UCL: Diego Simeone celebrates over the Special One?

Chelsea suffered Champions League
heartache as Atletico Madrid set up a derby
final with city rivals Real with a 3-1 victory at
Stamford Bridge.
A goalless first leg left the tie finely poised
with a place in the May 24 Lisbon showpiece
at stake against Jose Mourinho's former club,
who emphatically ended Bayern Munich's title
defence on Tuesday night.
"Champions of Europe, we've done it before,"
sang the Stamford Bridge crowd as they urged
the Blues on - and Fernando Torres gave
Chelsea the lead against his former club.
But that was as good as it got for Mourinho's
men. Adrian Lopez equalised just prior to half-
time before Diego Costa's penalty and Arda
Turan's tap-in set up an all-Madrid final.
It was Mourinho's fourth successive loss at
the semi-final stage as the 2012 winners were
eliminated and left to focus on their slim
Premier League title hopes.
The Portuguese insisted he would stick to his
defensive methods despite recent criticism -
most fiercely coming from Liverpool boss
Brendan Rodgers after the Blues' win at
Anfield - and selected six defenders in his
starting XI, three of them full-backs.
Chelsea were quickly on the defensive and,
after a fourth-minute Atletico corner, Koke's
cross-cum-shot went over Mark Schwarzer,
hit the bar and ricocheted off Gary Cahill on to
the roof of the net.
Cesar Azpilicueta began on the right wing,
with Eden Hazard, who proved his fitness with
some scintillating early runs, supporting
Torres up front, but Chelsea struggled to test
Thibaut Courtois.
The Belgian, playing his first match at
Stamford Bridge as a Blues player on his third
season on loan at Atletico, was untroubled by
a series of set-pieces, Luiz coming closest
with a bicycle kick which went narrowly wide.
A well-timed Cahill tackle thwarted Costa
before a mis-timed challenge on the Brazil-
born Spain striker saw the Blues defender
booked. Terry scrambled Koke's resulting
free-kick clear.
Chelsea went ahead after Willian weaved
through two attempted tackles in the right
corner and the ball broke for Azpilicueta to
cross first time.
Azpilicueta found his fellow Spaniard Torres,
who slotted the ball under Courtois, albeit via
a slight deflection off Mario Suarez.
It was the much-maligned £50million striker's
first goal in two months, yet he refused to
celebrate against the club where he made his
name.
Atletico knew they needed only to equalise to
advance on away goals and did so when
Tiago's lofted pass was turned back into the
box by Juanfran.
It deceived Ashley Cole, Terry and Cahill and
was met by Lopez, whose shot into the ground
looped into the net.
It was a devastating setback for the Blues,
who nearly suffered another immediately after
the restart.
A low Koke cross from the right caused havoc
and Schwarzer saved from Turan at his near
post.
Chelsea went close when Willian's free-kick
was met by Terry, whose downwards header
was well saved by Courtois.
Cole was replaced by Samuel Eto'o as
Mourinho tinkered with his formation,
throwing the Cameroon striker up front
alongside Torres.
Eto'o's first involvement was in defence and
resulted in a penalty.
The multiple Champions League winner mis-
timed his bid for a bouncing ball and bundled
Costa over, with referee Nicola Rizzoli
showing no hesitation in pointing to the spot.
Costa was booked after taking his time to
place the ball and an exchange of views with
Branislav Ivanovic before drilling his penalty
beyond Schwarzer for his eighth goal in eight
Champions League matches this term.
Chelsea had 30 minutes to find the two goals
they needed and David Luiz headed Willian's
free-kick off the post with Courtois beaten.
Yet still Atletico attacked and Juanfran
crossed for Turan, whose header ricocheted
back to him off the crossbar to allow him to
slot into the net.
Simeone scorched down the touchline in
celebration and Chelsea, and Mourinho, had no
answer.