Argentina midfielder Esteban Cambiasso fired Inter Milan to a 2-1 first-leg victory over Chelsea in the Champions League Wednesday, while a 30-meter drive by Chilean winger Mark Gonzalez salvaged a 1-1 draw for CSKA Moscow against Sevilla. In a high quality and evenly contested game at San Siro, Inter coach Jose Mourinho gained an advantage over the Premier League team he led to back-to-back English titles in 2005-06. But Chelsea, managed by former AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti, needs only to win the second leg 1-0 at Stamford Bridge on March 16 to reach the quarterfinal on away goals. In a city where he successfully served Milan with Champions League titles both as a player and coach, Ancelotti fielded an attacking formation of three strikers but his side trailed by the three minutes Argentina forward Diego Milito collected a ball from Samuel Eto'o and easily sidestepped Chelsea captain John Terry before firing past goalkeeper Petr Cech at his near post. After Chelsea striker Didier Drogba's free kick from 25 meters hit the Inter bar, the visitors equalized in the 51st minute. Salomon Kalou scored with a 22-meter shot inside the far post after a determined run by right back Branislav Ivanovic had opened up the defense. But Chelsea was level for only four minutes. Cambiasso hit a shot that was blocked and followed up with a low, left-footer that flew inside the far post. Chelsea lost Cech with what appeared a serious knee injury in the 60th and replaced him with Hilario. At Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Sevilla went ahead in the 25th minute when an unmarked Alvaro Negredo tapped the ball into an empty net from a cross by Jesus Navas. But CSKA earned the draw when Gonzalez fired in a left-footed shot in the 66th minute. “It would have been better to win but this can be considered a good result,” Sevilla coach Manolo Jimenez said. “We needed to make short passes because of the artificial pitch. We got a draw and we will decide everything in the second leg.” On Tuesday, defending champion Barcelona drew 1-1 at Stuttgart and Bordeaux won 1-0 at Olympiakos. AC Milan beats Fiorentina Alexandre Pato scored in injury time Wednesday as AC Milan rallied to win 2-1 at Fiorentina to rise to second place in the Serie A. Pato's goal was his 10th of the season and came nine minutes after Milan substitute Klaas Jan Huntelaar had come off the bench to score. Fiorentina striker Alberto Gilardino gave the hosts the lead in the 14th minute. Inter Milan leads the standings with 55 points, four more than Milan and five in front of AS Roma. In Wednesday's other match, Udinese came from behind to beat Cagliari 2-1 in Pasquale Marino's first match since returning as Udinese coach. Udinese's Alex Sanchez and Antonio Di Natale scored second-half goals after Jeda had given Cagliari the lead in the first half. Spurs, Villa in quarters Two goals for Roman Pavlyuchenko and two own goals helped Tottenham Hotspur advance to an FA Cup quarter-final meeting with Fulham after a 4-0 home win over Bolton Wanderers in their fifth-round replay Wednesday. Russia striker Pavlyuchenko followed up his weekend double with the opener then added a late fourth after own goals by Bolton keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen and defender Andy O'Brien. Aston Villa joined Spurs in the last eight as two penalties in the last 10 minutes from John Carew secured a 3-1 win over Championship (second division) visitors Crystal Palace. The night's two other replays which went into extra timer saw Stoke City beat Manchester City 3-1 and Reading edge West Bromwich Albion 3
