Europa League – Scare for Chelsea, but they & Arsenal through to semi-finals

  • Chelsea 4-3 Slavia Prague (agg: 5-3)
  • Pedro slots in opener (5)
  • Deli own goal extends Chelsea lead (10)
  • Giroud adds a third (17)
  • Soucek pulls one back (26)
  • Pedro with the fourth (27)
  • Sevcik smashes in Slavia second (52)
  • Sevcik scores from range again (54)
  • Sarri makes five changes; Giroud leads line
  • Eden Hazard starts
  • EL quarter-final second leg

 

Chelsea were dominant in the first half but complacent in the second which gave Slavia a route back into the game. But in the end, it’s job done for Chelsea. They’re into the Europa League last four and – as things stand – will play Frankfurt in the semi-finals.

 

SLAVIA PRAGUE TEAM NEWS

Team to play Chelsea: Kolar, Ngadeu-Ngadjiu, Kudela, Boril, Deli, Zmrhal, Soucek, Sevcik, Traore, Kral, Masopust

Subs: Kovar, Zeleny, Frydrych, Stoch, Olayinka, Van Buren, Skoda

CHELSEA TEAM NEWS

Team to play Slavia Prague: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Christensen, Emerson, Kante, Barkley, Kovacic, Hazard, Pedro, Giroud

Subs: Caballero, Zappacosta, Cahill, Jorginho, Higuain, Hudson-Odoi, Willian

 

 

  • FT: Napoli 0-1 Arsenal (0-3 agg)
  • Arsenal into Europa League semi-finals
  • Lacazette scores from free-kick (36)
  • Mertens one of three dropped
  • Ozil only change from first leg
  • EL quarter-final second leg

 

 

 

NAPOLI TEAM NEWS

Napoli team to face Arsenal: Meret, Maksimovic, Chiriches, Koulibaly, Ghoulam, Callejon, Allan, Zielinski, Fabian, Insigne, Milik.

Subs: Ospina, Hysaj, Malcuit, Mario Rui, Verdi, Younes, Mertens.

ARSENAL TEAM NEWS

Arsenal team to face Napoli: Cech, Koscielny, Sokratis, Monreal, Maitland-Niles, Torreira, Xhaka, Kolasinac, Ramsey, Aubameyang, Lacazette.

Subs: Leno, Mustafi, Elneny, Guendouzi, Mkhitaryan, Ozil, Iwobi.

 

Summary

  1. Lacazette curls free-kick in for Gunners shortly after Ramsey limps off with leg injury
  2. Pedro (2), Seri OG and Giroud with goals for Chelsea
  3. Arsenal face Valencia, Chelsea play Eintracht Frankfurt