This was the Europa League’s attempt to replicate all the drama, if not necessarily the quality, of the Champions League’s glitzier midweek humdinger. Chelsea emerged from a thrillingly frenetic contest having eventually seen off the threat of Slavia Prague though, having scored four times before the half-hour mark, they would not have envisaged ending up leaning quite so heavily on the narrow victory achieved in the Czech Republic the previous week to progress.
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Written by Dominic Fifield at Stamford Bridge
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/apr/18/chelsea-slavia-prague-europa-league-quarter-final-second-leg-match-report under the title “Pedro double leads Chelsea into last four despite Slavia Prague scare”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
