COACHES PRESS CONFERENCE
Thomas Tuchel (Chelsea manager): “(Dinamo Zagreb players) have a lot of individual quality. Up front they have speed and dribbling, on the wings. They will use the role as an underdog to outperform and make us underperform. This will be their plan. We are aware of already.” We are in a period where we have to improve, we are not completely satisfied with the results, with our performances.”
DYNAMO ZAGREB – CHELSEA | COACHES PRESS CONFERENCE
Thomas Tuchel (Chelsea manager): “They are used to winning, that’s a winning team. They are used to being at the top. That shapes a certain mentality. They made it through qualifying which is never easy. They deserve to be here and I’m pretty sure they will plan to play a very -technical and emotional match against us. They have individual quality as always, like all Dinamo Zagreb teams and any Croatian team”.
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XI CHELSEA | Kepa; Fofana, Koulibaly, Reece James, Chilwell; Mountain, Kovacic; Havertz, Aubameyang, Sterling.
dock: Bettinelli, Mendy, Cucurella, Chalobah, Chukwuemeka, Gallagher, Jorginho, Loftus-Cheek, Zakaira, Pulsic, Ziyech, Broja
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WE NOW HAVE A CHELSEA STARTING ELEVEN!
TIME AND WHERE TO MEET
In
6:45 p.m it will start first
match of the Champions League group stage in between
Dinamo Zagreb and Chelsea, both members of group E. The clash, which will take place at the Stadion Maksimir stadium, can be seen in
Movistar Champions Leaguealthough it can also be followed by this narration of
World of sports.
DATA AND ANCIENTS
is
Dinamo Zagreb participated in the Champions League for the eighth season. In addition, it is the only Croatian team that has played in European competition more than once. Of course, Dinamo have been eliminated in the group stage on the previous seven occasions.
For his part, the
Chelsea participate in champions for
19th time. In this milestone, it is equal to Arsenal, although it is still far from Manchester United’s record (24 times). The Blues have qualified in 17 of their previous 18 group stages.
BACKGROUND
It will be the first time the two teams have met at European level, and the ninth time an English club will meet
Dynamo Zagreb in European competition. It is important to underline that the Croatian team has won two of its last three meetings with English rivals.
Good afternoon! Welcome and welcome to live coverage of Dinamo Zagreb – Chelsea, from the Champions League
We are on the opening day of the Champions League. We started the group stage matches. Both teams are part of group E, which also includes Milan and RB Salzburg. The match will start at 6:45 pm and will be played at the Stadion Maksimir stadium. In this preview, we’ll recap both teams’ coaches’ statements, announce the squad and let you know the final field time. Let’s get started!
Source: La Verdad

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