Europa League: Chelsea 4 - 3 Slavia Prague - Blues through to Semi-Finals
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| Chelsea 4 - 3 Slavia Prague - Reuters/Express |
The Blues won their quarter-final 5-3 on aggregate, but at a push rather than a canter, squandering a 3-0 lead in Thursday's second leg at Stamford Bridge.
Pedro opened the scoring after only five minutes and, after Simon Deli's own goal, the Spaniard teed up Europa League top-scorer Olivier Giroud for his 10th of the competition.
Tomas Soucek headed home unmarked for Slavia before the break, only for Pedro to score the fifth goal of the match before the half-hour mark.
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| Chelsea players celebrate - MikeHewitt/Getty/WeAintGotNoHistory |
After the interval Petr Sevcik blasted home two long-range strikes in three minutes to give Slavia hope of an unlikely comeback, but there was to be no Chelsea collapse.
Chelsea will face Bundesliga side Frankfurt in the semi-final.
Europa League Semi-Finals: Frankfurt vs Chelsea - As posted on Chelsea FC official Twitter account 👇👇
Through to the last four, where we will play German side Eintracht Frankfurt! 👊— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) April 18, 2019
Bring it on! pic.twitter.com/WLB8v8KJQx
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