chelsea cheers quelled by BallackBy Henry Winter Chelsea (1) 4 Bayern Munich (0) 2
Managing well without their manager for 89 minutes, Chelsea were left kicking themselves last night when they allowed Michael Ballack to claim a late penalty that gives Bayern Munich hope for next week's second leg of this fascinating Champions League quarter-final.
Late hope: Bayern's Michael Ballack scores a late penalty Amid claims that the banned Jose Mourinho was communicating with a colleague in a woollen hat on the Chelsea bench, seeking to pull the wool over UEFA's eyes, Chelsea had appeared to be coping well without their talismanic coach until Ballack's intervention.
Frank Lampard struck twice to take centre stage, but Chelsea had leaders all over the field and will still expect to progress to the last four. Claude Makelele was superb, disrupting the Germans' supply lines and ushering Chelsea upfield. Out wide, Joe Cole and Damien Duff ensured Bayern's attack-minded full-backs stayed deep. Cole had opened the scoring and Didier Drogba finished it, deserved reward for his selfless running.
Banned from the bench, Mourinho had beseeched the media not to track him down as he found a quiet place away from the Bridge to watch. This did not stop newspapers scrambling photographers to likely bolt-holes, including the London residence of the super-agent, Pini Zahavi.
Television briefly speculated that the Blue Pimpernel was actually present at the Bridge, which precipitated another media sweep of the ground, a fruitless one unless he was hiding under the Dutch referee's rather bulky shirt. Those who had forced Mourinho into temporary exile from his beloved team, UEFA, found their Champions League anthem roundly abused by Chelsea fans. 'Jose; they may all hate us,' read one banner, 'but we love you'.
Driven on by the outstanding Lampard, given midfield steel by the terrific Makelele, Mourinho's men did not appear to be missing their Portuguese beacon unduly. Even when Bayern levelled after the break, Chelsea just went through the gears again. Bayern's coach, Felix Magath, had predicted Lampard and Cole, Duff and Drogba would "run their socks off to show they can do without him".
Chelsea had run Bayern's socks off, such was the energetic nature of their start, the lead seized within four minutes. The goal was rooted in surprisingly poor Bayern defending. Normally, so resolute a central pairing, Robert Kovac and Lucio were both caught out. Kovac's clearing header was directed straight at Duff, who neatly turned it inside to Cole. The England midfielder, lurking 20 yards out, let fly, the ball deflecting off Lucio past Oliver Kahn.
Bayern, though, are too experienced a unit to crumble at such a setback. Magath's side, lining up in a 4-4-1-1 formation with Ballack seeking to pull the strings behind Paolo Guerrero while Ze Roberto attempted to give width down the left. The Germans enjoyed plenty of possession, with Owen Hargreaves working hard in the anchoring role. Hargreaves even tested Petr Cech's reflexes from a free kick.
Still Bayern came, Ze Roberto seizing on a terrible piece of chested control by Glen Johnson but shooting wastefully wide from left to right. Shortly after the restart, the Germans had the equaliser their persistence deserved. Given a promising free-kick situation by a foul by William Gallas, Ballack launched the dead-ball into the wall, the ball rebounding out to Ze Roberto. The Brazilian's first-time strike flew through the wreckage of Chelsea's wall, forcing Cech into a scrambling stop. Yet the Czech international could not hold the ball, which ran free. Schweinsteiger, newly arrived from the bench, was the first to react, crisply drilling the ball back past the stricken Cech.
Bayern had their precious away goal. Yet Chelsea had their self-belief. Refusing to panic, Mourinho's side simply imposed their technique and superior pace on Bayern. A wonderful break down the right saw the ball flowing from Cole to Drogba, whose centre was cleverly helped on by the omnipresent Gudjohnsen to Duff. The Irishman's strike was hard and true but Kahn managed to take some of the sting off it, although the Bayern keeper required Willy Sagnol to clear off the line.
Chelsea rolled forward again, this time far more fruitfully on the hour mark. Johnson lifted the ball over from the right, Drogba headed on and there was Lampard, finishing expertly with his left foot. Stamford Bridge exploded into song again, the volume rising even higher 10 minutes later as Lampard struck again, showing why he has matured into one of the most accomplished midfielders in Europe. Chesting down Makelele's pass, Lampard turned and swept it brilliantly past Kahn: 3-1.
There was more, wonderfully so for Chelsea and their ecstatic supporters. When Lampard curled over a tempting, 80th-minute corner, Duff's shot was blocked but Drogba proved deadly from five yards, poaching a fourth. Yet just as Chelsea were contemplating an untroubled trip to Munich, Ricardo Carvalho appeared to make slight contact with Ballack's arm. He fell like a stone, climbed to his feet and placed the subsequent penalty coolly to Cech's left. Bayern are 4-2 down, but not out.
Team details
Chelsea (4-1-2-2-1): Cech; Johnson (Huth 65), Carvalho, Terry, Gallas; Makelele; Gudjohnsen, Lampard; J Cole (Tiago 81), Duff; Drogba (Forssell 89).Subs: Cudicini (g), Smertin, Geremi, Nuno Morais.Booked: Drogba, Carvalho, Gallas, Makalele.Bayern Munich (4-4-1-1): Kahn; Sagnol, Lucio, Kovac, Lizarazu; Salihamidzic, (Schweinsteiger h-t), Hargreaves, Frings, Ze Roberto (Scholl, 72); Ballack; Guerrero.Subs: Rensing (g), Scholl, Hashemian, Jeremies, Linke, Deisler. Booked: Frings, Schweinsteiger.Referee: R Temmink (Holland).
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Guardian:
Lampard's blasts fuel Chelsea fire
Kevin McCarra at Stamford BridgeThursday April 7, 2005The Guardian
The Germans have a way with penalties. There was no doubt that Michael Ballack would convert one in stoppage-time, even if there was hot debate as to whether the touch of Ricardo Carvalho's hand on him merited the award. With that goal, Bayern have revived a Champions League quarter-final which Chelsea appeared to have killed stone dead. Sympathy for Carvalho will be stifled by anyone who remembers how he hindered the goalkeeper Víctor Valdés at the John Terry goal that settled the tie with Barcelona in the last round. Jose Mourinho, who is now expected to sign an improved contract that will see him paid £5.2m a year until the end of the deal in 2008, must remind the squad that they are still in a promising position.
Having been banned from the touchline after the Anders Frisk episode, the manager exiled himself entirely last night. Perhaps he just wanted to be left to scowl in peace over a supposed injustice, but the net effect was to let the side show that they could prevail even when he was not around to pull the strings overtly. No matter what influence the Portuguese may have had, words of advice would have been of limited help to a team who were below their best when Bayern deservedly levelled the score at 1-1 soon after the interval. It was Frank Lampard, with two goals, and the rest of the players who had to rally themselves.
The tactical switch that did bear fruit, however, was the increasing emphasis on the high ball which invited Didier Drogba to tyrannise Bayern. Though the score was identical to the triumph over Barcelona in the last Champions League match here, few other similarities existed.
Had it not been for Roy Makaay's unexpected failure to recover from a thigh injury, Felix Magath's team could have equalised earlier. Lacking a finisher, they had to squirm when Ze Roberto shot wide after Glen Johnson, in the 29th minute, accidentally chested the ball to him.
Chelsea, to Mourinho's certain disgust, have changed and there has been only one clean sheet in their last nine fixtures. Random events and their own rescourcefulness are having more of a bearing on results than scientific planning.
They got a break in the fourth minute here. With a glimpse of things to come, Robert Kovac was flustered by Drogba's challenge for a high ball and headed weakly. Damien Duff set up Joe Cole for a drive which would not have eluded Oliver Kahn but for a deflection off Lucio.
But there was no moping by Bayern. Given the grandeur with which Lampard would later reshape the contest, it is strange to reflect that the visitors had midfield supremacy for an extended period.
Chelsea were unsettled, conceding free-kicks on the edge of their penalty area which Owen Hargreaves and Ze Roberto used poorly. Chelsea could not weather such troubles indefinitely and as the second half began they sought, fleetingly, to reimpose themselves. Drogba played the ball in and Eidur Gudjohnsen set up Duff but the Irishman's finish was stopped by Kahn.
Bayern's advances continued and William Gallas brought down the substitute Bastian Schweinsteiger after 52 minutes. The free-kick struck the defensive wall but Ze Roberto then drilled a shot which Petr Cech pushed away at full stretch. Schweinsteiger himself burst on to the loose ball to finish confidently.
Instinct and instruction may have had an equal influence on Chelsea's riposte. It is in their nature to be forthright and Bayern could not withstand the aggression they had awakened. The effect also depended on majestic skill by Lampard.
Drogba climbed to knock down a long ball from Johnson, Lampard's left-foot drive was executed precisely and Lucio became an obstacle to Kahn's view of a finish which ran sweetly into the corner of the net.
Eleven minutes later Bayern did little more than hack possession away from Duff and, when Claude Makelele chipped it back, Lampard showed remarkable technique to spin as he took the ball on his chest and fire another left-foot finish beyond Kahn.
In the 81st minute Chelsea notched a goal which may prove even more precious. Bayern could not cope with Lampard's corner and, although Gudjohnsen was unable to convert, Drogba rammed home the loose ball from close range.
That deficit was hard on losers who will view the Ballack penalty as belated recompense for their suffering. Should Chelsea rediscover the defensive solidity that has eluded them of late, though, there will be more sorrow in store for Bayern in Munich next week.
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Independent:
Lampard punishes Bayern as Chelsea toast absent friendsChelsea 4 - Bayern Munich 2By Sam Wallace07 April 2005
There was no Jose Mourinho in the dug-out at Stamford Bridge last night but by the end it hardly seemed to matter because the Chelsea's coach influence could be detected all over this remarkable match. The principles he holds so dear were there in another swashbuckling Champions' League performance, in the goals his valiant side scored and in the decisions made in his absence by the Chelsea bench.
Especially, it seemed, those decisions. On one of those nights when Stamford Bridge staked another claim to host to one of European football's most uninhibited attacking teams it might seem ungrateful to tear the gaze away from the pitch but it was the activity on the touchline that also caught the eye. Mourinho's whereabouts remained a mystery during the match, but the note-passing on the bench hinted at an involvement that was much harder to measure.
The conspiracy theorists will point to the notes that were passed by the fitness coach Rui Faria, who wore a hat pulled low over his ears, to Mourinho's assistants Baltemar Brito and Steve Clarke which seemed to coincide with major decisions. And the intervention of the Uefa official Pieter Vink suggested that he too was suspicious, but from Brito came a flat denial of any wrongdoing. "There was no contact with Mourinho," he said. "The last time I saw him was two hours before kick-off and I have not seen him since."
If Uefa still have the stomach for another dispute with Mourinho after serving him with the two-match ban that will also prevent him from manning the touchline in Munich on Wednesday then that will be some charge to prove. The club's spokesman denied that Faria had an earpiece and even the frequent trips down the tunnel by the goalkeeper coach Silvinho Louro were dismissed as innocent errands.
By the end, Chelsea had scored four but their potential passage into a semi-final against either Juventus or Liverpool did not feel as comfortable as it should have been. Just as they had put on Mikael Forsell in injury time for his first appearance in 17 months, Michael Ballack appeared to fool the referee Rene Tremmink into awarding a penalty and the German international slotted home a vital second away goal.
Theories on Mourinho's whereabouts last night ranged from his home in Eaton Square to the health club that adjoins the stadium, but after four minutes you began to wonder whether Chelsea would miss him at all. Against Arsenal in the previous round, Bayern had rolled into Highbury for the return leg and subjugated their hosts but this time they were subject to the classic Chelsea ambush.
It took Chelsea just four minutes to carve open Bayern's defence with the kind of unapologetic direct football that they were to employ all night. John Terry's long punt was fed in to Joe Cole by Damien Duff but not before Didier Drogba had muscled out Robert Kovac in an aerial challenge. Cole's shot cannoned off the defender Lucio and past Oliver Kahn.
In the role of lone aggressor, the same that he had occupied against Barcelona in the previous round first leg at the Nou Camp, Drogba was at the very centre of all that was good about a rampaging Chelsea attack. Only once did they look threatened in the first half when Hasan Salihamidzic's cross to the far post was chested by Glen Johnson towards Ze Roberto, who struck the ball wide of Petr Cech's goal.
Bayern were scarcely worth their equaliser but it came none the less on 52 minutes. Ballack struck a free-kick against the Chelsea wall and when his shot rebounded, Ze Roberto threaded the rebound back through. At full stretch, Cech's long reach could only palm the ball away and the substitute Bastian Schweinsteiger finished.
The response from Mourinho's team could not have been better if he had been prowling the touchline himself and he must have given thanks once again for the sublime talent that Chelsea have in Frank Lampard. He scored his 13th of the season on the hour when Drogba's knock-down fell to him in the box and he struck the ball past Kahn from close range.
Lampard's next goal on 70 minutes came was made by Makelele, who picked him out advancing unmarked into the Bayern area ­ he took one touch to gather in possession and another to poke the ball past Kahn. Any pretence at cohesion in Bayern's defence was lost and they conceded a nightmarish fourth when Lampard's corner from the left was allowed to drop in the area. Kahn did well to stop Eidur Gudjohnsen's first effort but he had no chance with Drogba's follow-up.
It was in injury time that Ricardo Carvalho was harshly judged to have pushed Ballack in the penalty area and the spot-kick gave Bayern hope.
In Munich next Wednesday, a semi-final place lies within Chelsea's grasp and, wherever he is, they have a manager who is not accustomed to throwing such advantages away.
Chelsea (4-1-4-1): Cech; Johnson (Huth, 65), Carvalho, Terry, Gallas; Makelele; Cole (Tiago, 81), Gudjohnsen, Lampard, Duff; Drobga (Forssell, 89). Substitutes not used: Cudicini (gk), Smertin, Geremi.
Bayern Munich (4-4-2): Kahn; Sagnol, Lucio, Kovac, Lizarazu; Hargreaves, Frings, Ballack, Ze Roberto (Scholl, 77); Guerrero, Salihamidzic (Schweinsteiger, h-t). Substitutes not used: Rensing (gk), Hashemian, Jeremies, Linke, Deisler.
Referee: R Temmink (Netherlands).
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Sun:
Chelsea 4 B Munich 2 By SUN ONLINE REPORTER
JOSE MOURINHO managed to weave his magic as Chelsea powered towards the Champions League semi-finals.
The Blues boss watched this massacre from the Chelsea Village Hotel, just behind the Stamford Bridge pitch.
But whether he did somehow have an influence on tactics despite his touchline ban, it was his players who we should be talking about this morning.
Frank Lampard continued his meteroic rise with a two-goal supershow but his team-mates were also immense as they ran Bayern Munich ragged to earn a 4-1 lead.
Only Michael Ballack's injury-time penalty, after the midfielder dived to win the spotkick, took the gloss of surely Chelsea's greatest European night ever.
Joe Cole got the Londoners off to a flyer in the fifth-minute thanks to a deflected effort.
Bastian Schweinsteiger brought the Germans level before Lampard took over with two stunning goals in 10 minutes.
Didier Drogba sent the Blues into dreamland before Ballack quietened the celebrations a few decibels.
Back to Mourinho, though, and the Chelsea dugout. Fitness coach Rui Faria, who donned a woolly hat on a relatively mild evening, seemed to be having a major say on the touchline.
Faria continually passed notes to Mourinho's assistant Steve Clarke and was seen repeatedly fiddling with his ear while looking decidedly shifty.
The fourth official did have words with the Chelsea bench but the note-passing continued throughout the second half with three tactical substitutions taking place as the Blues roared into their handsome lead.
In Mourinho’s physical absence, fortune had favoured Chelsea as they seized the lead after just five minutes.
Robert Kovac failed to clear the ball properly but Damien Duff’s ball to Cole still carried little obvious danger and neither did the midfielder’s shot from the edge of the penalty area.
However, the ball took a wicked deflection off Lucio and left keeper Oliver Kahn stranded as it rolled into an empty net.
Glen Johnson again showed why he still has a lot to learn with another nervy display and his mistake almost let Bayern back in.
The former West Ham defender was caught in two minds as he attempted to chest down a spinning cross into the penalty area.
He slipped at the crucial moment to allow Ze Roberto the chance to shoot only for the ball to fizz wide.
Lampard then curled a volley wide before Kahn smothered the ball at Duff’s feet.
Duff was a constant menace and just after the break he broke again only for the German goalkeeper to parry his shot before Willy Sagnol hooked the rebound off the line.Chelsea were still vulnerable at the back and Petr Cech made an uncharacteristic error as Bayern drew level on 51 minutes.
The Czech Republic international could only parry Ze Roberto’s shot after Ballack’s free-kick had cannoned into the wall and Schweinsteiger pounced from close range to bury his shot.
That at least spurred Chelsea into renewed activity. Drogba shot weakly at Kahn but then flicked a header into Lampard’s path and the midfielder’s finishing once again did not let him down.
Lampard may not have struck the ball as sweetly as normal but it still evaded Kahn as the shot inched just inside the far post.
Clarke just happened to have a brief chat with Faria before deciding to bring on Robert Huth for Johnson, while Chelsea’s resurgence continued.
Duff had a drive tipped around post by Kahn but Lampard was not finished there.
If his first goal was not struck perfectly, his second was a pile-driver, controlling a cross from Claude Makelele on his chest before swivelling and powering a half-volley past Kahn.
Chelsea moved further ahead with 10 minutes left as Lampard’s corner was flicked on by Huth and even though Eidur Gudjohnsen’s initial effort was blocked, Drogba rammed home the loose ball.
With Mikael Forssell making a long-awaited comeback from injury as a late substitute, Chelsea’s evening looked to be complete - until Ricardo Carvalho was harshly penalised for pulling back Ballack.
Deep into injury time, the Bayern skipper converted the spot-kick to give his side a glimmer of hope. Even Mourinho could do little about that.
DREAM TEAM STAR MAN
FRANK LAMPARD (Chelsea). Improves with every big-match performance.
SUN RATINGS
CHELSEA: Cech 6, Johnson 6 (Huth 6), Carvalho 7, Terry 7, Gallas 6, Cole 7 (Tiago 5), Lampard 8, Makelele 7, Duff 7, Gudjohnsen 7, Drogba 7 (Forssell 5). Booked: Drogba, Gallas, Makelele, Carvalho. Subs not used: Cudicini, Smertin, Geremi, Nuno Morais.