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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
 Full Time
Nordsjaelland
0
 
4
Chelsea
 0-1J. Mata  33'
 0-2David Luiz  79'
 0-3J. Mata  82'
 0-4Ramires  89'
HT: 0-1
Parken Stadion (Attendance: 42,000)
Referee: Marijo Strahonja
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Nordsjaelland vs. Chelsea
Minute Commentary
90' NORDSJAELLAND 0, CHELSEA 4.
In the end it's a comfortable win for Chelsea but in truth it was a poor match. Going into the second half with a one-goal lead, Chelsea looked uncomfortable and were looking for another goal. They didn't create much and when Joshua John hit the post with a great curling effort, an upset looked semi-likely. The Blues rallied though, and managed to hit a further three goals past the Danish champions. Juan Mata doubled up in the 79th minute and shortly after David Luiz scored a spectacular free kick. Ramires rounded things up with a tap-in late on. An unjust scoreline for a valiant Nordsjaelland side.
90' FULL TIME
The referee brings proceedings to a close. Nordsjaelland 0, Chelsea 4.
90' TOP OF THE GROUP
Elsewhere, Juventus are drawing 1-1 with Shakhtar Donetsk so the Blues look set to top the group this evening.
90' MORE ON THAT GOAL
Oscar beats the defenders and slides the ball past the keeper for RAMIRES to tap in. Nordsjaelland 0, Chelsea 4.
90' GOOOAAALLL
Ramires scores for Chelsea.
86' SUBSTITUTION
Andreas Laudrup, the son of the Swansea manager, Michael Laudrup, comes on to replace Kasper Lorentzen.
83' MORE ON THAT GOAL
Well it's been a long time coming but finally we've got the goals that we expected. A ball into the area bounces around the players and falls rather fortunately to JUAN MATA, who readjusts his feet and slots it past the onrushing keeper. He is immediately replaced by John Obi Mikel.
83' GOOOAAALLL
Juan Mata gives Chelsea a third.
81' MORE ON THAT GOAL
DAVID LUIZ has surely put the game to bed now. It's a wonderful free kick from the defender, who lifts the ball over the wall and leaves the keeper with no chance. It hits the post on the way in, and the keeper can only watch.
80' GOOOAAALLL
David Luiz doubles Chelsea's lead.
79' NINE-MAN WALL!
The free kick is blocked by the nine-man wall of Nordsjaelland.
78' YELLOW CARD
Ivan Runje trips Ramires on the edge of the area and receives a yellow card, and possibly more importantly, a free kick in a dangerous position.
76' COUNTER ATTACK STOPPED
Oscar nabs the ball off a Nordsjaelland defender and Chelsea are outnumbering the Danish champions' defence but the referee calls a halt to the action, judging that Oscar obtained the ball unfairly. The Brazilian is not happy and for good reason - seemed like a perfectly good challenge to me.
74' POST
A rapid counter attack finds Joshua John on the edge of the area. Following some trickery, he cuts inside and curls the ball towards the far post. Petr Cech does brilliantly to tip the ball onto the post.
66' SUBSTITUTIONS
Both sides are going to make changes. Mario Ticinovic comes on for Morten Nordstrand and Eden Hazard comes on to inject a bit of life into a lethargic looking Chelsea. Victor Moses makes way.
64' GOOD CHANCE
Kasper Lorentzen is in acres of space on the right and picks out Mikkel Beckmann, who opts to take it first time. He completely miskicks it and wastes a good opportuntity, which have been hard to come by for the Danes.
59' NO SIGN OF GOAL
I feel sorry for the Chelsea fans who have come to see their team record a goal-ridden victory - the Londoners are doing very little to increase the scoreline and are always in danger of conceding a goal out of nowhere.
56' GREAT DEFENDING
Jores Okore once again stops Fernando Torres in his tracks, this time using his body to shield the ball away from the Spaniard. In doing so he wins a free kick, relieving his side of the mounting pressure from Chelsea.
52' BEST SHOT FOR NORDSJAELLAND
Joshua John cuts inside leaving Branislav Ivanovic for dead and unleashes a fierce right-footer which whistles past the post. Petr Cech had it covered though.
50' CHELSEA CORNER
Frank Lampard delivers the corner from the right and Branislav Ivanovic is lurking at the back post, but the keeper gets a vital touch to take it away from the Chelsea right-back.
47' RISKY TACTIC
Nordsjaelland are insisting on playing the ball out from the back each time, which is proving to be a risk with Chelsea pressing so highly. Fernando Torres wins the ball and heads the ball to Juan Mata who strikes it into the back of the net but the flag is already up.
46' KICK OFF
Nordsjaelland get the second half underway. Both sides are unchanged.
45' FIRST HALF SUMMARY
The drab first half comes to an end with Chelsea only one goal to the good. The Blues started as we expected and threatened early, with a great chance falling to Victor Moses who failed to head home from close range. From then the Danish champions matched Chelsea and it was a complete stalemate in midfield, with neither side venturing far into their opponents half. Juan Mata broke the deadlock on 33 minutes but Nordsjaelland are by no means out of this.
45' HALF TIME
The first half comes to an end in Denmark. Nordsjaelland 0, Chelsea 1 at the break.
44' OFFSIDE
Victor Moses plays a through ball to an onside Fernando Torres, who is clean through but can only hit it against the keeper. The ball rebounds to Branislav Ivanovic, whose skewed shot is turned in by Torres, but he is offside this time.
39' GOOD DEFENDING
Nordsjaelland are looking for an equaliser but Gary Cahill emphatically heads a dangerous cross behind for a fruitless corner.
36' NEW-FOUND ENERGY
That goal seems to have sparked a bit of life into the visitors. They are immediately trying to double their lead with a series of attempted through balls to Fernando Torres.
33' MORE ON THAT GOAL
Just as the game seemed to be in a state of deadlock, Fernando Torres feeds the ball through to Frank Lampard who flicks it onto JUAN MATA, who drives it past the keeper with his left foot.
33' GOOOAAALLL
Juan Mata gives Chelsea the lead.
30' NO SIGN OF A GOAL
Well, this isn't quite the goal-fest we expected. Chelsea's early threats are a distant memory as both sides pass around their defence.
26' CHELSEA ERRORS
Unexpectedly, it's Chelsea who are starting to make errors. Under no pressure at all, David Luiz puts the ball out for a throw in as he can't find Gary Cahill who is only a couple of metres away.
22' TORRES SHOT
A momentary lapse in concentration gifts the ball to Fernando Torres, who doesn't hesitate to pull the trigger. Jesper Hansen makes a decent block with his legs.
19' GOOD WORK RATE
Nordsjaelland are closing Chelsea down all over the pitch and are forcing errors. The Danish side are becoming a little more adventurous too, and have some threatening pace down the wings.
16' CORNER
Morten Nordstrand finds some space on the edge of the area and has a go, but Gary Cahill makes an important block. The resulting corner is cleared easily.
14' NORDSJAELLAND ATTACK
Nicolai Stokholm finds Kasper Lorentzen on the right wing with great vision. He plays a one-two on the edge of the area before drilling a low ball into the centre. Gary Cahill clears with relative ease.
12' LAMPARD SHOT
Juan Mata races down the right flank and squares the ball to Frank Lampard who tries to curl it in, but he gets under the ball too much and the shot flies over.
9' INJURY
Jores Okore has been off the field for a good few minutes after a head collision. He looks very dazed while receiving treatment but he should be okay to continue soon.
6' DEFENDING THIRD
Nordsjaelland are enjoying some possession, albeit in their own half. With Chelsea's intense pressing, their only objective is to keep the ball at the moment.
3' MOSES CHANCE
Ivanovic's cross is initially blocked but Oscar's second attempt reaches Victor Moses, who has the whole goal to aim at, but Jores Okore does just enough to put him off.
2' FIRST CHANCE
After a misdirected throw by Nordsjaelland, Chelsea pick up the ball on the edge of the area and after a series of backheels, Oscar's shots is screwed wide of the right post.
1' KICK OFF
The referee gets the game underway.
0' STADIUM
Strangely enough, Nordsjaelland are'nt actually playing at home tonight. Their stadium only holds 10,000 people so they had to move to capacitate the travelling Blues.
0' CHELSEA LINE-UP
Roberto Di Matteo shows no complacency by fielding a number of first-team regulars. In fact, Eden Hazard and John Terry are the only two usual starters that only make the substitutes today. Oscar is chosen after his two goals in Chelsea's last European tie. Frank Lampard also starts, as well as Victor Moses, who will make his Champions League debut this evening.
0' LIVE COMMENTARY
Tonight's game kicks off at 19.45BST. Join us around 30 minutes beforehand for confirmed team news, followed by live text commentary.
0' CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FORM
Brazilian star Oscar stole the show in Chelsea's opening game against Juventus but the Blues squandered their 2-0 lead, and ended up sharing the spoils at Stamford Bridge. Nordsjaelland suffered a 2-0 defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk in their Champions League debut, but will be buoyed by some impressive spells of possession against the Ukrainian side. The Chelsea manager is taking nothing for granted though, and has played down his side's tag of overwhelming favourites.
0' CHELSEA TEAM NEWS
Roberto Di Matteo has vowed to field a strong team, with Frank Lampard expected to start following a three-game absence from the starting XI. John Terry is also expected to play as his European suspension has been served after his red card against Barcelona last season. Striker-wise, Daniel Sturridge has failed to overcome his hamstring injury, which means that Fernando Torres is set to make his 10th appearance of the season.
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Team Stats
Nordsjaelland Chelsea
0 Goals 4
0 Assists 2
10 Shots 12
6 Shots on Goal 7
3 Saves 6
0 Penalties Scored 0
0 Penalty Kicks 0
19 Crosses 14
2 Corner Kicks 3
4 Offsides 6
13 Fouls Committed 14
1 Cautions/Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
Nordsjaelland
No. Player MinP G YC RC GA Svs
1Jesper Hansen 90 - 0 0 4 2
2Jores Okore 90 0 0 0 - -
6Enoch Adu 90 0 0 0 - -
7Nicolai Stokholm 90 0 0 0 - -
8Patrick Mtiliga 90 0 0 0 - -
10Mikkel Beckmann 75 0 0 0 - -
11Morten Nordstrand 65 0 0 0 - -
15Joshua John 90 0 0 0 - -
18Michael Parkhurst 90 0 0 0 - -
20Kasper Lorentzen 85 0 0 0 - -
21Ivan Runje 90 0 1 0 - -
Substitutes
17Soren Christensen 15 0 0 0 - -
22Andreas Laudrup 5 0 0 0 - -
23Mario Ticinovic 25 0 0 0 - -

Chelsea
No. Player MinP G YC RC GA Svs
1Petr Cech 90 - 0 0 0 3
2Branislav Ivanovic 90 0 0 0 - -
3Ashley Cole 90 0 0 0 - -
4David Luiz 90 1 0 0 - -
7Ramires 90 1 0 0 - -
8Frank Lampard 90 0 0 0 - -
9Fernando Torres 90 0 0 0 - -
10Juan Mata 83 2 0 0 - -
11Oscar 90 0 0 0 - -
13Victor Moses 65 0 0 0 - -
24Gary Cahill 90 0 0 0 - -
Substitutes
12John Obi Mikel 7 0 0 0 - -
17Eden Hazard 25 0 0 0 - -
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Nordsjaelland vs. Chelsea
Minute Event
90' Game Over  Nordsjaelland 0-4 Chelsea
90' Half Over  Nordsjaelland 0-4 Chelsea
90' Throw-In  Ramires (Chelsea)
90' Foul  Torres fouled by Jores Okore (Nordsjaelland)
90' Throw-In  Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
90' Foul  Runje fouled by Oscar (Chelsea)
89' Goal  Ramires (Chelsea)
89' Shot on Goal  Ramires (Chelsea)
89' Cross  Oscar (Chelsea)
89' Cross  Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
87' Foul  Ramires fouled by Patrick Mtiliga (Nordsjaelland)
87' Throw-In  Patrick Mtiliga (Nordsjaelland)
87' Throw-In  Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
87' Throw-In  Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland)
86' Throw-In  Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland)
86' Throw-In  Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland)
85' Goal Kick  Jesper Hansen (Nordsjaelland)
85' Shot  Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
85' Throw-In  Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea)
85' Substitution  Andreas Laudrup (on). Lorentzen (off). (Nordsjaelland)
83' Substitution  John Obi Mikel (on). Mata (off). (Chelsea)
82' Goal  Juan Mata (Chelsea)
82' Shot on Goal  Juan Mata (Chelsea)
79' Goal  David Luiz (Chelsea)
79' Shot on Goal  David Luiz (Chelsea)
79' Foul  Torres fouled by Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland)
78' Shot on Goal  Juan Mata (Chelsea)
78' Free Kick  Juan Mata (Chelsea)
77' Yellow Card  Ivan Runje (Nordsjaelland)
77' Foul  Ramires fouled by Ivan Runje (Nordsjaelland)
76' Throw-In  Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
76' Cross  Ramires (Chelsea)
76' Cross  Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea)
75' Substitution  Soren Christensen (on). Beckmann (off). (Nordsjaelland)
74' Foul  Ramires fouled by Mikkel Beckmann (Nordsjaelland)
73' Foul  Torres fouled by Jores Okore (Nordsjaelland)
73' Throw-In  Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
73' Shot on Goal  Mikkel Beckmann (Nordsjaelland)
73' Shot on Goal  Joshua John (Nordsjaelland)
72' Foul  Okore fouled by Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
72' Throw-In  Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland)
70' Foul  Stokholm fouled by Oscar (Chelsea)
70' Cross  Patrick Mtiliga (Nordsjaelland)
69' Foul  Runje fouled by Fernando Torres (Chelsea)
69' Offside  Mario Ticinovic (Nordsjaelland)
69' Foul  John fouled by Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
67' Throw-In  Gary Cahill (Chelsea)
66' Throw-In  Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea)
65' Goal Kick  Petr Cech (Chelsea)
65' Substitution  Eden Hazard (on). Moses (off). (Chelsea)
65' Substitution  Mario Ticinovic (on). Nordstrand (off). (Nordsjaelland)
64' Shot  Mikkel Beckmann (Nordsjaelland)
64' Cross  Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland)
64' Cross  Victor Moses (Chelsea)
63' Offside  Joshua John (Nordsjaelland)
63' Offside  Oscar (Chelsea)
63' Foul  Mata fouled by Morten Nordstrand (Nordsjaelland)
62' Cross  Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland)
62' Shot on Goal  Nicolai Stokholm (Nordsjaelland)
62' Throw-In  Patrick Mtiliga (Nordsjaelland)
62' Cross  Joshua John (Nordsjaelland)
61' Shot  Gary Cahill (Chelsea)
61' Foul  Oscar fouled by Mikkel Beckmann (Nordsjaelland)
61' Throw-In  Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
61' Throw-In  Oscar (Chelsea)
60' Goal Kick  Petr Cech (Chelsea)
59' Shot  Mikkel Beckmann (Nordsjaelland)
59' Cross  Jores Okore (Nordsjaelland)
59' Throw-In  Patrick Mtiliga (Nordsjaelland)
59' Throw-In  Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
57' Cross  Mikkel Beckmann (Nordsjaelland)
57' Cross  Mikkel Beckmann (Nordsjaelland)
56' Foul  Okore fouled by Fernando Torres (Chelsea)
56' Cross  Victor Moses (Chelsea)
55' Foul  Adu fouled by Oscar (Chelsea)
55' Foul  Lampard fouled by Nicolai Stokholm (Nordsjaelland)
54' Offside  Juan Mata (Chelsea)
53' Foul  Parkhurst fouled by Victor Moses (Chelsea)
53' Throw-In  Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea)
53' Goal Kick  Petr Cech (Chelsea)
52' Shot  Joshua John (Nordsjaelland)
52' Cross  Kasper Lorentzen (Nordsjaelland)
52' Free Kick  Kasper Lorentzen (Nordsjaelland)
51' Foul  Beckmann fouled by Ramires (Chelsea)
51' Corner Kick  Juan Mata (Chelsea)
50' Cross  Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea)
50' Corner Kick  Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
49' Cross  Victor Moses (Chelsea)
49' Foul  Lampard fouled by Enoch Adu (Nordsjaelland)
47' Offside  Fernando Torres (Chelsea)
46' Offside  Fernando Torres (Chelsea)
46' Start Half 
45' Half Over  Nordsjaelland 0-1 Chelsea
45' Goal Kick  Jesper Hansen (Nordsjaelland)
44' Offside  Fernando Torres (Chelsea)
44' Shot on Goal  Fernando Torres (Chelsea)
43' Throw-In  Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland)
43' Throw-In  Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
42' Foul  Adu fouled by Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea)
41' Shot on Goal  Patrick Mtiliga (Nordsjaelland)
40' Cross  Mikkel Beckmann (Nordsjaelland)
40' Cross  Joshua John (Nordsjaelland)
40' Corner Kick  Mikkel Beckmann (Nordsjaelland)
39' Cross  Kasper Lorentzen (Nordsjaelland)
39' Throw-In  Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland)
37' Throw-In  Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea)
36' Cross  Juan Mata (Chelsea)
35' Throw-In  Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
33' Goal  Juan Mata (Chelsea). Assist by Lampard
33' Shot on Goal  Juan Mata (Chelsea)
33' Foul  Nordstrand fouled by David Luiz (Chelsea)
33' Cross  Oscar (Chelsea)
32' Throw-In  Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
31' Foul  Torres fouled by Jores Okore (Nordsjaelland)
31' Throw-In  Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland)
30' Corner Kick  Juan Mata (Chelsea)
30' Cross  Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea)
30' Shot on Goal  Enoch Adu (Nordsjaelland)
30' Throw-In  Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland)
28' Throw-In  Patrick Mtiliga (Nordsjaelland)
26' Foul  Stokholm fouled by Juan Mata (Chelsea)
25' Throw-In  Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland)
25' Throw-In  Patrick Mtiliga (Nordsjaelland)
24' Throw-In  Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea)
24' Goal Kick  Petr Cech (Chelsea)
23' Cross  Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland)
23' Throw-In  Ramires (Chelsea)
22' Shot on Goal  Fernando Torres (Chelsea)
22' Goal Kick  Petr Cech (Chelsea)
21' Cross  Joshua John (Nordsjaelland)
20' Throw-In  Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea)
19' Cross  Nicolai Stokholm (Nordsjaelland)
17' Cross  Patrick Mtiliga (Nordsjaelland)
17' Corner Kick  Kasper Lorentzen (Nordsjaelland)
17' Shot on Goal  Morten Nordstrand (Nordsjaelland)
16' Goal Kick  Jesper Hansen (Nordsjaelland)
16' Throw-In  Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea)
15' Goal Kick  Petr Cech (Chelsea)
15' Shot  Joshua John (Nordsjaelland)
15' Cross  Joshua John (Nordsjaelland)
14' Cross  Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland)
14' Throw-In  Juan Mata (Chelsea)
13' Cross  Nicolai Stokholm (Nordsjaelland)
13' Offside  Fernando Torres (Chelsea)
12' Cross  Joshua John (Nordsjaelland)
11' Offside  Joshua John (Nordsjaelland)
11' Goal Kick  Jesper Hansen (Nordsjaelland)
10' Shot  Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
10' Cross  Juan Mata (Chelsea)
10' Throw-In  Patrick Mtiliga (Nordsjaelland)
9' Foul  Victor Moses (Chelsea)
8' Foul  Moses fouled by Kasper Lorentzen (Nordsjaelland)
7' Offside  Joshua John (Nordsjaelland)
6' Cross  Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
6' Free Kick  Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
6' Foul  Cole fouled by Enoch Adu (Nordsjaelland)
4' Shot  Victor Moses (Chelsea)
4' Cross  Oscar (Chelsea)
3' Throw-In  Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea)
3' Goal Kick  Jesper Hansen (Nordsjaelland)
2' Shot  Oscar (Chelsea)
2' Throw-In  Patrick Mtiliga (Nordsjaelland)
1' Foul  Beckmann fouled by Ramires (Chelsea)
1' Start Half 
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