Terry Tampil 100 Kali di Liga Champions, Chelsea Gilas Sporting Lisbon 1-0
Terry Reaches 100 Champions League Apps as Chelsea Won 1-0 at Sporting Lisbon
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Lisabon (B2B) - Chelsea menjadi pemimpin klasemen Grup G ketika gol Matic di menit 34 untuk menundukkan Lisbon 1-0 di Estadio Jose Alvalade, Liga Champions, Rabu dini hari (1/10).
Diego Costa menebar ancaman di menit kedua. Tetapi Rui Patricio mampu mengamakan gawangnya.
Slimani berpeluang mencetak gol. Kesempatan itu datang ketika bek kiri Jonathan Silva mengirim umpan silang yang melewati dua bek Chelsea. Kemudian Islam Slimani menyundulnya, tetapi tak bisa melewati Courtois.
Chelsea akhirnya memimpin menit 34 melalui mantan pemain Benfica, Nemanja Matic. Ini merupakan gol kedua dari pemain 26 tahun ini dalam pertandingan ke 20 di Liga Champions. Matic menanduk tendangan bebas Fabregas setelah Hazard dilanggar, seperti dilansir uefa.com.
Lisbon tertinggal hingga babak pertama usai.
Di babak kedua, pemain pengganti Mikel mencoba mencetak gol dari tendangan setengah voli di kotak pinalti, tetapi tendangan pemain internasional Nigeria itu meleset.
Costa juga mencoba membuat Chelsea memimpin, tetapi tendangan pemain internasional itu melebar.
Lisbon mencoba mengejar ketinggalan lewat Nani dan Andrien Silva, tetapi gagal.
Pemain pengganti Montero menyundul ke arah gawang untuk mengimbangi Chelsea, tetapi meleset di menit 90.
Chelsea berada dalam Grup G dengan Lisbon, Schalke, dan Maribor.
Chelsea melakukan tujuh kali tendangan ke arah gawang, sementara Lisbon empat kali.
Dengan kemenangan ini Chelsea memuncaki klasemen dengan empat poin, Schalke dan Maribor dua poin, sementara Lisbon satu poin di Grup G.
Lisboa - Nemanja Matic's first-half header was good enough for Chelsea FC to take the points in an exciting and open contest with Sporting Clube de Portugal.
Returning to the Portuguese capital, where he spent three years with Sporting's local rivals SL Benfica, MaticÌ's goal proved decisive as the 2012 winners missed a series of chances and ended up having to withstand a zesty fightback from the locals.
Back in this competition after a four-year absence, Sporting almost made the worst possible start. Oscar sent Diego Costa clean through in just the second minute, but Rui Patrício spread himself superbly to deny the incredulous Spain forward.
Roared on by fervent home support, Sporting came back, but Oscar was proving difficult for Sporting to track. The Brazil midfielder was involved heavily again on the quarter-hour, when André Schürrle played a speedy one-two with him before the excellent Patrício shut him out. Schürrle, a constant threat, worked Patrício twice more before dragging a shot wide as the goal beckoned from Eden Hazard's cross.
When Chelsea finally did break through, it was from a source familiar to both sides. The Blues' set-piece mastery was again in evidence as Cesc FaÌbregas sent in a deep free-kick, with MaticÌ heading in at the far post, over Rui Patrício. Sporting might have reflected that they were fortunate to be only one down at the break.
Marco Silva's men emerged for the second period re-energised, and Nani sent an early warning that Sporting weren't finished, firing wide of Thibaut Courtois' goal from distance. They continued to press but were almost caught on the break, when Maurício's excellent last-ditch challenge was needed to stop Costa. Soon after, Patrício rushed from his goal to smother the marauding Oscar.
It almost proved a turning point, with Nani finding the side netting from João Mário's pass seconds later. Adrien Silva then slashed a half-volley over from the edge of the area. José Mourinho brought on Willian and John Obi Mikel to add more steel to his midfield. The experienced visitors took the sting out of the game and thus became the first English team to win here since Cristiano Ronaldo's Manchester United FC in 2007.
