Chelsea are hosting Atletico Madrid tonight hoping to finish the job after winning 1-0 in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie. The Blues won the tightly contested game in Bucharest, which was designated as Atletico’s home leg but played in Romania due to coronavirus travel restrictions. Never before had a team beat Diego Simeone in his ‘home’ leg of a two-match knockout European tie, and it leaves Chelsea in a good position to qualify for the quarter-finals.
There is still a task to be completed tonight however, and Thomas Tuchel will not be letting his players get complacent despite that slender lead thanks to Olivier Giroud’s spectacular overhead kick. Atletico have a formidable European record and Tuchel will know that this tie is far from over. Tonight’s game is being played at Stamford Bridge, though, which makes Chelsea the favourites to go through to the next round.
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