Paris Match Is Easy For Chelsea (Sky Sports)
Paris Saint Germain 0 Chelsea 3
Jose
Mourinho was prepared to accept a point, but Chelsea earned all three with
a minimum of fuss as Paris Saint Germain were beaten 3-0 in the Parc des
Princes.
Didier Drogba settled victory on the stroke of half time, adding to John Terry's 29th-minute header, and garnished it with a sublime but superfluous third.
Mourinho's previous UEFA Champions League match was the 2004 final. The seamless transition from Porto to Chelsea continued with another comprehensive disection of French opposition.
Their efficiency was exemplified by Terry's opener, the captain heading in Frank Lampard's corner while Lionel Letizi clawed at thin air.
When Joe Cole sent substitute Mateja Kezman scurrying through on goal, the keeper redeemed himself with a point-blank block only for Drogba to sidefoot home the rebound. The 24 million striker has a solitary goal to show for five Premiership appearances, but a return to French soil reignited his scoring instincts and his second-half free kick left Letizi motionless.
It was dispatched with a delicacy which Drogba's early appearances in English football have not revealed. Still more surprising was a Veronesque flick behind his standing foot that almost provided Tiago with an opportunity to open the scoring.
But the first flourish came from Charles-Edouard Coridon, who left Terry on his backside with a weaving solo run, culminating in a shot wide. It promised more than PSG delivered.
Chelsea's organisation restricted them to long-range shots. Pauleta and Jerome Rothen shot wide but Modeste M'Bami at least tested the athletic Petr Cech.
Drogba was busier, heading straight at Letizi from a Lampard free kick. His set-piece expertise was confirmed by Terry's opener and Lampard, with impressive maturity, controlled the midfield, forsaking his trademark forward runs to prompt his two strikers and Cole with a series of inviting passes.
And the inventive Cole was the instigator of the second, a perfectly-weighted pass exploiting the lack of pace in the Paris defence. He almost joined Drogba on the scoresheet, displaying the tecnhique to test Letizi from an acute angle, but not the control to take advantage of Lampard's chipped pass.
The persistent Pauleta responded with two low shots Cech held, but the dominant Drogba reiterated Chelsea's superiority in some style. The former Marseille man's popularity in Paris plummeted further with a departing salute to the home fans but his manager, who invariably appears impervious to public opinion, now has five wins and as many clean sheets in six games.
Teams
Paris
Saint Germain
Letizi, Armand, Helder,
Mendy, Pierre-Fanfan, Cana, Coridon (Ljuboja 66), MBami, Rothen (Ateba
84), Ogbeche (Pancrate 72), Pauleta
Subs Not Used Alonzo, Badiane, Cisse, Ibisevic
Booked Helder
Goals
Chelsea Cech,
Bridge, Gallas, Ferreira, Terry, Cole (Geremi 70), Lampard, Makelele,
Tiago, Drogba (Duff 81), Gudjohnsen (Kezman 11)
Subs Not Used Pidgeley, Carvalho, Parker, Mutu
Booked Lampard
Goals Terry 29, Drogba 45 & 75
Attendance 40,000
Referee
Manuel Enrique Mejuto
Gonzalez
| Team Name | PSG | Chelsea |
| Goals | 0 | 3 |
| Shots on target ( Inc Goals ) | 4 | 9 |
| Shots off Target (inc woodwork) | 8 | 3 |
| Blocked Shots | 1 | 2 |
| Corners Won | 2 | 8 |
| Total Fouls Conceded | 15 | 17 |
| Offsides | 1 | 2 |
| Yellow Cards | 1 | 1 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 0 |