11min: Good coverage of Reece on Davies to Bayern play through the midfield with full ease.
9min: Goal. Bayern Lewandowski made no mistake about it. Caballero is going the right way, but it was not to be seen. 1-0, Bayern.
7min: Tammy holds the ball up well and brings Kanté into play. He spread widely to Hudson-Odio, but his pass to James is poor and Bayern can intercept. At the other end, Chelsea are caught flat behind the back and Lewandowski’s play through. Caballero comes out and claims the ball Foul. Punishment. Linesman flags offside, but VAR reverses it and gives the penalty. Yellow to Caballero. Emerson played everyone to the battle.
5min: Emerson added, defending well against Gnabry and defending for a throw. Davies had placed it just in front in a great cross from the left, but Lewandowski was on his heels for once.
4min: Christensen grabs a through ball from Thiago, then Emerson shakes a ball out of the game left. Bayern probing, Chelsea held.
2min: Lewandowski tries to get Gnabry early in the action, Emerson lives for the danger, clearing first for a throw, then a corner. Zouma clears Kimmich’s corner; Alaba goes for a 35-yard shot, well wide.
1min: An early offside for Lewandowski, but Chelsea pass the ball out of bounds.
KICK OFF: Ahh, the national anthem. Could be the highlight of our day. Chelsea get the game underway.
Chelsea enter the current Champions League round of 16 second leg with a 3-0 deficit of the first leg (which was played 5.5 months ago), and vice versa that would be a bigger miracle than the one that’s. t we experienced here in this exact same stadium against exactly the same opposition on 19 May 2012.
That what I said is that there is a chance. A very tenacious little chance. But that’s why they play the game.
Adding to all the injuries and suspensions Ruben Loftus-Cheek may not be able to go again today.
Here we go.
Bayern Munich starting (4-2-3-1):
New | Davies, Alaba, Boateng, Kimmich | Thiago, Goretzka | Perišić, Müller, Gnabry | Lewandowski
Substitutions of: Ulreich, Hoffmann, Odriozola, Süle, Martínez, Coutinho, Cuisance, Hernández, Tolisso, Tillman, Musiala, Arrey-Mbi
Chelsea line-up (4-3-3):
Caballero | Emerson, Zouma, Christensen, James | Barkley, Kovacic, Kanté (c) | Mount, Abraham, Hudson-Odoi
Substitutions of: Arrizabalaga, Cumming, Rüdiger, Tomori, Simeu, Maatsen, Bate, Lawrence, Giroud, Batshuayi, Broja
Date time: Saturday, August 8, 2020, 8:00 PM BST; 15 hours EDT; 12:30 PM IST (next day)
Location: Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany
Referee: Ovidiu Hategan (on field); Massimiliano Irrati (VAR)
On television: BT Sport 1 (UK); Galavision (United States); Sony TEN 1 (India); SuperSport 6, Canal + Sport (NGA); somewhere else
Streaming: BT Sport Live (UK); CBS All Access, Univision Now (USA); Sony LIV (India); DStv Now (NGA) – if you’re in the US and you do not want to enroll in CBS because you are not over 60 and / or do not like Star Trek, you can also via Fubo TV, for which we have a affiliate link. That being said, however, CBS is offering a free trial version, and they will carry the Champions League for the next several years, so you lived up to it just as well.
Be excellent to each other, and party through, dudes.
