Copenhagen almost punished Chelsea's profligacy when N'Doye wrong-footed Blues keeper Petr Cech with a 20-yard free-kick only to be denied by the post with an effort nearly as striking as the visitors' pink shirts.
In the replay, Benitez's deployment of Ba, Eden Hazard and Juan Mata up front proved key -- as did Petr Cech's superb one-handed save to deny Javier Hernandez's header to keep Chelsea ahead in the game.
The controversy over Klaus's re-election meant that when Petr Necas, the leader of the centre-right Civic Democrat party (ODS), was attempting to form a government after the 2010 parliamentary elections, several of his prospective coalition partners made their cooperation conditional on the new government making reform of the presidential election system part of its programme.
Fulham almost made the Blues pay late on as both Dempsey and substitute Zoltan Gera drew good saves from Petr Cech with well-struck long-range shots.
The big Montenegrin got his first goal three minutes after the restart when he received a pass from Matteo Brighi and thumped a long-range shot past Petr Cech.
Nasri made it 4-2 in the 74th, Juan Mata curled in a free kick for Chelsea 8 minutes later, and Edin Dzeko bounced a 30-yard shot past Petr Cech in the 84th.
At the other end, Nikola Kalinic, returning from a three-match ban, did his best to give Blackburn an outlet, teeing up Martin Olsson for a long-range drive which Petr Cech saved comfortably.
That was not Southend's only chance of the half and it took a superb point-blank save from Petr Cech to keep out Alex Revell's header on 40 minutes to keep the scores level.
Despite retaining the best defensive record in the division, with eight clean sheets to their name, they have not looked as solid in recent matches, conceding three at home to Sunderland on 14 November and gifting Newcastle their opening goal on Sunday when Alex's back-pass beat keeper Petr Cech and gave Andy Carroll a simple finish.
The Toffees, leading 4-0 from the first leg, had Tony Hibbert sent off for a foul on Jakub Petr and Lukas Bajer hit the bar from the resulting free-kick.
Louis Saha gave the Toffees the lead when he headed past Petr Cech from Leighton Baines' right-wing corner.
Bolton created several chances and Petr Cech denied Kevin Davies, El-Hadji Diouf and Nicolas Anelka, while Stelios Giannakopoulos clipped the crossbar.
Czech President Vaclav Klaus has appointed Petr Necas, leader of the centre-right Civic Democrat party, as the country's new prime minister.
Nicolas Anelka put Chelsea in front with a 22-yard shot but keeper Petr Cech missed a cross and Kieran Richardson lashed in an equaliser.
Bent had a snap-shot easily saved by Petr Cech, while Daryl Murphy was bravely denied by the keeper from eight yards out after good work by Kenwyne Jones.
After opening the scoring in the Champions League final against Chelsea in Moscow in 2008, Ronaldo looked on in horror as his penalty in the shoot-out was saved by Petr Cech.
Chelsea had the ball in the net eight minutes before halftime, but Florent Malouda was clearly offside, and then Bale made it 2-0 soon after as he cut inside Paulo Ferreira and whipped a low right-foot shot past goalkeeper Petr Cech.
He slotted through the legs of keeper Petr Cech for an unlikely equaliser on the stroke of half-time.
Jordi Alba rattled the outside of an upright before David Albelda's long-range effort was splendidly clawed away by the diving Petr Cech.
Wayne Rooney emerged from his first-half shell to bring a first save out of Petr Cech and tested Chelsea's back line with a couple of bursting runs.
Opposition politicians have called for a vote of no-confidence next week in the government of Prime Minister Petr Necas, an ally of Mr. Klaus who approved the pardon decree.
The Chelsea defence was caught square as Harewood latched onto a cute reverse ball from Reo-Coker and was able to follow-up his own shot that bounced following a save by Petr Cech.
Goalkeeper Petr Cech has said he wants to stay at Chelsea for another 10 years - providing he can maintain the high standards he has rediscovered in the last month.
The ball pounded off the grass and slipped over the fingertips of Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech and into the net for the decisive goal in Portugal's 1-0 win, sending Ronaldo sprinting into the arms of his teammates and over to the television cameras for a primal scream at close range.
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Chelsea survived only because of some last-ditch defending, a goal on the break, and the inspired play of goalkeeper Petr Cech.
In a further boost for the club, goalkeeper Petr Cech, who saved three penalties in the Champions League shootout, has signed a new four-year deal.
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