LONDON, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o scored for the Inter Milan on Tuesday as the Italian champions beat Chelsea 1-0 in Stamford Bridge to reach the quarterfinals of Champions League.
Having already won the first leg 2-1, Inter go into Friday's draw for the quarterfinals with a 3-1 aggregate victory.
Inter coach Jose Mourinho, who returned to his former place of employment, played three upfront with Eto'o, Diego Milito and Goran Pandev. But it was Chelsea that needed to win for the return leg of the last 16 round.
Both sides started playing attacking soccer from the first whistle and the home side had a penalty appeal turned down by German referee Wolfgang Stark in the sixth minute when Florent Malouda ran into Brazilian defender Lucio.
Shortly afterwards, Germany captain Michael Ballack tried a long range effort for the home side, but it went just wide.
Didier Drogba then came close for Chelsea but this time it was defender Maicon who blocked the shot.