Rubin Kazan 2-3

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Rubin Kazan 3 Chelsea 2
Fernando Torres strike leaves Chelsea cruising but they still almost hit rocks
Chelsea win 5-4 on aggregate

By SIMON JOHNSON

It is no secret that Chelsea’s interim manager Rafael Benitez loves to rotate his players, but it almost came back to haunt him as his side scraped through to the Europa League semi-finals.
Chelsea should have cruised through to the last four after going to Moscow with a two-goal advantage and taking the lead twice during the second leg. However, they ended up greeting the final whistle with a huge sigh of relief after conceding three goals in a frantic second half.
Fatigue is the club's greatest opponent as they challenge on three fronts and Benitez has been making changes match-to-match to cope with it. His team selection betrayed just how much he had Sunday's FA Cup semi-final with Manchester City on his mind.
On the bench were Chelsea's most creative trio Juan Mata, Eden Hazard and Oscar. More significant was 18-year-old Nathan Ake in front of the back four in what appeared to be a change from the normal 4-2-3-1 to a 4-1-4-1. It was just the second start in Ake's professional career, but the Dutchman showed why he is so highly rated with an assured display.
There seemed no cause for alarm when Fernando Torres put Chelsea in front inside five minutes. John Obi Mikel may not like the Europa League, but Torres must wish he could play in it every week. After two goals in the first leg last week, following one in the last round against Steaua Bucharest, he made it four in three games with a fine lob to put Chelsea on course.
The tie was switched to Moscow because Kazan's pitch is frozen, and playing at a neutral venue certainly worked in Chelsea's favour. Thousands of empty seats greeted them rather than boos and even the harshness of Moscow's winter had eased in the past few days to ensure the game was played in the kind of temperatures they have experienced at home.
Chelsea coasted through the first half but were given a warning just before the break when keeper Petr Cech had to save smartly from Gokdeniz Karadeniz.
Then David Luiz and Frank Lampard started arguing with each other and the tone for the second period was set. Benitez played down the significance of their row afterwards. "It's always good to have players arguing about things that happen on the pitch, so you can correct these things at half-time," he said. "We were talking about that [in the dressing room], adjusting positions, so it's fine. Not a problem."
However, the second half was a woeful display from the away side and on another night they could have been flying back to London after a dismal exit. Ivan Marcano was the first to take advantage of slack defending to head home a corner just six minutes after the restart. Victor Moses appeared to ease any nerves when he struck soon afterwards, but the calamities in Chelsea's back four continue. Captain John Terry, who was making his 100th appearance for the club in European competition, did not appear to enjoy his return to the ground where he missed a spot-kick that would have won Chelsea the Champions League against Manchester United in 2008.
But when Rubin captain Karadeniz levelled the scores on the night by heading past Cech, they still needed three more to progress. But first Marcano headed against the post, and then there was real cause for concern as Cesar Azpilicueta was judged to have pushed Aleksandr Ryazantsev in the area, although it looked like a dive.
Bebras Natcho converted the penalty to make it 3-2 and 5-4 on aggregate, and things could have got even worse if Jose Rondon hadn't headed straight at Cech from just four yards.
So Chelsea are in tomorrow's draw for the last four, but they weren't convincing and Manchester City will look forward to Wembley with relish.

Man of the match Eremenko.
Match rating 7/10.
Referee F Aydinus (Tur).
Attendance 25,000.


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Guardian:

Chelsea struggle to finish off Rubin Kazan but reach semi-finals
Dominic Fifield at the Luzhniki Stadium

Rafael Benítez had made a point of warning his players against complacency in the buildup to this contest but, clearly, that message did not entirely sink in. Chelsea secured their passage into a Europa League semi-final at Rubin Kazan's expense but, amid swathes of empty seats in this vast Moscow arena, they were beaten on the night with their fragility causing the interim manager palpitations on the touchline. Manchester City await in the FA Cup at Wembley on Sunday and, on this evidence, they will hardly be quaking in their boots.
Perhaps the slackness that set in after the interval here had been born of the tie feeling settled early, when Chelsea forged 4-1 ahead on aggregate courtesy of Fernando Torres's excellent goal and the Russians' pursuit was left forlorn. Yet there was far too much sloppiness thereafter with David Luiz and Frank Lampard bickering as they departed the pitch at the break, and Rubin players permitted to burst at will through the middle to expose vulnerability in the air on the resumption. The side deemed to be at home, albeit 500 miles from Kazan due to the frozen conditions there, scored three times and clipped the outside of a post, with Premier League opponents left frazzled.
One of those goals, the winner, was a desperately dubious penalty awarded against César Azpilicueta as the substitute Aleksandr Ryazantsev's first contribution was to tumble under no apparent contact. The Spanish full-back could only smile in disbelief, Ryazantsev offering a wink that appeared to confirm guilt, before Bibras Natcho converted. "It was a soft penalty," Lampard said. "Luckily, the game was out of sight." Even so, had José Rondón not guided a close-range header straight at Petr Cech in the time that remained this might still have been a frantic finish.
City will have registered the indecision that had gripped with interest, even if they will confront different personnel on Sunday. Nathan Ake had patrolled central midfield here on his European debut, initially with Ramires at his side and, later, Mikel John Obi.
The teenager was tidy in possession on his second start for the first team, though Rubin sensed their runners might go untracked when sprinting from deep. The seeds had been sown in the moments just before half-time when Chelsea drifted, as if frozen in anticipation of the whistle. Natcho had time and space to chip a pass beyond David Luiz and free Gokdeniz Karadeniz, the Rubin captain poking an attempt at goal that Cech, tumbling to his right, clawed to safety.
That was a fine save, though the concession of the opportunity became a recurring theme. They shipped an equaliser from a short corner routine, Pablo Orbaiz exchanging passes with Natcho before swinging over a cross that another Spaniard, Iván Marcano, thumped into the net.
Victor Moses immediately restored the visitors' advantage on the night with a rat-a-tat buildup involving Lampard and Ramires, but still the visitors dawdled. First the diminutive Karadeniz was permitted to amble away from Ake and nod in Cristian Ansaldi's looped cross, both Paulo Ferreira and David Luiz oblivious to the Turkish player's burst between them, with the ball squeezing through Cech's attempt to save. Then, moments later, Marcano was free again to flick Ansaldi's centre on to the base of the far post.
Rubin's perseverance was admirable, even if Kurban Berdyev's side had been undermined by their own uncharacteristic defensive errors over the two legs. Certainly, they had handed the European champions the early initiative here that should rendered the contest settled.
The crowd were still cooing at John Terry's timely block on a Roman Eremenko shot when the Russians presented Torres with the acres in which to revel. Lampard liberated the Spaniard from the centre circle with a delicious pass, all trademark whip as it was delivered first time beyond defenders who had pushed optimistically up field. Torres galloped away and, having sighted Sergei Ryzhikov indecisive on the edge of his own penalty area, lobbed the goalkeeper with precision and ease.
It was the type of goal he had registered throughout that prosperous period at Liverpool, when Xabi Alonso would send him scurrying beyond back lines apparently oblivious to his searing pace. Back then he might have driven on and rounded the panicked keeper, yet the bounce of the ball on the synthetic surface here made the lob so appealing.
The 29-year-old still sports that mask to protect the nose he fractured against Steaua Bucharest in the previous round, but this competition has offered an opportunity to supplement his industry with goals. It was Torres's fourth goal in three appearances in the competition and leaves Benítez with a decision to make on his selection against City when Demba Ba, cup-tied here and recovering from an ankle problem back at Cobham, should be available again. "Fernando has been working so hard, creating chances for his team-mates and himself," the interim manager said. "We'll check on Demba and see what we have to do for Sunday's team. Afterwards, we will decide."
He will have departed encouraged that the involvement of Juan Mata and Eden Hazard was limited to trots along the touchline, nominally warming up in front of the piled banks of cleared snow, and should be fresh for Sunday. There is confidence to be gained, too, in having secured an 18th semi-final appearance of the Roman Abramovich era at the club. After a season of near-misses, the hope is that this competition may yield silverware. Yet to achieve that, a sense of defensive solidity must return.

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Telegraph:

Rubin Kazan 3 Chelsea 2; agg 4-5:
Jeremy Wilson

The contrast with their previous competitive visit to Moscow could not have been more stark but the Chelsea players would probably still be happy if they never set foot inside the Luzhniki Stadium again.
Where there was high drama, tears and ultimately heartbreak when they lost the Champions League final here five years ago, this was an evening when their generally serene progress to the Europa League semi-finals was marred by arguing team-mates and kamikaze defending.
A 3-2 win on the night certainly did not flatter Kazan and, while Chelsea always had the comfort of at least a two-goal cushion, it was a still a strangely tense occasion.
That was evident at half-time when Frank Lampard and David Luiz became embroiled in an angry exchange of views as the players made for the tunnel, with Yossi Benayoun and Petr Cech even intervening in an apparent attempt to calm the situation.
Benítez later claimed that he was happy to see his players so openly disagreeing with each other.
“It’s always good to have players arguing about things that happen on the pitch, so you can correct these things at half-time,” Benítez said. “We were talking about that, adjusting positions, so it’s fine. Not a problem.”
Freezing conditions in Tatarstan had persuaded Uefa to move this match 500 miles to the Russian capital and, with that decision, it is also probable that Kazan’s slim hopes of overturning a 3-1 first leg deficit were extinguished.
A visit to Kazan’s intense and compact Tsentralnyi Stadium would certainly have been rather more unsettling than 90 minutes last night in front of around 70,000 empty seats in a stadium that was constructed with the Olympics and the World Cup in mind.
Chelsea did still struggle amid the unfamiliar conditions, notably the synthetic playing surface, before ultimately prevailing thanks to goals from Fernando Torres — his 20th of the season — and Victor Moses.
John Terry, in particular, was often exposed on his return to the scene of his greatest disappointment — that penalty miss against Manchester United in the Champions League final — and Chelsea wobbled defensively throughout.
“We’re disappointed we didn’t defend well in the second half,” admitted Benítez, “but, despite the circumstances, we’re in another semi-final. A lot of players gave everything on the pitch.”
Benítez had been concerned that an atmosphere akin to a training match could breed complacency but his team needed only four minutes to score.
With Nathan Ake making a first European start in his preferred midfield position in front of the defence, Lampard was given licence to break forward in support of Torres and he produced a wonderfully judged pass to put his team-mate clear on goal.
Torres has been playing with rather more confidence and authority of late and, sensing that Sergei Ryzhikov had left his goal, he lifted the ball over his opponent and into an empty net from all of 30 yards.
Kazan did then rally strongly and created a succession of clear chances, with Roman Eremenko and then Alan Kasaev both forcing excellent first-saves from Cech.
Despite Lampard and Luiz’s altercation, Chelsea’s defensive issues were not resolved at half-time and Kazan kept the initiative before eventually forcing an equaliser.
Terry had tackled Salomon Rondon to concede a corner, with Gokdeniz Karadeniz floating a perfectly weighted cross for Ivan Marcano to head beyond Cech.
Suitably jolted, Chelsea’s response was almost immediate. Lampard was clearly enjoying his rare opportunity to play further forward and he fed Moses who, in turn, exchanged passes with Ramires.
The neat passage of passing left Moses one-on-one with Ryzhikov and he calmly adjusted his body to finish into the top corner. A second away goal had left Kazan with the impossible task of needing to win by three but they kept pressing forward and scored their second equaliser of the night when Karadeniz rose above Ake to guide another header past Cech.
Moments later, Chelsea’s aerial vulnerability was also again exposed by Marcano but, with Cech beaten, his header flashed narrowly wide. Kazan finally did take the lead in the 75th minute after Aleksandr Ryazantsev had gone down theatrically under minimal contact from Cesar Azpilicueta.
Lampard later correctly called the penalty award “soft” but Natcho, as he did in the first leg, emphatically converted the opportunity. It was still a case of too little too late for Kazan and, with Manchester City awaiting in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley on Sunday, Chelsea’s quest for a unique Europa League-FA Cup double goes on.
“We have to concentrate on the cups now,” said Lampard. “We have a lot of games but have a big squad so this is a confidence booster. People try and talk this competition down but we have been very professional and the closer you get to the final, the more special it gets.”

Match details

Rubin Kazan (4-1-4-1): Ryzhikov; Kuzmin (Kaleshin h-t), Marcano, Cesar Navas, Ansaldi; Orbaiz (Dyadun 66); Karadeniz, R Eremenko, Natcho, Kasaev (Ryazantsev 72); Rondon.
Booked: Marcano.
Subs: Arlauskis (g), Sharanov, Kisliak, Tore.

Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Cech; Azpilicueta, Terry, Luiz, Ferreira; Ake, Ramires (Mikel 60); Benayoun (Oscar 77), Lampard (Ivanovic 90), Moses, Torres.
Booked: Benayoun.
Subs: Turnbull (g), Mata, Hazard, Marin.

Referee: F Aydinus (Turkey).

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Mail:

Rubin Kazan 3 Chelsea 2 (agg 4-5):
Torres steers sleepy Blues through to semi-final after nail-biting finish

By MATT BARLOW

For a manager obsessed with keeping his players fresh and resting weary legs, Rafa Benitez would have savoured the benefits of Chelsea’s progress into the last four of the Europa League while playing as if half-asleep.
Benitez had warned of complacency on the eve of this game in Moscow and the dangers inherent in leaving out players for what appeared to be like a more important game, an FA Cup  semi-final, on Sunday.
In actual fact, his team were never close to their best despite leading twice through goals from Fernando Torres and Victor Moses.
Rubin Kazan made a spirited effort to recover the tie despite losing 3-1 at Stamford Bridge and there were frantic moments for Chelsea, apparent when Frank Lampard and David Luiz became embroiled in a heated row as they left the pitch at half-time.
In the end, a narrow defeat did not matter and Benitez could declare himself satisfied to reach another semi-final while offering rare starts to Nathan Ake and Paulo Ferreira and giving Juan Mata and Eden Hazard the night off.
‘Yes, we’re disappointed we didn’t defend well in the second half but still we go through,’ said Benitez.
‘If you put things into context, you come here on a synthetic pitch without some injured players and we have another game on Sunday, another semi-final, so to score twice and go through makes us really pleased.’
There was a small tweak to the interim manager’s usual formation with Dutch teenager Ake as the midfield anchorman on the toes of the centre halves.
Lampard and Ramires were advanced on either side, flanked by two wingers with Torres up front. It gave the team a 4-1-4-1 shape.
Rubin had started with intent, pushing forward clearly aware of the need to unsettle their visitors in these unusual surroundings.
But Chelsea hit the Russians with a classic counter-attack in the fifth minute when Lampard clipped a long pass towards Torres, who sped on to it and lifted the ball over the goalkeeper, who had scampered from his line.
The goal ought to have helped but seemed to have the reverse effect. Chelsea relaxed and invited Rubin Kazan back into the game.
Petr Cech made an outstanding save from Gokdeniz Karadeniz at the end of the first half and the Chelsea players filed back to the dressing room with dissent among the ranks. Lampard jabbed a  finger at Luiz, who argued back and the pair were pushed apart.
A cluster of three goals in 12 minutes soon after the break began when John Terry seemed to struggle keeping his feet on the synthetic surface as he duelled for the ball with Jose Rondon.
Terry conceded a corner and complained about shirt-pulling. The visitors cleared the initial threat but Karadeniz put them back under pressure with a cross from the right and defender Ivan Marcano headed past Cech.
The Russians threw men forward but Moses scored Chelsea’s second after following a neat exchange of passes, first with Lampard and then Ramires, with a clean finish, curled past keeper Sergei Ryzhikov with his right foot.
It meant Rubin would need four more in 35 minutes to win and Benitez replaced Ramires with John Mikel Obi.
It was a hint that Ramires and Mikel would start at Wembley on Sunday and a hint that this job was done.
But the home team refused to take any hints, and Karadeniz headed Cristian Ansaldi’s cross past Cech. Two minutes later Marcano thumped another header against the foot of a post.
Bebars Natcho put Rubin ahead with a penalty, awarded for a non-existent nudge by Cesar Azpilicueta on Aleksandr Ryazantsev.
Chelsea had lost control of the game and Rubin poured forward in search of another but ran out of time.
The Blues lost to Russian opposition for the first time but had done enough with five goals over two legs from Torres and Moses to take their place in today’s semi-final draw.
It will be the 18th semi-final in a decade under Roman Abramovich’s ownership.

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Mirror:

Rubin Kazan 3-2 Chelsea (4-5 agg): Blues lose in Moscow but progress to semi-finals
At the double: Chelsea are still on course to win the Europa League and FA Cup

From Martin Lipton in Moscow

Rafa Benitez told his feuding Blues to carry on rucking after they made it through to the Europa League semi-finals.
Twice ahead, first when Fernando Torres continued his marked goal rush from Frank Lampard's brilliant first time ball, and then through a Victor Moses strike, Chelsea were left thankful for their first leg advantage as they conceded three times after the break.
Lampard and Brazilian David Luiz had to be separated by Petr Cech and Yossi Benayoun at half-time after rowing over a Rubin chance.
But Benitez, reluctant to criticise his men for their sloppy second half display, insisted the flashes of temper were a good sign.
Benitez said: "It's always good to have players arguing about things that happen on the pitch, so you can correct these things at half-time.
"We were talking about that, adjusting positions, so it's fine. As far as I'm concerned it's not a problem."
There seemed no reason for any arguments when Torres scored his third of the tie after just five minutes, calmly lobbing home from 30 yards after latching onto Lampard's brilliant first-time ball.
But in front of barely 15,000 in the huge bowl of the Luzhniki, where the Blues lost the Champions League Final in 2008, Chelsea switched off, worried about the plastic pitch and Sunday's looming FA Cup semi-final with Manchester City.
Cech saved from Gokdeniz Karadeniz on the stroke of half-time - sparking the Lampard-Luiz row - and six minutes into the second period Ivan Marcano powered home from a corner.
The response was instant, Moses exchanging with Ramires before finding the top corner from just inside the box.
But for the second time, Chelsea fell asleep. Left-back Cristian Ansaldi crossed and Karadeniz climbed above Nathan Ake - making his European debut - to nod through Cech's hands.
Suddenly, Rubin believed, and Chelsea started to wobble.
Marcano hit the outside of the post from another left-wing cross by Ansaldi cross and when Aleksandr Ryazantsev went down under a phantom challenge by Cesar Azpilicueta - Turkish referee Firat Aydinus bought the blatant dive -Bebras Natcho smashed home from the spot.
Had Jose Rondon placed his close-range header - delivered on a plate from the excellent Ansaldi - either side of Cech rather than into the keeper's hands 10 minutes from time, it really would have got twitchy.
Thankfully, Rubin ran out of gas and Chelsea are able to turn their attention to City.
Benitez added: "We're disappointed we didn't defend well in the second half but we've gone through.
"Our first goal made a big difference in the tie and made us confident, but not over-confidence. It was the same with our second goal: the game felt finished but it wasn't.
"I was happy with the first half. In the second half we needed to deal better with the crosses. But we have to concentrate on what we do."

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Sun:

Mark Irwin

MOVE over Arnie, there is a new Terminator in town. Or maybe that should be the Torrminator.
Fernando Torres had always said he would be back and last night he was as good as his word.
It might have taken Britain’s most expensive footballer more than two years to find his feet at Chelsea, but it is just possible the penny has finally dropped for the £50million ace.
And interim boss Rafa Benitez is convinced it is pumping iron with fitness coach Paco de Miguel which has given Torres the spark.
He was too quick out of the blocks for a ponderous Rubin team as his fourth goal in as many starts eased Chelsea’s path to the semi-finals.
Frank Lampard’s first-time ball over the top sent Torres sprinting clear of the Russians’ back four with only five minutes on the clock.
Kazan keeper Sergei Ryzhikov had charged from his area in a bid to beat Torres to Lampard’s pass.
But it was a race he was never going to win, leaving him stranded in no-man’s land as Torres calmly lifted the ball over his head and high into the net off the Moscow plastic pitch.
The goal instantly killed the already flat atmosphere in the giant Luzhniki Stadium with less than a quarter of the 80,000 seats occupied.
There may have been fewer than 200 fans who made the journey from London last night. But that should not diminish their incredible loyalty to a team which has spluttered for form all year.
Last night’s result, in Chelsea’s 58th game of the campaign, means there will be at least 10 more matches before Benitez packs his bags.
If they get to the Europa League and FA Cup finals, that will stretch to 70.
Yet Chelsea’s passage was far from plain sailing as three second-half goals from Rubin raised serious doubts about Rafa’s groaning defence.
Lampard and David Luiz had already clashed after a near escape on the stroke of half-time.
But the Blues did not learn and allowed Ivan Marcano to level with a powerful 51st-minute header.
But any thoughts of a remarkable fightback were ended four minutes later when Victor Moses restored the lead with a curling shot.
And though further Kazan goals from Gokdeniz Karadeniz and a Bebras Nacho penalty — after Cesar Azpilicueta’s foul on Aleksandr Ryazantsev — came too late, Benitez knows his team can not afford to be so generous in Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final with Manchester City.

DREAM TEAM RATINGS

STAR MAN - FERNANDO TORRES (Chelsea)

CHELSEA: Cech 6, Azpilicueta 5, Terry 5, Luiz 6, Ferreira 5, Ake 5, Benayoun 6 (Oscar 5), Lampard 7 (Ivanovic 5), Ramires 7 (Mikel 5), Moses 7 TORRES 8.
Subs not used: Turnbull, Mata, Hazard, Marin.
Booked: Oscar.

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Express:

Chelsea blow hot and cold
By: Simon Yeend

CHELSEA booked their place in the Europa League semi-finals, despite defeat in Moscow, a defensive horror show and Frank Lampard and David Luiz having a full-scale row as they walked off at half-time.
The Chelsea pair had to be separated by team-mates but boss Rafa Benitez played down the spat and said it is good to argue after booking the 18th semi-final of the Roman Abramovich era.
Fernando Torres scored inside five minutes to put Chelsea 4-1 up on aggregate and that should have been it. But Rubin Kazan hit three goals against a shaky defence and the visitors needed a goal from Victor Moses to go through.
Benitez admitted his defence had been found out by Rubin’s ability to attack down the flanks and in the air from a series of crosses on the synthetic pitch at the Luzhniki Stadium.
He said: “It’s always good to have players arguing about things that happen on the pitch, so you can correct these things at half-time. We were talking about that, adjusting positions, so it’s fine.
“We had to improve in the second half but not just the defenders. We had to deal much better with the crosses, things we couldn’t do.
“We did well in the first half, but not as well in the second half. We have to analyse this carefully.”
Chelsea have the satisfaction of going into the hat for the semi-final draw today and a potential Double trophy-winning end to the season. A repeat of this display, though, and Manchester City will be advancing in the FA Cup on Sunday.
Moscow’s 80,000-capacity Luzhniki Stadium, the scene of Chelsea’s 2008 Champions Leaguefinal defeat by Manchester United, had a surreal atmosphere with less than 20,000 inside and vast banks of empty seats.
In a city where they routinely charge more than £7 for a Coca-Cola, it was apt that a masked man should pounce swiftly and decisively. Lampard’s smart first-time through-ball was lobbed over Sergei Ryzhikov by the confident Torres, who has now scored four goals in his last three Europa League games.
The same confidence was not evident in Chelsea’s defence, as Rubin equalised in the 51st minute when Pablo Orbaiz crossed and Ivan Marcano rose unchallenged to head past Petr Cech. But the Blues were back in front within four minutes, as Moses finished well after a one-two with Ramires.
Rubin struck again in the 62nd minute, with Gokdeniz Karadeniz heading in Cristian Ansaldi’s deep cross with Chelsea’s defence dozing.
Did they wake up after that? No. Marcano should have scored two minutes later with another free header from eight yards, but sent it against the outside of a post.
Aleksandr Ryazantsev collapsed under a phantom challenge from Cesar Azpilicueta and Natcho smashed home the penalty to rattle Chelsea, but they held on.
Benitez saw more positives than negatives and praised the displays of Paulo Ferreira and 18-year-old Nathan Ake, starting his second game for the club in a holding midfield role.
He said: “If you put things into context, you come here on a synthetic pitch, Ryan Bertrand couldn’t come so we had to play Paulo, who had not played for a while – he did really well – and we have another game on Sunday, another semi-final, so to score twice and go through makes us really pleased.
“Our first goal made a big difference in the tie and made us confident. Not over-confidence, but then they scored and we had to start again. The same with our second goal; the game felt finished, but it wasn’t. We had to work hard.
“If you see the number of games Paulo has played in the last few years, to come here on a synthetic pitch against a fast player, he did really well. And with Ake too, to play as he did was really good.”

RUBIN KAZAN (4-1-4-1): Ryzhikov; Kuzmin (Kaleshin 46), Cesar Navas, Marcano, Ansaldi; Orbaiz (Dyadyun 66); Karadeniz, R Eremenko, Natcho, Kasaev (Ryazantsev 72); Rondon. Booked: Marcano. Goals: Marcano 51, Karadeniz 62, Natcho 75 pen.

CHELSEA (4-2-3-1): Cech; Azpilicueta, Terry, Luiz, Ferreira; Ramires (Mikel 60), Ake; Moses, Lampard (Ivanovic 90); Benayoun (Oscar 77); Torres. Booked: Oscar. Goals: Torres 5, Moses 55.

Referee: F Aydinus (Turkey).

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Star:

RUBIN KAZAN 3-CHELSEA 2: FERNANDO TORRES HELPS CHELSEA SCRAPE THROUGH
George Scott

The £50m Spaniard's Europa League hot streak continued as Chelsea reached the semis despite defeat in their quarter-final second leg in Moscow.
Torres scored twice in the 3-1 first leg triumph at the Bridge.
And he struck his 19th goal of the season just four minutes into the return.
But the Blues still suffered a difficult night on the Luzhniki Stadium's plastic pitch.
Ivan Marcano levelled in the 51st minute before a Victor Moses curler four minutes later put Chelsea 2-1 up on the night and left the home side needing four.
A Gokdeniz Karadeniz header and Bebras Natcho's 75th-minute penalty had Chelsea wobbling - but they held on.
Chelsea captain John Terry was far from his best in a collectively shaky defensive display against inspired opponents in their temporary home.
Nathan Ake made his second senior start for Chelsea as one of seven changes from the win over Sunderland, while Paulo Ferreira was at left-back with Ashley Cole (hamstring) and Ryan Bertrand (illness) out.
Frank Lampard played behind Torres as one of Chelsea's three attacking midfielders.
And it was his first-time lofted through ball which sent Torres clear with the Blues' first attack and the Spaniard showed the finishing instinct which has so often been lacking during his spell at Stamford Bridge.
Torres' first touch saw him lift the ball over the advancing goalkeeper Sergei Ryzhikov and into the net.
The goal meant Rubin needed three to force extra-time, but it was Chelsea who almost went further in front soon after.
A mistake by Oleg Kuzmin allowed Moses through, but he shot tamely at Ryzhikov.
Chelsea were prepared to sit and play on the counter-attack.
Lofted Jose Rondon flashed a shot wide and a run by Alan Kasaev led to a shot by Roman Eremenko which deflected off Ake, but Cech saved to his left.
And when Natcho's lofted pass found the run of captain Karadeniz just before the break, Cech was the hero again.
Rubin equalised when Pablo Orbaiz's cross was met by Marcano, who rose above Ramires to power a header into the net.
But then Ramires won the ball and laid it off to Lampard, who found Moses. The Nigeria international played a one-two with Ramires and curled a shot into the top corner.
Rubin refused to buckle and continued to press forward.
Cristian Ansaldi took Cesar Azpilicueta to the byline and crossed for Karadeniz, the smallest player on the pitch, to head beyond Cech.
Marcano struck the post with a header from another Ansaldi cross as Rubin again showed up Chelsea's defence.
Azpilicueta fouled Aleksandr Ryazantsev to give Rubin a second penalty of the tie and, just like at Stamford Bridge, Natcho converted. But the Blues held on to go through.