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CHELSEA 4-3 SLAVIA PRAGUE | PEDRO (5, 27), DELI OG (10), GIROUD (17), SOUCEK (26), SEVCIK (51, 53)
Chelsea: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Luiz, Emerson Palmieri, Kante, Kovacic, Barkley, Pedro, Giroud, Hazard.
Slavia Prague: Kolar, Kudela, Ngadeu Ngadjui, Deli, Boril, Kral, Soucek, Sevcik, Traore, Zmrhal, Masopust.
The Blues won their quarter-final 5-3 on aggregate, but at a push rather than a canter, a 3-0 lead in Thursday's second leg at Stamford Bridge.
Pedro opened the scoring after only five minutes and, after Simon Deli's own goal, the Spaniard teed up Europa League top-scorer Olivier Giroud for his 10th of the competition.
Tomas Soucek headed home unmarked for Slavia before the break, only for Pedro to score the fifth goal of the match before the half-hour mark.
After the interval Petr Sevcik blasted home two long-range strikes in three minutes to give Slavia hope of an unlikely comeback, but there was no Chelsea collapse.
Chelsea will face Frankfurt Bundesliga side in the semi-final.
- Pedro opens the scoring inside five minutes
- Ball hits the post and ricochets off Simon Deli's face
- Olivier Giroud adds third – Pedro Assist
- Tomas Soucek guides in a header – and then Chelsea immediately responds to another goal from Pedro
- Petr Sevcik slams in a beauty
- Sevcik fires in another outrageous finish – 5-3 on aggregate
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