Galatasaray will take on Chelsea in the first leg of the round of 16, the most interesting part is former Chelsea’s Champions league winner and their legend Drogba will be standing between Chelsea and their place in the last 8 of the tournament.
The first leg of the contest will be played in Turkey where both teams will fight for their place in the next round. Turkish Super Lig Champions will take on current EPL league leaders under Jose Mourinho in a match expected to be one of the anticipated one given that Drogba has already given everything for Chelsea back at his time.
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Galatasaray has already defeated Juventus in Turkey this season which means Chelsea will face great competition at the Turk Telekom Arena.
Jose Mourinho will be fully concerned about the threat the 35 years old could cause to his former team with Jose Mourinho asking John Terry and his co to take full care of Drogba when he is introduces against his former team.
Galatasaray has conceded the most number of goals in the Champions league so far among the sixteen teams that have been in the last 16 of the tournament. They have conceded 14 goals and lost only one of their last seven Champions league match with the defeat coming against Real Madrid.
Chelsea duo David Luiz and Mikel are expected to start in the Champions league clash despite being a confusion due to their respective injuries. Meanwhile the January signings Matic and Salah are cup tied having featured in the Champions league already with their former clubs.
Van Ginkel is still out for Chelsea due to knee injury which keeps Mourinho to start with Hazard, Oscar, Ramires in the heart of the midfield.
You can watch the champions league online live streaming, however that is not the legal broadcasting. The match will be hosted away from givemegoal.com, you can always comment below in the quality of the streaming.
Official lineup
Galatasaray
- 25 Muslera
- 27 Eboué
- 15 Telles
- 03 Felipe Melo
- 21 Chedjou
- 22 Balta
- 14 Hajrovic
- 10 Sneijder
- 11 Drogba
- 17 Yilmaz
- 08 Inan
Substitutes
- 06 Gülselam
- 19 Bulut
- 26 Kaya
- 35 Kurtulus
- 52 Colak
- 55 Sarioglu
- 86 Ceylan
Chelsea
- 01 Cech
- 02 Ivanovic
- 28 Azpilicueta
- 08 Lampard
- 24 Cahill
- 26 Terry
- 17 Hazard
- 07 Ramires
- 09 Torres
- 22 Willian
- 14 Schürrle
Substitutes
- 03 Cole
- 11 Oscar
- 12 Mikel
- 19 Ba
- 23 Schwarzer
- 29 Eto’o
- 33 Kalas
Prediction
Givemegoal.com predicts Galatasaray’s victory in the first leg while Chelsea getting the crucial away goal. Gal 2-1 Chel.
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