Summary

  • Chelsea beat Dortmund 2-1 on aggregate to reach Champions League quarter-finals

  • RESULT: Chelsea 2-0 (2-1 agg) Dortmund

  • RESULT: Benfica 5-1 (7-1 agg) Bruges

  1. Postpublished at 19:02 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2023

    Chelsea v Borussia Dortmund (20:00 GMT, 0-1 first leg)

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    The first leg of this one was three weeks ago.

    Karim Adeyemi scored the only goal with a fine solo effort to give Dortmund a 1-0 home win.

  2. Postpublished at 18:59 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2023

    Chelsea v Borussia Dortmund (20:00 GMT, 0-1 first leg)

    Simon Gleave
    Head of sports analysis, Nielsen Gracenote

    Chelsea's 1-0 defeat in Germany three weeks ago, combined with a drop from ninth to 14th on our Euro Club Index, external in that period, means that the chance of the Blues reaching the Champions League quarter-finals has dropped from 59% to 33%.

    Borussia Dortmund are now the higher ranked of the two teams on our Euro Club Index, rising four places to 10th since mid-February.

  3. Tie over?published at 18:56 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2023

    Benfica v Club Bruges (20:00 GMT)

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    Is Scott Parker's Champions League dream about to come to an end?

    The Club Bruges boss takes his side to Benfica needing to overturn a 2-0 defeat in the first leg.

    A Joao Mario penalty and a David Neres strike secured the victory for the Portuguese side and put them on the verge of a second successive Champions League quarter-final appearance.

    "We come here with one huge challenge ahead of us; a challenge that we are relishing as a team and as a football club," said Parker.

    "We’ll go and give everything we’ve got in this second leg, we’ll enjoy this occasion and perform to the levels that we can perform at."

  4. Team news - James returns for Chelseapublished at 18:52 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2023

    Chelsea v Borussia Dortmund (20:00 GMT)

    There's two changes to the Chelsea team that edged Leeds at the weekend.

    Reece James returns from injury and takes his place in the side while Marc Cucurella also comes in.

    Chelsea XI: Kepa; Fofana, Koulibaly, Cucurella; James, Kovacic, Fernandez, Chilwell; Sterling, Havertz, Felix.

    Subs: Bettinelli, Bergstrom, Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Chalobah, Mudryk, Zakaria, Ziyech, Gallagher, Chukwuemeka, Hall

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    Karim Adeyemi, who scored the winner in the first leg, misses out with a muscle injury for Borussia Dortmund.

    England star Jude Bellingham starts while Sebastien Haller leads the line. Marco Reus captains the visitors.

    Borussia Dortmund XI: Meyer, Wolf, Sule, Schlotterbeck, Guerreiro, Can, Ozcan, Bellingham, Brandt, Reus, Haller.

    Subs: Kobel, Unbehaun, Reyna, Dahoud, Hummels, Modeste, Malen, Meunier, Passlack, Rothe, Bynoe-Gittens, Coulibaly

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  5. Chelsea's season on the line?published at 18:36 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2023

    Chelsea v Borussia Dortmund (20:00 GMT, 0-1 first leg)

    PotterImage source, PA Media

    Chelsea are out of the FA Cup, did not win the Carabao Cup and sit 10th in the Premier League.

    Since the World Cup, the only teams they have beaten are Bournemouth, Crystal Palace and Leeds.

    Their season seems to hinge now on the Champions League - but fail to win tonight and they are out.

    The pressure is on for the Blues and boss Graham Potter against Borussia Dortmund. Can they deliver?