Night at the limit for Potter against Borussia Dortmund

The one this Tuesday it’s going to be a dramatic night, speaking in football terms, at Stamford Bridge. To stop its crisis, Chelsea was forced to return to the round of 16 of the Champions League the 1-0 achieved by Borussia Dortmund in the first legat Signal Iduna Park.

Despite the 333.5 million euros he invested in transfers in the winter market, the team led by Graham Potter was 10th in the Premier, 11 points from the Champions League zone (with one game less). Some English media do not exclude that Potter will be fired if his Chelsea is eliminated, despite the fact that Saturday’s win against Leeds (1-0) gave some air to the ‘blue’ coach.

Chelsea against Borussia Dortmund

Stamford Bridge, 9:00 pm (MLC)

Chelsea: Kepa; Chalobah, Koulibaly, Fofana; James, Kovacic, Enzo Fernandez, Chilwell; Mudryk or Sterling, Havertz and Joao Félix
coaches: Graham Potter
Borussia Dortmund: Meyer; Wolf, Schlotterbeck, Sule, Ryerson; Can, Özcan; Brandt, Bellingham, Reus; Haller
coaches: Edin Terzic
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) / VAR: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

Borussia Dortmund by Jude Bellingham, on the other hand, is going through a good moment and is tied on 49 points with Bayern at the top of the Bundesliga table. Dortmund have the Champions League on their record (1996-97).

Potter is happy with Joao Felix

“We have to play well, be positive. We will play against a good team. My players are motivated. We want to do our best,” Potter told the media. The Chelsea manager expressed his satisfaction with the presentation that Joao Félix has been giving since his arrival: “Its quality is clear.”

Potter called on Chelsea fans “to let their voices cheer for their team.” The truth is that there are already sectors of followers they believed that Potter’s period on his bench should now be over, although it has been occupied for six months, and they are still collecting signatures: they already have almost 50,000. The ‘blue’ coach said the fans “always have the right to give their point of view, they suffer as we do”. N’Golo Kanté is training, but he still won’t be able to appear again. Christian Pulisic is back and Reece James is a doubt.

Karim Adeyemi scored Borussia Dortmund’s winning goal in the first leg, but was sidelined with a muscle injury. Alexander Mayer was the starting goalkeeper against Leipzig on Saturday (2-1 for Dortmund) due to injury to Gregor Kobel, who traveled to London. It is up in the air who will play this Tuesday.

On the other hand, Edin Terzic asked Bellingham, 19 years old and coveted star of Borussia Dortmund, “to guide the team with his quality in this brutally difficult mission.”