The success of the Tuchel project passes through the Sánchez-Pizjuán

Thomas Tuchel is clear that success or failure in his first season at Stamford Bridge is going to be measured against the Champions League scale. Put the blues among the top four in the Premier and classifying the team among the four best in Europe tonight against Porto are the two demands that the German has, who has landed like a real hurricane on the bench and assembled a practically invincible team. This Chelsea does not score nor does it knead possession, but it competes like few others in England and it is practically impossible to score a goal (follow today's game live on As.com).

The 0-2 first leg against the Portuguese team therefore makes tonight's match at the Sánchez-Pizjuán an affordable final for his team, as much as the Dragons recover their two top scorers for a round in which they will have to concede spaces. Chelsea, meanwhile, has a FA Cup final on the horizon this Saturday against City, an icing with which, yes, the blues They shouldn't be distracted until they have secured today's game.

For the meeting, Tuchel recovers names like Thiago Silva, but he still has doubts with Christensen and Abraham, while Kanté could be taking minutes in rotations that are not ruled out. Porto, for its part, which recovers Taremi and Sergio Oliveira, will try to surprise as it already did against Cristiano's Juventus, no matter how much they face a team that hasn't conceded a single goal in seven of their last nine Champions League games and with whom he has lost in the last four occasions in which the blues have served as premises.