The Azzurri come from behind to thump Andre Villas Boas’s men thanks to a brace from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Edinson-Cavani-c11955.
No changes were made during the break, as both teams looked to tighten up their defences in the second-half.
The hosts dominated the early proceedings and kept majority of the possession. However, Malouda had the first sight on goal, as he tried to replicate Lavezzi’s first-half effort, but De Sanctis gathered the ball comfortably.
Moments later, Cavani played Lavezzi in acres of space, but the Argentine made mess of the pass and blasted his shot wide of the target.
Cahill received a booking on his Champions League debut, as the centre-half made a rash tackle on Lavezzi in the 56th minute.
Drogba chested down a lovely pass from Malouda before skipping past two defenders, but his run was blocked by a late tackle from a Napoli player.
Both teams played the second-half on equal footing, but it was Napoli who doubled their advantage with another goal from Lavezzi. Luiz failed to defend Campagnaro’s long pass, and Cavani took full advantage of it before catching
Cech off his line and passing it to El Pocho, who smashed his shot into the back of the net to make it 3-1.
The visitors looked devastated once again, as Andre Villas Boas looked stunned at the touchline. The Portuguese decided to ring a double change, as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Frank-Lampard-c14097 were introduced in place of Malouda and Meireles.
Nicolo Frustalupi decided to replace the hero of the night, Lavezzi with Blerim Dzemaili in the 75th minute.
Chelsea looked shattered after conceding the third goal, as Napoli looked to score another to kill the tie. The Partenopei side almost managed to score their fourth goal of the evening, as Hamsik played a lovely dummy before laying
a pass for Maggio, whose shot was cleared off the line by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ashley-Cole-c6809.
The Azzurri made an attacking change in the 82nd minute, as Hamsik was taken off in favour of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Goran-Pandev-c15161.
The Blues looked to score an all important second away-goal, but their efforts went in vain, as De Sanctis made the final save of the game from Lampard. Napoli cruised to a deserved home win, as they take a healthy lead into the
second-leg.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 will hope that the away goal helps them in changing their fortunes in the return leg at Stamford Bridge on March 14.
Scorers: Mata 27 (C), Lavezzi 38, 65 (N), Cavani 45+2 (N)
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003: De Sanctis; Campagnaro, Cannavaro, Aronica; Maggio, Gargano, Inler, Zuniga; Hamsik (Pandev 82), Lavezzi (Dzemaili 73); Cavani
Chelsea: Cech; Ivanovic, Cahill, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Raul-Meireles-c30678 (Essien 70), Malouda (Lampard 70); Sturridge, Drogba, Mata
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