PORTO VS CHELSEA Good evening all and welcome to our live-text coverage of Porto vs Chelsea, the first leg of this Champions League quarter-final at the neutral Estadio Ramon Sanchez in Seville! It was a mixed bag for English sides last night as Manchester City scraped an advantage in a 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund while Liverpool salvaged an away goal in a 3-1 defeat to Real Madrid. Chelsea, however, lost 5-2 to West Brom at home last week, so it's anybody's guess how they'll get on tonight. Find out here with all the build-up, hype and highlights ahead of kick-off at 8pm.
Champions League / Quarter-final
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuan / 07.04.2021
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- M. Mount(32')
- B. Chilwell(85')
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Updated 07/04/2021 at 20:50 GMT
1'
ANTHEMS OVER. HYPE ESTABLISHED.
LET'S GO!
19:57
THREE MINUTE WARNING
19:54
PORTO NO PUSHOVERS
Remember, Porto knocked out Italian giants Juventus to get to the quarter-finals. They're not messing about.
They've also got Pepe at the back who won this competition three times with Real Madrid. And as we all know, he's not exactly easy going.
So, there's that...
19:51
GET WARM
Some leap from Azpilicueta that...
19:45
ALL GOOD THINGS...
Of course, Tuchel has already proved himself a record breaker going 14 matches unbeaten as Blues boss after taking over from Frank Lampard.
That exploded last weekend as they lost to 19th-placed West Brom, 5-2, at home...
They need to bounce back because Porto are probably a bit better than West Brom to be honest.
RESPONSE REQUIRED.
19:38
FOOTSTEPS
19:30
RUDIGER STARTS
Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel admitted that Antonio Rudiger's midweek bust up with Kepa Arrizabalaga was no small thing, but the German defender starts this one anyway.
Andreas Christensen and Ben Chilwell are also back in the side as the Blues play it safe at the back.
Mason Mount ant Kai Havertz start at the expense of the lightweight duo of Christian Pulisic and Hakim Ziyech.
19:25
PORTO CHANGES
The Portuguese side beat Santa Clara on the weekend but have mixed things up tonight. A familiar face to Toon fans, Chancel Mbemba, returns to the starting XI, alongside Jesus Corona, Zaidu Sanusi and former Liverpool man Marko Grujic.
Suspended Sergio Oliveira and Medhi Taremi are the big absentees for Chelsea's opponents.
19:20
CHELSEA TEAM NEWS
19:19
PORTO TEAM NEWS