JAKARTA Chelsea will host Borussia Dortmund in the second leg of the last 16 of the 2022/2023 Champions League. The Blues need a win while playing at Stamford Bridge Stadium, Wednesday, March 8 in the morning.
Previously they lost 0-1 when they visited Signal Iduna Park in the first leg last week.
A sensational single goal from Karim Adeyemi made Chelsea lose the tight match. The victory clearly benefited Dortmund who only needed a draw to qualify for the next round.
However, this match will certainly not be easy for Dortmund. The reason is, Chelsea tactician Graham Potter desperately needs a win from this match so that his position is not kicked out by management.
The defeat against Dortmund in the first leg made the manager's fate said to be starting to become unsafe. Especially after that his team lost in a row in the next two matches against Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur.
The three defeats to the last four matches made the insistence on Potter's dismissal even harder.
The pressure has not even subsided even though the Blues have won over Leeds United in the latest match to end six games without a win.
Previously, several reports said Potter's position would be safe if she succeeded in bringing Chelsea to victory against Leeds and Dortmund. Thus, the match in the morning can determine the fate of the 47-year-old coach
However, Chelsea's journey in this round in the most elite competition between European clubs has always been not smooth. The West London giant was eliminated four times in the round of 16 in a row between 2014-15 and 2019-20 before going far in the 2020/2021 season.
However, Chelsea managed to advance to the next round after losing their first leg away from their last seven Champions League knockout game out of those four matches.
Meanwhile, Dortmund is entering spring with domestic and European titles that have been within reach thanks to their stunning performance since the turn of the year.
The team led by Edin Terzic played 10 competitive games in the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and Champions League since the World Cup, and were remarkably able to win them all.
Dortmund's stunning green record in 2023 also includes five consecutive away wins in domestic matches. In that period they conceded only two goals and scored nine goals.
However, since November 2020 they have not managed to maintain a clean sheet in the European Champions League in away matches. The British capital has also not been friendly to Dortmund after losing their last five European matches in London since beating Arsenal 2-1 in 2013.
Formation Estimated
Chelsea (3-4-3): Kepa; Chalobah, Koulibaly, Fofana; James, Kovacic, Fernandez, Chilwell; Sterling, Havertz, Felix.
Borussia Dortmund (4-3-3): Meyer; Wolf, Sule, Schlotterbeck, Guerreiro ; Ozcan, Can, Bellingham; Brandt, Haller, Reus
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