Soccer: Chelsea silence Turks with victory

Besiktas 0 Chelsea 2

Claudio Ranieri’s men needed only a point to go into Friday’s draw for the last 16 as one of the seeded clubs, but they impressively rose above the hostile atmosphere in the Aufschalke Arena and claimed all three against the disappointing Turkish champions.

Coach Ranieri surprised everyone with his formation, reverting to a back three of John Terry, William Gallas and skipper Marcel Desailly, and went with Hasselbaink and Jesper Gronkjaer up front.