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Torres on target as Chelsea sneak past Steaua
Published: Thursday 14 March 2013, 23.00CET
Chelsea FC turned back the clock to reprise their come-from-behind heroics from last season's UEFA Champions League and finally extinguish the redoubtable challenge of FC Steaua Bucureşti.
When the Romanian side rubbed out Chelsea's opening goal – the Blues' 300th in European competition – on the stroke of half-time, it left the hosts needing to score twice more to earn a place in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals. John Terry and Fernando Torres struck to see them through and maintain their dream of back-to-back European trophies.
Lineups
 | Chelsea |  | Steaua |
| 1 | Čech (GK) | 12 | Tătăruşanu (GK) |
| 3 | A. Cole 80 | 4 | Szukała |
| 4 | David Luiz | 5 | Pintilii |
| 7 | Ramires | 7 | Chipciu |
| 9 | Torres 71 87 | 10 | Tănase 78 |
| 10 | Juan Mata3490 | 14 | Latovlevici |
| 11 | Oscar | 16 | Râpă5884 |
| 12 | Mikel70 | 21 | Chiricheş45+1 |
| 17 | Hazard90+3 | 24 | Rusescu |
| 26 | Terry (C)58 | 55 | Bourceanu (C)49 |
| 28 | Azpilicueta | 77 | Popa |
Substitutes | |||
| 22 | Turnbull (GK) | 1 | Stanca (GK) |
| 8 | Lampard | 6 | Gardoş |
| 13 | Moses90 | 8 | Filip |
| 19 | Ferreira | 11 | Prepeliţă |
| 24 | Cahill | 20 | Leandro Tatu78 |
| 30 | Benayoun90+3 | 80 | Iancu |
| 34 | Bertrand | 99 | Adi Sobrinho84 |
Coaches | |||
| Rafael Benítez (ESP) | Laurenţiu Reghecampf (ROU) | ||
Referee | |||
| Stéphane Lannoy (FRA) | |||
Match statistics
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Minute By Minute
The final whistle is blown.- 90+3Benayoun (in) - Hazard (out) (Chelsea)
- 90Moses (in) - Juan Mata (out) (Chelsea)
- 87Torres (Chelsea) hits the post from the penalty spot.
- 84Adi Sobrinho (in) - Râpă (out) (Steaua)
