UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Demba Ba late strike helps Chelsea through, Madrid survive

It was a night of contrasting turn of fate for Paris Saint Germain and Real Madrid, first leg winners in the quarter finals of the Champions League.

While Real Madrid survived a second leg siege to beat Borussia Dortmund and qualify, PSG collapsed at Stamford Bridge, losing 0-2 to Chelsea in a thrilling encounter.

 Aggregate score was 3-3, but the advantage was Chelsea’s as they benefitted from the away-goal rule and thus qualified for semi-final, thus repeating the 2012 feat, when they came back from a 3-1 loss to beat Napoli 4-1 in the last 16 en route to success in that year’s competition.

Thanks to an 87th minute late goal at Stamford Bridge by substitute Demba Ba, who added to Andre Schurrle’s first-half strike. The late goal was enough to see the 2012 champions through at the expense of the French champions.