CHELSEA will tackle seven-time champions AC Milan in a blockbuster Champions League showdown.
But it’s a routine Group E for Thomas Tuchel’s facet who additionally face Red Bull Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb.
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The Blues reached the quarter-finals as defending champions final season.
However, regardless of a surprising comeback towards Real Madrid, they have been undone by the eventual champions in extra-time on the Bernabeu.
Now Olivier Giroud and Fikayo Tomori will return to Stamford Bridge as Serie A champions in Chelsea’s hardest house sport of the group.
Elsewhere, Liverpool acquired an attention-grabbing draw with Ajax, Napoli and Rangers.
Tottenham will play Eintracht Frankfurt, Sporting Lisbon and Marseille in a brutal group.
And Premier League champs Manchester City acquired Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund and Copenhagen.
Due to the World Cup in November, the six matches are crammed into three blocks of back-to-back gameweeks.
Those shall be performed on September 6/7 and 13/14, October 4/5 and 11/12 then October 25/26 and November 1/2.
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Chelsea boss Tuchel has let numerous huge names go this summer time with Romelu Lukaku, Timo Werner and Antonio Rudiger all out the exit door.
However, new proprietor Todd Boehly wasted no time splashing the money.
Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly, Marc Cucurella, Carney Chukwuemeka and Cesare Casadei have arrived in mega-money offers.
And Tuchel shall be hoping his facet can replicate their Champions League glory of 2021 by going all the way in which.
But first, they have to get by means of the group levels – which must be comparatively easy.
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