20:44
Hot atmosphere: Long before kick-off, the Lille fans are really alarmed and are already turning the Stade Pierre Mauroy into a cauldron. Will Chelsea be impressed by this?
20:40
In the Blues, Tuchel largely trusts the winning team from the first duel and therefore only makes one change: European champion Jorginho starts again from the beginning and ousts Ziyech in central midfield.
20:33
Compared to the first-leg defeat, Lille coach Gourvennec makes two changes today: Former Bayern player Renato Sanches is absent through injury and will be replaced by Gabriel Gudmundsson. Striker Burak Yılmaz is also a new addition to the team.
20:23
While the Blues are now even plagued by existential worries next to the pitch, the Lille OSC is hoping for a big surprise. As in the first leg, the French underdog goes into the game as a clear outsider and above all wants to develop a goal threat today compared to the 0:2 three weeks ago. “We have some good options on offense and we also have to be strong defensively,” explains LOSC coach Jocelyn Gourvennec. LOSC recently showed impressively in the league that the French champions can pull off such a performance: In Ligue 1, Lille have been unbeaten for five games and even kept a clean sheet.
20:07
In the midst of the great chaos surrounding the sanctions imposed on Russian club owner Roman Abramowitsch, Chelsea FC and Thomas Tuchel are now aiming for a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League in purely sporting terms. The Blues are the defending champions at OSC Lille and, after winning 2-0 in the first leg of the round of 16, are already on the verge of progressing to the next round. Coach Tuchel still urges caution: “The duel is not decided after the 2-0 win for us, in Lille only the second half starts,” said the Chelsea coach.
19:35
Good evening and welcome to the Champions League! Thomas Tuchel and Chelsea are playing the second leg of the second leg at 9 p.m. today at French champions Lille OSC. Can the Blues make it to the Quarterfinals?