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Chelsea have been told how Lille are planning to approach the second leg of their Champions League last-16 clash on Wednesday night when they travel to the north of France.

Thomas Tuchel's men boast a 2-0 aggregate lead heading into the second match. But the Blues have been besieged with disruption ahead of their trip to France, with doubts over their travel persisting following sanctions to Roman Abramovich.

But Chelsea have maintained their fine form domestically since the news of the Russian's sanctioning first broke. Just hours after the government acted, they beat Norwich City 3-1 before seeing off Newcastle 1-0 on Saturday.

Speaking ahead of the trip to Lille, Tuchel was generous in his praise for their opponents, telling his pre-match press conference : "I think they played well at Stamford Bridge. Very physical, attacked high up the pitch. It was impressive. They had a good pressing game, they were very brave and had the mentality that they had nothing to lose and we expect the same thing tomorrow.

"I know the stadium well and