Valencia starts in the mouth of the wolf | UEFA champions league

• Chelsea have never lost against Valencia
• Second game of Celades in command of the club ché
• Abraham arrives at the meeting after marking a hat-trick on the weekend
• Lampard: "We have talent that can flourish in the #UCL"
• Celades: "The best competition in the world begins at club level"

Probable lineups

Chelsea: Kepa; Christiansen, Zouma, Tomori; Azpilicueta, Kovačić, Jorginho, Alonso; Pulišić, Abraham, Mount
Low: Kanté (ankle), Loftus-Cheek (Achilles tendon), Hudson-Odoi (Achilles tendon), James (ankle)
Doubts: Emerson Palmieri (hamstrings), Rüdiger (abdutor)

Valencia: Cillessen, Wass, Garay, Gabriel, Gayà; Ferrán Torres, Parejo, Kondogbia, Guedes; Gameiro, Rodrigo
Low: Carlos Soler (ankle), Piccini (kneecap)
Doubts: any

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Frank Lampard, Chelsea coach

I think the goal is to qualify for the next phase. It's a difficult group, but I think we have talent that can flourish in the Champions League. There are two parts, before Christmas and, if you pass, after Christmas, but I know the dangers of the group.

I think the goal is to qualify for the next phase. It's a difficult group, but I think we have talent that can flourish in the Champions League. There are two parts, before Christmas and, if you pass, after Christmas, but I know the dangers of the group.

Albert Celades, coach of Valencia

The best competition in the world begins at club level and that is sure to be enough motivation for everyone to be thinking about the game and face it in the best way.

When a situation like this arrives, all players want to play and be in a situation like this. In such a stadium. When the referee asks everyone wants to be in the starting lineup, everyone wants to go out for a while and nobody wants to miss it. And that to me is the most important of all.

The reporter's vision

Guille Honrubia (@UEFAcomGuilleH)
The game does not arrive at the best moment to Valencia. The situation generated after Marcelino's dismissal has taken a toll on the morale of a team that returns to the Champions League with the greatest enthusiasm. In front he will have a Chelsea who has never lost against the Valencians and who arrives at the game with a Tammy Abraham in a state of grace. Only a chip change in the Valencia squad with the motivation to return to Europe could allow Valencia to compete in Stamford Bridge.

Did you know?

The first game on the bench of Celades ended with a 5-2 defeat against Barcelona on Saturday, in which it was the biggest defeat of Valencia at home among all competitions from a 3-0 setback against Atlético de Madrid from on March 5, 2017. Check this information and many more in our retrospective of the match.