Ben Chilwell:

"Me and Reece know each other’s playing styles quite well. Obviously, we did it for the #UCL run when we won it, for quite a big part of the Premier League in the past two seasons, and we both know the areas we’re going to get into...."

"Me and Cucu get on so well off the pitch, so it wasn’t that difficult for us to then go and play together on the pitch. There’s a little group of us that play Mario Kart on away trips, on our Nintendos, and me and Cucu are in that little group, so we have a good connection."

"When we [Cucurella] then went onto the pitch and played next to each other, we were talking to each other throughout the whole game, giving each other instructions on what we both wanted from each other, and it ended up working really well."

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Wesley Fofana, Thiago Silva, N’Golo Kante and Mason Mount all involved in #Chelsea training ahead of Wednesday night’s #UCL clash against Real Madrid.

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What are your predictions? 🤔

#UCL

Stage set. 🤝

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Enzo Fernandez on Brentford clash:

"It's a very important game and a key occasion. We have had to suffer the disappointment of being knocked out of the #UCL, which was a tough blow for us, but it is now back to work and doing our job out on the field."

"It is very important that we finish well in the Premier League and we have a great opportunity to start that tonight."

"Now, it is all about showing what we have got in terms of adversity. It has been a tough time for us recently, and it is all about sticking together as a group, team and club."

"These tough periods test you as a player, it is all about being strong, and if we can do all of those things, it is about finishing as high as we possibly can in the league table come the end of the season."

[via Chelsea FC]

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🔹 139 appearances
🔹 32 goals
🔹 15 assists

🏆 Champions League
🏆 Super Cup
🏆 Club World Cup

💙 A three-year stay comes to an end. He won Chelsea the #UCL. Farewell, Kai.

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Hakim Ziyech v Manchester United:

👌 58 touches
⚽️ 2 freekick goals
🎯 4 shots/2 on target (0.14 xG)
🅰️ 1 assist
🔑 2 key passes
👟 28/35 accurate passes (0.24 xA)
🤺 4/7 ground duels won
📈 9.2 Sofascore Rating

He's the Player of the Match! 🌟

#UCL

Understand no Chelsea player has any clause in their contract allowing an exit if the club fail to qualify for #UCL. This includes Cole Palmer.

Chelsea's incentive-driven contracts, which have already seen Palmer rewarded with an incremental wage increase and Enzo Fernandez extended, do not offer this type of release clause, formal or informal.

[via Ben Jacobs]

‼️No Chelsea player has any clause in their contract allowing an exit if the club fail to qualify for #UCL. This includes Cole Palmer.

~JacobsBen

Facu Buonanotte: ‘'I will be playing in the Champions League for the first time."

My boy saw it coming. The only thing keeping me hyped for tonight. 💙✨ #UCL”

Neto as a striker is to so evidently exploit Barcelona's offside trap - the obvious. Deep passes from Fernandez and James will be key. Estevao to give us the 1v1 threat from wide. Gusto and James starting together for defensive balance.

This should be so fun to watch. Really looking forward to it.

Via Fahd on X

At 18 years 215 days, Estevao becomes just the third teenager to score in all of his first three #UCL starts. 😍

Joe Cole:

"Remember, PSG were in the [#UCL] play-off round last year, and they won the whole thing."

[via Football ontnt]

Chelsea are now unbeaten in their last 15 home games in the Champions League group stage/league phase:

DWDWDWWWDWWWWWW

They've won their last six #UCL games at Stamford Bridge by an aggregate score of 15-2. 👏

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#CFC | #UCL