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Superando di misura il Benfica, allo scadere dei tempi regolamentari ed al termine di una gara combattutissima, il Chelsea si è aggiudicato l’ Europa League. Il successo nel secondo trofeo continentale consola il calcio britannico, il cui bilancio in Champions’ League è stato da dimenticare. Ventiquattro tifosi londinesi sono stati arrestati per incidenti occorsi prima e dopo il match disputatosi ad Amsterdam, sia con tifosi lusitani che con la polizia. In Scozia notte fonda per gli Hearts in gravissima crisi economica, sospesi tra la prospettiva di 18 punti di penalizzazione da scontare la prossima stagione ed il sempre più prossimo spettro della liquidazione.

Benfica 1 Chelsea 2: Ivanovic rises high in injury time to seal dramatic Europa League success for Benitez’s Blues

Champions of Europe. You know what they are. The header looped back across Benfica’s six-yard box and goalkeeper Artur could only watch with mounting, helpless horror. Chelsea, an unstoppable force in European competition, had done it again.

They had been outplayed and won. They were second best and would soon lift the trophy. The bright screens in the Amsterdam Arena had long shown that 90 minutes was up. There would be no revival, no brave comeback. There was no time. The goal celebrations, the post-match shindig, it all seemed to roll into one.

So here we are again. Not quite as dramatic as Munich, maybe, but no less impressive for that. Not many teams can win the big matches in adversity like this. There is a special spirit within this team and it is being handed down, like folklore. Chelsea find a way to win. Chelsea refuse to lie down. Imagine what they would be like in a boxing ring.

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Champions: Chelsea lift the Europa League after beating Benfica in the final in Amsterdam

 

On the continent: Chelsea added the Europa League to their Champions League success last year

 

Boss: Rafa Benitez smiles as he lifts the Europa League trophy in Amsterdam

 

 

Smiles: Frank Lampard gets his hands on the prize

Safe hands: Petr Cech lifts the trophy

 

 

Looping: Branislav Ivanovic heads home the winning goal as Chelsea edge out Benfica in Amsterdam

 

 

Looping: Branislav Ivanovic heads home the winning goal as Chelsea edge out Benfica in Amsterdam

 

 

Looping: Branislav Ivanovic heads home the winning goal as Chelsea edge out Benfica in Amsterdam

 

 

Looping: Branislav Ivanovic heads home the winning goal as Chelsea edge out Benfica in Amsterdam

 

 

 

Embrace: Chelsea manager Benitez hugs chairman Bruce Buck

 

Vantage point: Ivanovic sits on the crossbar

Young ones: John Terry celebrates with his children

 

 

Party time: Chelsea’s players celebrate with their trophy on the Amsterdam ArenA pitch

 

Devastation: Benfica supporters can’t hide their emotions after their heartbreaking defeat

 

We’ve done it: Chelsea celebrate at full time

Joy: Lampard fires up the Chelsea crowd

 

Referee Bjorn Kuipers played about a minute more and blew the whistle, bringing the night to its inevitable conclusion.

The red shirts stood in the centre circle devastated. They had been the better team. Everyone knew it.

Little did they know, their role was an irrelevance. This was Chelsea.

This was something beyond anybody’s control.

Branislav Ivanovic’s header at the far post summed up the resilience of this team. Imposing, powerful, perfect in the way it eluded Artur and everybody else packed into that penalty area to defend Juan Mata’s corner.

Ivanovic missed last season’s Champions League final, suspended, harshly some felt. This was justice, of sorts.

The mockers say Chelsea have no history, but that is a lie. Chelsea have some damn fine history and more was made on Wednesday night.

Breakthrough: Fernando Torres gave Chelsea the lead just before the hour mark in Amsterdam

Well taken: Torres rounded the goalkeeper before sliding the ball into the net from a tight angle

 

Benfica 1 Chelsea 2: Sportsmail’s photographer Graham Chadwick’s…

 

 

They are the first club ever to hold both European crowns at the same time, even if the biggest one, the Champions League is theirs for ten more days only.

With Wednesday night’s victory, Chelsea also become one of only four European clubs to have won all three UEFA titles, including the now defunct European Cup-Winners Cup. Juventus, Bayern Munich and Ajax are the others. Good company, that. Good history, too.

And that means Rafael Benitez is part of Chelsea history now, too, whether the locals like it or not.

Delight: Torres celebrates his goal before being mobbed by his ecstatic team-mates

 

Lampard, Cech, Cesar and Azpilicueta give reaction to dramatic…

 

 

This has ended up a good season in difficult circumstances, Champions League football now guaranteed and Europe’s lesser trophy secured.

Benitez took over when Chelsea’s defence of their European title was as good as done, so winning this was the next best thing. It is his fifth international prize as a manager — as well as the Champions League, UEFA Cup, European Super Cup and Club World Cup. Undoubtedly, his CV has been enhanced with this result, even if not every aspect of his tenure has been 100 per cent successful, as he claims.

At any other club he would be given a contract. This being Chelsea, he’ll just be given a lift to the nearest station after the game with Everton. Unless Roman Abramovich truly is balking at the compensation clause for Jose Mourinho and fancies taking on the whole of Stamford Bridge every Saturday by giving Benitez a permanent deal.

Back on terms: Oscar Cardozo fired home from the penalty spot to pull Benfica level

It is a pity for Benitez, who is pilloried for statements he never made and positions held in the  distant past.

Football is a results business and Chelsea got their result. Benitez stuck with his starting XI – he didn’t have too many others fit – and it came through for him. As did his man, the number nine.

Fernando Torres finally delivered the bang Roman Abramovich hoped he was getting for his 50 million bucks.

Brief: Chelsea’s lead lasted less than 10 minutes before Cardozo’s equaliser

 

Reaction: Lampard looks on as Benfica celebrate their equaliser at the Amsterdam Arena

 

 

Final act: Ivanovic had the final say with a late header to win the match for Chelsea in Amsterdam

 

 

He wanted a goalscorer who defined matches, who scored the big ones when it mattered.

Torres has rarely been that for Chelsea but on Wednesday night he scored the vital first, against the run of play. It was his goal on the break, his 21st of the season, that gave Chelsea an unlikely march on Benfica. Torres repaid the faith shown in him by Benitez and came good, just in time to say goodbye.

It wasn’t the finest of goals. It was route one with a bit of Fred Karno thrown in, but the record books will state Torres (59 mins), no more.

 

 

 

Jubilation: Chelsea celebrate Ivanovic’s last-gasp goal in front of their delighted travelling fans

 

 

Petr Cech, Chelsea’s goalkeeper, leathered a long ball down the middle. Mata went for it and missed. Not a dummy, just a cock-up, but it was enough to fool Benfica defender Ezequiel Garay and let Torres in.

Suddenly, he was speeding through with Benfica frantic. Captain Luisao came across but missed his tackle.

Now only goalkeeper Artur remained. Torres drove right to take it around him and looked to have been caught, but he soldiered on and the ball ran clear.

Face full: Benfica’s Rodrigo brushes Azpilicueta aside with a strong hand off

 

No luck: Torres appeals for a penalty, but his shout was turned down by the referee

We want Mourinho: Chelsea fans make their feelings clear as to who they want as their next manager

Punched away: Benfica’s goalkeeper Artur Moraes is forced into a smart save to deny Frank Lampard

Tussle: Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta tries to beat Benfica’s Nicolas Gaitan to the ball

Pressure on: Benfica’s Eduardo Salvio is chased down by Torres

Blues boss: Benitez issues instructions to his Chelsea team

Not involved: Chelsea captain Terry watches from the stands

Striker Oscar Cardozo stepped up, began his run, dithered slightly, stopped, started, went again and finally struck it with power, slightly left of centre. Cech dived the wrong way.

It was no more than Benfica deserved. Yet Chelsea have been second best in a final before. It rarely makes a difference to the outcome.

For those who remember Munich, the game was a little like that. There was a team in red and a team in blue and the team in blue got murdered for long periods. In the first half Benfica were superior in every way, defending resolutely, over-running Chelsea in midfield and creating chances.

 

Glory: Ivanovic leads the celebrations on the pitch with the Europa League trophy

 

Following in the footsteps: Ramires’ son scores a goal during Chelsea’s victory lap

 

Respect: Luisao and Benfica manager Jorge Jesus walk through a Chelsea guard of honour

 

 

Despair: Benfica players look devastated as they watch Chelsea’s celebrations

 

 

Joining in: Chelsea supporters celebrate with their team after the dramatic finish

 

 

 

Wise words: Benitez speaks to Nathan Ake

Super Frank: Chelsea legend Lampard celebrates

 

Yet this is a club that had lost its last six European finals. They last lifted a European trophy in 1962. Chelsea lifted one less than a year ago. Perhaps that is what showed as the minutes ticked by.

If anything, Benfica got too close. At times, it was like watching Arsenal at their most infuriating, incredible tippy-tap football in the penalty area, but no-one brave enough to chance a shot.

Cardozo, Salvio, Rodrigo, Nicolas Gaitan, all had their moments. It wasn’t even that Chelsea held firm much of the time. Cech made some fine saves, Ashley Cole a good block, but Benfica were wasteful.

They snatched at chances, nervous and wild or over-elaborate.

 

Boss: UEFA President Michel Platini enjoys himself sitting next to ex-Benfica player Eusebio

Chatty man: Edwin van der Sar talks to Chelsea’s techincal director Michael Emenalo

Guest: England manager Roy Hodgson was in the stands at the Amsterdam ArenA

Blue is the colour: Chelsea supporters wave team flags and show their support

Scene: The teams line up as the Amsterdam ArenA gets set for the action to commence

Entertainment: Dancers perform during the opening ceremony before kick off

Ultras: One Benfica fan cheers his team on topless as a flare is let off

Prize: Benfica supporters show off a banner of the Europa League trophy before kick off

Back home: Benfica fans cheer on their team from Lisbon

Hearts reprieved but fears remain

Heart of Midlothianhas escaped instant relegation after theScottish Premier Leagueboard found no evidence to prove that its majority shareholder had suffered an ‘insolvency event’ before the end of the season

Heartsfaced a potential 18-point penalty, which would have sent it below bottom club Dundee, if the SPL board decided its financial fair play rules had been breached by UBIG’s financial difficulties.

UBIG was listed on a Lithuanian government website on Thursday as being among a number of insolvent companies after the investment firm reportedly declared itself unable to meet its liabilities.

But with no evidence of an official legal application to go into administration,Heartsis safe – for the time being.

Heartscould still face action if the situation develops inLithuaniabut the points deduction would take effect next season unless new information emerges about what happened last week, which appears highly unlikely.

But its immediate safety was signalled by a short SPL statement which read: “The board are not satisfied, on the basis of information currently available to it, that an insolvency event (as defined by SPL rules) occurred in respect of UBIG during season 2012-2013.”

SPL chairmanRalph Toppinglater added: “We acted on the information that was available to us.

“That’s not to say that other information will not come forward in the next few days or weeks ahead but we can only deal with what we have got at the moment and, on that basis, there is no insolvency event under our rules.

“We will need to see what develops on this situation, if indeed anything develops.

“You can appreciate the issues that are involved. We are dealing withLithuania; we are dealing with Lithuanian law; we are dealing with interpretation of what’s happened over there and looking at it from the perspective of our rules.

“It’s good news at the moment. With everything in Scottish football, there is temporary respite.”

As Topping alluded to,Heartsis by no means safe in the long run.

The club could face a 15-point deduction next term – one third of this season’s total – if UBIG’s insolvency is confirmed in the coming days and weeks.

However, the SPL rules are far from clear about the effect of an owner’s insolvency, with a complicated clause relating to the reputation and integrity of the league plus the relationship between club and owner.

UBIG, which owns about four-fifths ofHearts, previously funded the club heavily but the Tynecastle outfit has been run on a self-sufficient basis since early last year.

More worrying in the long term forHeartsfans is the knock-on effect of the financial collapse of UBIG and Ukio Bankas, another firm associated withVladimir Romanov, who was effectively the man controllingHeartsbefore his personal finances crumbled in recent months.

Hearts’s£25 million ($38.89 million) debt is owed to both companies and the bank is appealing against a bankruptcy order.

Despite major cutbacks, which are continuing this northern summer, and being non-reliant on funds fromLithuania,Heartscould itself be forced into administration if its debt is called in by Lithuanian insolvency practitioners.

The club survived a winding-up order before Christmas over a £450,000 ($699,936) tax bill, but only because fans pumped in more than £1 million ($1.56 million) through a share issue, which was effectively a means for which fans could donate money to rescue the club.

The club then agreed a repayment plan for a separate £1.6 million ($2.49 million) tax bill, the first instalment of which has been paid.

(sbs.com.au )

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