Mourinho’s Inter end Chelsea’s Euro dream

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Mourinho’s Inter end Chelsea’s Euro dream Chelsea   0 - 1   Inter Milan (agg 1 - 3) Eto'o's goal silenced the Stamford Bridge crowd and delighted Jose Mourinho By Phil McNulty BBC Sport at Stamford Bridge Jose Mourinho returned to Stamford Bridge in triumph as Inter Milan sent Chelsea crashing out of the Champions League.Samuel Eto's clinical strike 11 minutes from time settled a scrappy encounter and sealed a place in the quarter-finals for Mourinho at the expense of the club he left in 2007 after a hugely successful three-and-a-half years. And the misery for Chelsea and coach Carlo Ancelotti was complete when Didier Drogba was sent off in the closing minutes after a penalty area clash with Thiago Motta. Mourinho's Inter were able to keep a subdued Chelsea at arm's length for the majority of a tense evening littered with fouls and spells of ill-feeling, with even the self-appointed "Special One" being targeted for abuse by the supporters who once idolised him as frustration spread around Stamford Bridge in the closing moments.[Read more...]

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