The Italian outfit suffered an early setback when their playmaker Pavel Nedved was forced to leave the field with an injury, following a couple of hefty collisions in midfield.

However, the Bianconeri was unfazed as they wiped out Chelsea's aggregate advantage through Vincenzo Iaquinta in the 19th minute. The goal was set up by striker David Trezeguet who chested the ball down before playing it on for Iaquinta to run onto the pass and slot it past Petr Cech in goal.

Juventus looked to be bossing the game for large periods of the first-half as Chelsea found it difficult to keep possession, but the hosts failed to create decent goal-scoring chances.

In first-half stoppage time the West London outfit leveled matters thanks to Michael Essien. Frank Lampard shot a volley at Gianluigi Buffon and the Juve 'keeper pushed it onto the bar before the rebound was steered home by the Ghana international, his first goal in 11 months.

Alessandro Del Piero re-took the lead for his side slotting a penalty past Cech after Juliano Belleti was penalized for a hand-ball when he jumped in the Chelsea wall both arms flailing with the free-kick from outside the box striking him.

With the score at 2-1 the Blues was still on their way to the quarter-finals, but a goal from Juve would secure them a place leaving the visitors with a nervy 15 minutes to see out.

However, Chelsea's nerves were settled in the 84th minute thanks to the timely strike of Drogba taking the aggregate score to 3-2 in the Premier League side's favor. The Ivory Coast international slid the ball past Buffon after Belletti and Michael Ballack linked-up well to provide the striker with decisive pass.

(Soccer365.com)