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The last 16 tie against Benfica takes place in Portugal on Tuesday night and Club Brugge will need a miracle to keep their Champions League ambitions alive.
After losing to Liverpool in the last quarter of the 2021-22 season, Benfica will be able to advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League back-to-back for the first time in its 119-year history.
However, the Portuguese powerhouse have yet to progress to the first-division semi-finals. Bayern Munich and Liverpool defeated Benfica in the 2020 Champions League at the Dar Lutz Stadium.
A well-dressed Parker refereed a Champions League match and it was great. However, the former England star openly admitted he is worried about his future in the Brugge hot seat during a tough game against the Belgian champions.
Benfica’s predicted starting 11:
Vlachodimos; Bah, Otamendi, A. Silva, Grimaldo; Aursnes, Florentino; Mario, R. Silva, Neres; Ramos.
Club Brugge Possible Starting 11:
Mignolet; Mata, Mechele, Sylla, Meijer; Odoi, Onyedika; Buchanan, Vanaken, Lang; Jutgla
Chelsea v Dortmund
On Tuesday night, the second leg of the Champions League Round of 16 between Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea takes place at Stamford Bridge, with Borussia Dortmund leading 1-0.
Graham Potter will be looking for a costly win to extend his stay in the manager’s box. Karim Adeyemi had a great solo performance at the Westfalenstadion three weeks ago.
Dortmund are just 90 minutes away from adding another blemish to Chelsea’s worst 2023 season thanks to a crucial performance from the German star in the first leg. Whether Adeyemi’s surprise win or his recovery celebration was more surprising is debatable.
Chelsea’s projected starting XI:
Kepa; Chalobah, Koulibaly, Fofana; James, Kovacic, Fernandez, Chilwell; Sterling, Havertz, Felix
Borussia Dortmund’s possible starting XI:
Meyer; Wolf, Sule, Schlotterbeck, Guerreiro; Ozcan, Can, Bellingham; Brandt, Haller, Reuss
