Half-time: Atletico Madrid 0 Chelsea 0

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Petr Cech went off injured during the first half of the Champions League semi-final first leg in Madrid, where Chelsea have defended resolutely.

Already without the injured Eden Hazard and Samuel Eto’o as well as the suspended Branislav Ivanovic, they lost their keeper after 17 minutes.

Cech left the pitch after appearing to hurt his ribs as he cleared a corner under pressure from Raul Garcia, who was shoved towards him by Chelsea’s David Luiz.

It meant another appearance for Mark Schwarzer following the 41-year-old’s unconvincing display in Saturday’s shock home defeat against Sunderland, which Cech missed because of illness.

Schwarzer was well protected by his back four but when called into action he showed good handling to collect a couple of crosses and dived to tip away a 25-yard drive from Mario Suarez.

At the other end, Ramires shot wastefully wide after great work by Willian gave the visitors the chance to launch a counter-attack.

Fernando Torres was named in the Chelsea starting line-up against his former club, while on-loan Blues keeper Thibaut Courtois is in goal for the home side.

Chelsea: Cech (Schwarzer 17); Azpilicueta, Cahill, Terry, Cole; Luiz, Mikel, Lampard; Ramires, Willian, Torres.
Subs: Kalas, Ake, Van Ginkel, Oscar, Schurrle.

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