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National Arena - Bucharest 07/03/2013 - 19:00CET (20:00 local time)
Round of 16, First leg
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Steaua - Chelsea 1-0 - 07/03/2013 - Match page - UEFA Europa League 2013
Steaua's Rusescu makes Chelsea pay penalty
Published: Thursday 7 March 2013, 21.00CET
FC Steaua Bucureşti will defend a narrow advantage at Stamford Bridge in a week's time after Raul Rusescu's first-half penalty and a wholehearted performance put the 2012 UEFA Champions League winners on the back foot in Bucharest.
Rusescu drilled home a 34th-minute spot kick after he had been impeded by Ryan Bertrand while attempting a header from Iasmin Latovlevici's clever cross. The 24-year-old deserved that reward for an imposing display of muscular centre-forward prowess, his partnership with Alexandru Chipciu giving John Terry and David Luiz little respite in this round of 16 opener.
Lineups
 | Steaua |  | Chelsea |
| 12 | Tătăruşanu (GK) | 1 | Čech (GK) |
| 4 | Szukała | 2 | Ivanović |
| 5 | Pintilii 50 58 | 4 | David Luiz |
| 7 | Chipciu | 8 | Lampard |
| 10 | Tănase82 | 9 | Torres |
| 14 | Latovlevici | 11 | Oscar |
| 16 | Râpă | 12 | Mikel66 |
| 21 | Chiricheş | 17 | Hazard75 |
| 24 | Rusescu 3490+2 | 26 | Terry (C) |
| 55 | Bourceanu (C) | 30 | Benayoun64 |
| 77 | Popa | 34 | Bertrand34 |
Substitutes | |||
| 1 | Stanca (GK) | 22 | Turnbull (GK) |
| 6 | Gardoş90+2 | 3 | A. Cole |
| 8 | Filip | 10 | Juan Mata64 |
| 11 | Prepeliţă58 | 19 | Ferreira |
| 20 | Leandro Tatu82 | 21 | Marin75 |
| 80 | Iancu | 24 | Cahill |
| 99 | Adi Sobrinho | 28 | Azpilicueta |
Coaches | |||
| Laurenţiu Reghecampf (ROU) | Rafael Benítez (ESP) | ||
Referee | |||
| Sergei Karasev (RUS) | |||
Match statistics
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Minute By Minute
The final whistle is blown.- 90+2Gardoş (in) - Rusescu (out) (Steaua)
- 82Leandro Tatu (in) - Tănase (out) (Steaua)
- 75Marin (in) - Hazard (out) (Chelsea)
- 66Mikel (Chelsea) is cautioned by the referee.
