2011-2012赛季欧冠1/4决赛次回合一场焦点战在斯坦福桥球场展开争夺,英超豪门切尔西主场迎战葡超劲旅本菲卡。上半场兰帕德点球破门,本菲卡边卫佩雷拉被红牌罚下;下半场艾马尔角球助攻哈维-加西亚头球破门,补时阶段替补出场的梅雷莱斯世界波反超,切尔西2-1击败本菲卡,最终切尔西两回合3-1淘汰本菲卡晋级4强,将和巴萨相遇争夺决赛资格。
Chelsea hosted Benfica in another second leg tie of the quarter-finals. The London side held a 1-nil advantage coming into leg two and they were awarded a penalty after 21 minutes. Javi Garcia ran into Ashley Cole inside the area.
Frank Lampard would then step up and convert from the spot, making it 2-0 on aggregate - Chelsea taking control at home. And the Portugese side were not helped in the 40th minute. Maxi Pereira paid the price for a foul on John Obi Mikel. The visitors were reduced to ten men as Pereira earned his marching orders with a second yellow card.
Chelsea had a golden chance to put this one out of reach just after the restart, but Ramires can’t get this one to go - the Brazilian midfielder missing with the heel from a metre out.
And Benfica would take the initiative for much of the second half. Javi Garcia headed home on 85 minutes to make the aggregate score 2-1. Benfica would push for an equalizer as a second goal would bring them level at 2-2, and they would qualify instead on away goal difference.
But with time running down, Chelsea substitute Raul Meireles would take matters into his own hands as he ran unchallenged for almost 70 metres before smashing the ball past the keeper to seal the score at 3-1 on aggregate. Chelsea booked a place in the last four and will face defending champs Barcelona.