Sport 04-11-1999 Chelsea 2-0 Hertha Berlin who: Chelsea what: Qualify for the second stage of the Champions` League where: Stamford Bridge, CHELSEA when: Yesterday snippet: "Ken Bates` wake-up call to Chelsea`s footballers brought rich reward last night when Gianluca Vialli`s side deservedly qualified for the second stage of the Champions` League," reports this morning`s Telegraph. "Chelsea`s chairman had questioned the players` attitude, though they have had little problem raising their game in Europe. Fittingly, it was two of the team`s most consistent performers, Didier Deschamps and Albert Ferrer, players who know what it takes to win this most famous of all European trophies, who delivered the goals that carried Chelsea above an ordinary Berlin side." The Star describes Deschamps, France`s World Cup captain who has played in more Champions` League games than anyone else, as "Chelsea`s goalscoring genius". However, the BBC name Dennis Wise as the "architect of the victory" at Stamford Bridge and their two goals were thanks to his "persistence" and "vision". [... more]

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