http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Salomon-Kalou-c32266 went on to score the match winning goal in Chelsea’s Champions League game against Benfica, which now sees Chelsea lead the tie by one goal to nil.
Chelsea and Benfica kicked off in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984, in hopes of making it into the semi-finals of the Champions League, as both the teams looked to progress to the next round of the torunament.
However, with both the teams ending the first half at nil all, many believed that the game would end in a stalemate.
However, in the second half, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Torres-c13707 went on to whip in a brilliant cross to Kalou, who went on to send the ball into the back of the net.
As a result of that goal, Chelsea won the game by one goal to nil and are now going to be taking this lead into the second leg, which is going to take place at the Stamford Bridge.
When talking about the game and how the result favoured http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786, Kalou is quoted to have said: "It's a good result, the away goal is very important"
"It was a good game, everyone worked hard and when you do that as a team it makes it easier to win.
"Everyone worked hard today. We deserved to win the game and I wasn't worried about the late chances. We are ahead by one goal and we have to get ready for the next game now."
The attacker then went on to admit that he was happy to be a part of the game, but claimed that he couldn’t always control just how much match time he would get and hence he was happy to help out when he could.
The forward then went on to add: "You want to play every game but the manager makes the decisions and you have to respect that"
"He gave me my chance to play and prove myself on the pitch and I'm happy to play and give everything I can."
With the Blues now possessing the one goal lead, many believe that they are more than likely to make it into the next round of the competition.
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