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Chelsea players warming up as they await kick-off with Porto
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Chelsea and Porto return to Seville tonight for the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie.
The Premier League club were 2-0 winners in last week’s reverse fixture, with Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell scoring crucial ‘away’ goals for the Blues in the Spanish city. As such, Portuguese champions Porto have it all to do this evening if they are to set up a semi-final clash against either Real Madrid or Liverpool – with the La Liga titleholders carrying a 3-1 lead over the Reds into tomorrow’s last-eight second leg.
Last week’s win against Porto was the perfect response by Thomas Tuchel’s side after a shock 5-2 thrashing by relegation-threatened West Brom in the Premier League, and Chelsea maintained momentum at the weekend as they cruised past Crystal Palace 4-1 – marking their biggest victory since their German coach arrived in late January. Porto, meanwhile, were 5-2 winners against Tondela domestically in their most recent outing, and they will take confidence from that result as well as the fact that the Champions League has seen many inspiring comebacks in the past. Follow all the latest updates, goals and score from the UCL quarter-final second leg between Chelsea and Porto below.
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FORM
Porto’s impressive run domestically continued last weekend with a 2-0 win at Tondela. That took them to within six points of league leaders Sporting.
Chelsea, meanwhile, bounced back from their dismal defeat against West Brom with a convincing 4-1 win over Crystal Palace.
Callum Rice-Coates13 April 2021 19:38
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SERGIO CONCEICAO ON PORTO'S CHANCES
“There are many moments overs the years that can be examples of overcoming and believing.
“We are confident. We know that we are going to face a difficult obstacle, but we are here to give the answer that we have to give. The feeling of representing this historic club and its DNA is always on the pitch.
“We have to be a compact, cohesive team. It is necessary to score goals, but also not to suffer.
“In the first leg we played a good game, but it was not good enough. If it were, we would have won the game. We will try to improve even more on what was a good performance by the team.
“Over 90 minutes for FC Porto it requires the ability to believe and be resilient. We always try to enter with that spirit. We are ready to go to the fight and to fight.”
Callum Rice-Coates13 April 2021 19:31
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CHANGES
Chelsea make three changes from the team that won the first leg. In come N’Golo Kante, Christian Pulisic and Thiago Silva.
Porto, meanwhile, bring in Sergio Oliveira for Luis Diaz.
Callum Rice-Coates13 April 2021 19:21
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TEAM NEWS
Chelsea: Mendy; Azpilicueta, Silva, Rudiger, James, Kante, Jorginho, Chilwell, Mount, Havertz, Pulisic
Callum Rice-Coates13 April 2021 19:04
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We should have news on the starting XIs imminently...
Callum Rice-Coates13 April 2021 19:03
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How to watch the game
We’ll have you covered here with all the build-up to the game, live updates throughout the match, and post-match reaction.
But if you’re after info on how to watch the game, check out our handy explainer here:
Alex Pattle13 April 2021 18:42
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Predicted line-ups
While we wait for the official XIs, here’s how Chelsea and Porto could line up tonight:
Alex Pattle13 April 2021 18:34