Europa League semifinals: Chelsea and Benfica go through

Basel were seeing plenty of the ball but not creating any clear chances, although Marco Steller didn’t need a clear sight of goal to go close to putting them ahead, getting on the end of a long diagonal to smash a first-time volley at the far post that was inches away from putting the visitors ahead.

Lampard soon had a decent opportunity to score his all-important goal, but his free-kick was blazed wildly over, perhaps the second-worst shot of the night after an earlier Torres effort which went out for a throw-in. Despite that, it was an accomplished performance from Chelsea, who put themselves into a second consecutive European final - not the one they would’ve wanted, but one they will nonetheless be more than happy to win.

Benfica have made a few chances from the side which lost the away leg of their Europa League clash 1-0 against Fenerbahçe. Jardel, Lorenzo Melgarejo, André Gomes, Juan Pablo Aimar and Ola John are all left out, in a 4-4-2 formation. Luisão, Nico Gaitán, Enzo Pérez and Lima come into the starting eleven.

Benfica (4-4-2): Artur Moraes; André Almeida, Luisão, Ezequiel Garay, Maxi Pereira; Nico Gaitán, Eduardo Salvio, Enzo Pérez, Nemanja Matić; Óscar Cardozo, Lima

Basel have made a couple changes on the back line with starting central defender Aleksandar Dragovic suspended. Head coach Murat Yakin has called upon Gastón Sauro to pair with Fabian Schär in the center along with switching out both his fullbacks from the first leg. Markus Steinhöfer replaces Park Joo-Ho on the left side while Kay Voser takes over on the right for Philipp Degen.

Both Degen and Park are on the bench.

Benfica will look to overturn their first leg deficit to earn a chance of winning their first European trophy since 1962 when they face Fenerbahce in Lisbon.

The Portuguese side are trailing 1-0 from the first leg thanks to Egemen Korkmaz’s header, and the deficit could have been worse had Cristian Baroni not hit the post with a penalty. A 1-0 deficit is easily surmountable for the Aguilas at home, but without an away goal, they will have to be wary of Fenerbahce on the counter-attack.