Champions' League, second round first leg

Barcelona 2 - Chelsea 1

Barcelona came back from a goal down to beat Chelsea 2-1, leaving the tie evenly balanced going in to the second leg. Although the Catalans did all the attacking early on, they were caught out on a quick breakaway with just over a half an hour on the clock when Belletti turned Duff's cross past his own keeper. Drogba should have made it two just a couple of minutes later, but the French striker got himself sent off early in the second half after picking up a second booking for a clumsy tackle on Valdés. Rijkaard brought on Maxi López midway through the second half, and the new man made the difference, picking up a short pass from Eto'o to beat Cech just two minutes after making his appearance, and then setting up Eto'o soon afterwards for him to score a second. (23.02.05)

Real Madrid 1 - Juventus 0

Real Madrid took a small step towards a place in the quarter finals after beating Juventus 1-0 in their first leg match. Raúl came close to giving the Spaniards the lead midway through the first half when he connected with a Roberto Carlos cross to fire a shot against the bar, but only a few minutes later his side were in front, Iván Helguera heading Beckham's free kick wide of Buffon. Casillas had to keep out efforts from Olivera and Ibrahimovic after the restart, but Samuel could have increased the lead when he headed against the upright with a quarter of an hour to go. Having prevented their opponents from scoring away from home though, Madrid must fancy their chances in the return leg in Italy in two weeks' time. (22.02.05)

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