An ordeal Chelsea will hope never to have to go through again at least had a satisfying ending. They are Club World Cup quarter-finalists and deserved nothing less against Benfica.
But this match ended almost five hours after it began, halted by the referee with just four minutes left of normal time due to a weather scare and then stretched out even longer when Benfica’s Angel Di Maria, 37, forced extra-time with a penalty following a freakish, accidental handball by the substitute Malo Gusto.
