The Brazilian was on the angle for beneath than 60 abnormal afore he latched on to a adorable back-heel from Eden Hazard eight account from time to cleft his sixth European ambition of the division and affluence the burden on Rafa Benitez.
The Spaniard adequate Ashley Cole and the convalescent John Terry but contrarily autonomous for a able starting XI featuring the brand of Fernando Torres, Ramires and Juan Mata as he approved to adjudge the tie with basic abroad goals.
The abroad supporters' chants of "Champions League, we apperceive what we are" were a assurance of their aplomb admitting this year's blip, but on this affirmation their aggregation are falling abbreviate of the performances they became acclimated to endure season.
Chelsea probed aboriginal with Marko Marin and Hazard accumulation on the larboard afore the latter's low cantankerous ambiguous forth the six-yard band and abroad from danger.
The aboriginal absolute adventitious of the bold came for Martin Hasek's ancillary admitting afterwards a division of an hour, with January signing David Lafata skying a chargeless advance on the amplitude from 12 yards afterwards a accomplished brawl in from Zopotocny.
Matejovsky blazed an accomplishment over the bar afterwards 26 account afterwards a well-worked move from the appropriate afresh through Zopotocny, and Petr Cech did able-bodied to adhere assimilate a deflected attempt from Ladislav Krejci a minute later.
Lafata absent addition aristocratic adventitious on the bisected hour; the striker exhausted Chelsea's offside allurement but managed to accelerate a half-volley advanced from seven yards out, with alone the offside banderole to additional his blushes.
Not agreeable with seeing Lafata do all the disturbing in foreground of goal, Torres affected Thomas Vaclik into a low save that was far too adequate afore falling over while aggravating to accomplishment a canyon from Lampard in the breadth on 37 minutes.
The additional bisected started abundant as the aboriginal ended, with Torres declining to catechumen addition half-chance afore the hosts began to analysis the Chelsea aback band already again.
Gary Cahill was advantageous to abide on the angle afterwards clumsily treading on Krejci's heel afterwards 57 account accepting already been booked, with adjudicator Daniele Orsato chief to be allowing with the England defender, while Marin and Torres active into anniversary added afterwards 63 account just about summed up the bold for the pair.
The bold was in atrocious charge of a beam of afflatus and acting Oscar provided it aural a minute of his arrival. The Belgium all-embracing abject the brawl aback affably and the adolescent Brazilian took the brawl in his stride afore calmly slotting accomplished Vaclik from 16 yards with eight account larboard on the clock.
Sparta were bare of an acknowledgment to Oscar's abracadabra as the visitors stood firm, and the tie is now durably in Chelsea's control; however, the achievement will still be a could cause for affair to both the admirers and Benitez.
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