A rapid start from the Blues saw Pedro and Olivier Giroud strike either side of an unfortunate own goal for Simon Deli for a 3-0 lead and huge 4-0 aggregate advantage. Slavia cut the gap through Tomas Soucek before Pedro's second goal on 27 minutes looked to have wrapped up the tie at 4-1 (5-1 agg). The visitors had other ideas as a rapid brace from Petr Sevcik made it 4-3 on the night and 5-3 on aggregate but to no avail as Chelsea held on to advance.
Eintracht Frankfurt overturned a 4-2 first leg deficit with a 2-0 win over Benfica which saw the Germans advance on away goals after drawing 4-4 on aggregate. Filip Kostic made it 1-0 (3-4 agg) on 36 minutes before Sebastian Rode doubled the lead and levelled on aggregate in the 67th minute. Late drama saw Benfica denied a potential winner by Frankfurt 'keeper Kevin Trapp who's save ensured the Germans advanced on away goals.
Arsenal kept up the chances of an all English final as they reached the last four after a 1-0 win and 3-0 aggregate victory over Napoli.The Gunners extended their 2-0 first leg advantage with Alexander Lacazette's 36th minute effort which proved to be enough to secure the win and a place in the last four.
They will meet Valencia who eased through 5-1 on aggregate after a 2-0 win over fellow La Liga side Villarreal.
'Toni Lato' put the hosts ahead on 13 minutes to make it 1-0 (3-1 agg)) before the win and advancement were secured by Daniel Parejo's 54th minute strike for 2-0 (5-1 agg) as they setup a tie with Arsenal in the last four.
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