Second Half
Two minutes into the second preiod Atletico almost went in front on the night, another wicked cross deceiving the Chelsea defence, this time reaching Arda Turan at the far post, who brought a fine instinctive save from Schwarzer.

The Australian wasn't the only stopper in fine form, with Courtois, a Chelsea loanee we must remember, going down well to his left to keep out Terry's powerful header from a Willian free-kick.

Chasing the tie, Mourinho made a first switch. Fit-again Samuel Eto'o replaced Cole, Azpilicueta reverted to left-back and the Cameroonian joined Torres, who dropped a little deeper, in attack.

Misfortune was to strike the striker though, and Eto'o's first involvement was to his side's detriment, accidentally tripping Diego Costa inside the box and gifting his counterpart a penalty.

The Atletico man, who was booked for complaining about the state of the penalty spot, eventually smashed his kick high into the net. Now Chelsea needed two.

David Luiz hit a post from another wide Willian delivery, Courtois reacting quickly to push the rebound away as the Blues poured forward, before the visitors dealt the killer blow.

A swift move down the right saw the ball played into the area where Arda Turan headed goalwards, his effort bouncing down off the bar and allowing the Turk to tap home into the empty net with Schwarzer beaten.

Nineteen minutes remained but it was the visitors who would threaten again, Schwarzer blocking Filipe Luis at close range after the left-back had burst past two defenders into the area.

Demba Ba had replaced Torres by this stage, and the last change was to introduce Andre Schurrle in place of Willian, but Atletico were well drilled, and showed they too could defend with backs to the wall when necessary.

Hazard and Eto'o went close in the final stages but found Courtois in excellent form, meaning our run ends at the final four.

There is though still a chance of a Premier League crown, and we will be back at the Bridge on Sunday to face Norwich.

Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Schwarzer; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry (c), Cole (Eto'o 53); David Luiz, Ramires; Willian (Schurrle 76), Hazard, Azpilicueta; Torres (Ba 66).
Unused subs Hilario, Kalas, Van Ginkel, Oscar.
Scorer Torres 35
Booked Cahill 30

Atletico Madrid (4-4-1-1): Courtois; Juanfran, Miranda, Godin, Filipe Luis; Koke, Tiago (c), Mario Suarez, Arda Turan (Cristian Rodriguez 82); Adrian Lopez (sub Raul Garcia 65); Diego Costa (Sosa 75).
Unused subs Aranzubia, Alderweireld, Diego, Villa.
Scorers Adrian Lopez 43, Diego Costa (pen) 60, Arda Turan 71
Booked Diego Costa 59, Adrian Lopez 64

Referee Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
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