Half-time: Chelsea 0 Benfica 0
Chelsea were on the back foot for most of a one-sided first half of the Europa League final.
Benfica, with their slick passing and movement, have had the upper hand at the Amsterdam ArenA, where Ashley Cole blocked a shot from Oscar Cardozo before Nicolas Gaitan fired over the Chelsea bar.
The Portuguese team continued to sweep forward and Rodrigo missed a good chance to put them ahead when he failed to connect from inside the area.
But the Blues, without the injured Eden Hazard and John Terry, finished the half strongly, with Oscar beginning to cause the opposing defence some problems.
And Frank Lampard’s swerving shot brought a save from Benfica keeper Artur.
Chelsea: Cech, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Cahill, Cole, Lampard, Luiz, Ramires, Mata, Oscar, Torres.
Subs: Turnbull, Mikel, Moses, Ferreira, Marin, Benayoun, Ake.
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