Fenerbahce midfielder Deivid went from zero to hero as his side came from
behind to beat Chelsea 2-1 in Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final, first leg.
Deivid had looked like the villain of the peace when he gifted Chelsea the lead with an early own
goal at the Sukru Saracoglu stadium. But the Turkish champions snatched an equaliser through Colin Kazim-Kazim midway through
the second half and Deivid made amends for his earlier blunder with a breath-taking winner nine
minutes from full-time.
How Chelsea left Istanbul empty-handed only they will know. They were in complete control and
should have been further in front before Kazim-Kazim struck.
Avram Grant's side will still believe they can overturn the deficit in the return at Stamford Bridge
next week but the task is far harder than it should have been. Grant told Sky TV afterwards: "This is football. A game supposed to be 3-0 or 4-0 for us ends 2-1
against us.
"We dominated the game, we created chances. At 1-1 Michael Ballack was in front of the goal.
But this is football. Sometimes you don't pay attention, you sleep and we lost the game."Normally, it's a good result to lose 2-1 away from home but because we played the better
football it's disappointing. Now they are coming to our home, we need to win the game."
His Fenerbahce counterpart Zico said that they had turned things round at half-time."At the break we told the players that we had to take risks, that without taking them we would
end up with nothing," said the former Brazil playing legend.
"If we show the same attitude in England then I believe that we will get the result that sends us
through to the semi-finals."
Fenerbahce had never been this far in the competition before and Chelsea's visit was billed as
the biggest match in their history.(source:yahoo/afp)
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