Second round, it is decided who goes to the semifinals of Champions League. All 21 Chelsea e Porto compete in the return leg of the quarter-finals: it starts from 2-0 of the first leg in favor of Blues in Tuchel, thanks to the networks of Mount e Chilwell, and how the first leg is played on the neutral pitch of Sanchez Pizjuan (Sevilla).
STATISTICS AND BACKGROUND – Porto di Conceiçao needs a complicated comeback in the history of the Champions League: only four teams have made it through the round after losing the first leg without scoring, Ajax in 1995-96 (Panathinaikos), Inter in 2010-11 (Bayern Monaco), Manchester United in 2018-19 (PSG) and Tottenham in 2018-19 (Ajax). Chelsea want to remain unbeaten in this Champions League (7 wins, 2 draws): aiming for the tenth game without defeat, they would become the first English team to remain unbeaten in the first ten games by Liverpool in 2017-18 (11 games). Finally, for Porto, there is a big problem away from home in the Champions League: they have won only one of the twenty matches in the knockout phase, against Deportivo La Coruña in the semi-finals of 2003-04.
Kick-off whistle all 21, its Calciomercato.com the direct of Chelsea-Porto.
OFFICIAL FORMATIONS
Chelsea: Mendy; Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Rudiger; James, Jorginho, Kanté, Chilwell; Pulisic, Havertz, Mount.
Porto: Marchesin; Manafa, Mbemba, Pepe, Zaidu; Grujic, Uribe, Sergio Oliveira; Corona, Marega, Otavio.
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