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| - Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel kept faith with Timo Werner up front for their Champions League quarter-final first leg against Porto in Seville on Wednesday. Werner, who has scored only twice in his last 32 matches, was preferred to Olivier Giroud while Tammy Abraham was back in the squad, but only on the bench. In all there were five changes from the defeat by West Brom on Saturday, with Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger among those to come in at the back. For Porto, Sergio Oliveira and Mehdi Taremi were suspended and replaced by Marko Grujic and Luis Diaz as expected. Chelsea (3-4-3) Edouard Mendy; Cesar Azpilicueta (capt), Andreas Christensen, Antonio Rudiger; Reece James, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, Ben Chilwell; Mason Mount, Kai Havertz, Timo Werner Coach: Thomas Tuchel (GER) Porto (4-4-2) Agustin Marchesin; Wilson Manafa, Pepe (capt), Chancel Mbemba, Zaidu Sanusi; Marko Grujic, Mateus Uribe, Otavio, Tecatito; Luis Diaz, Moussa Marega Coach: Sergio Conceicao (POR) Referee: Slavko Vincic (SLO) ta/jc
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