Raul Rusescu addled a first-half amends to accord Steaua Bucharest a attenuated advantage in their Europa League last-16 tie adjoin Chelsea.
Rusescu addled his 23rd ambition of the attack afterwards he was befuddled by Ryan Bertrand as they competed for a cross.
Cristian Tanase about absent from 20 yards for Steaua in the additional bisected afterwards acceptable plan by Iasmin Latovlevici.
Chelsea created few affairs in a laboured performance, but Juan Mata and Marko Marin went abutting backward on.
Steaua, who authority a 12-point advance at the top of the Romanian top division, enjoyed the greater allotment of what few affairs there were, animated on by a army that included ex-Romania captain Gheorghe Hagi, above US and French Open tennis best Ilie Nastase and the country's Prime Minister Victor Ponta.
Chelsea asperous a spell of aboriginal Steaua burden afterwards too abundant difficulty, with the home ancillary belted to one all-embracing accomplishment from Alexandru Chipciu in the aperture half-an-hour.
The European champions struggled to actualize abounding aboriginal openings themselves, though, as they were belted abundantly to aggressive from set-pieces in a arresting aboriginal half, during which a amount of their players were targeted by a laser pen directed at them from the crowd.
They went abaft in the 34th minute, if Bertrand was advised to accept befuddled Rusescu as they challenged for Latovlevici's superb left-wing cross.
Rusescu, Romanian calm football's arch scorer, best himself up to bang the consistent amends low and harder into the corner, although babysitter Petr Cech got a duke to it.
The absorbing Latovlevici connected to could cause problems as an advancing left-back in the additional half, carrying a cantankerous that Chelsea struggled to bright afore Chipciu set up Tanase to drive a low attempt advanced from 20 yards.
In contrast, Chelsea remained bromidic even afterwards Mata came on to alter Benayoun in the 64th minute.
Hazard had a half-chance with just over 15 account to go, battlefront over from a bound bend if Torres nodded the brawl into his path.
Marin about snatched a backward equaliser afterwards advancing on as a substitute, acid in from the larboard to hit a low right-foot attempt that Tatarusanu pushed out at the abreast post, while David Luiz hit a free-kick just over.
But Benitez's ancillary could not score, and accept plan to do at Stamford Bridge to about-face the tie about in the additional leg next Thursday.
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