Chelsea FC v FC Porto MATCH PRESS KIT Stamford Bridge, London Tuesday, 6 March 2007 - 20:45CET First knockout round, second leg - Matchday 8 Contents 1 - Match background 7 - UEFA information 2 - Match facts 8 - Match-by-match lineups 3 - Squad list 9 - Competition facts 4 - Head coach profiles 10 - Team facts 5 - Match officials 11 - Competition information 6 - Domestic information 12 - Legend Match background In the past three UEFA Champions League campaigns, Chelsea FC have recorded two aggregate victories and one defeat in the Round of 16. Having returned from the Estádio do Dragão with a 1-1 draw they will be confident of making it three wins in four at this stage to scupper FC Porto's hopes of reaching the quarter-finals for the first time since they were crowned champions in 2004. • Porto's hopes of matching the achievement of three years ago under José Mourinho and progressing through the knockout rounds were raised when Raul Meireles fired Porto into a 12th-minute first-leg lead. However, Andriy Shevchenko maintained his recent upturn in form with an excellent equaliser to leave honours shared. The teams also matched each other in terms of efforts against the woodwork - Ricardo Quaresma and Didier Drogba the men to be denied. • So it is all to play for at Stamford Bridge where Chelsea, under Mourinho, have suffered only one reverse in 13 UEFA Champions League outings - to eventual winners FC Barcelona at this stage 12 months ago. It was the only time in their four tilts at Europe's greatest club prize that they had failed to reach the quarter-finals. • In this season's group campaign that formidable home record was underlined as Chelsea won all three games, scoring five goals with none conceded. • A repeat of their home result against these opponents in the 2004/05 season would delight everyone connected with the London club. It ended 3-1 in Chelsea's favour with Aleksei Smertin and Drogba giving Mourinho's team a comfortable lead before Benni McCarthy replied for the visitors. John Terry then weighed in with the third. • While that fixture was Chelsea's first against Portuguese opposition in UEFA club competition, their opponents have a more extensive history as far as visits to England are concerned. They may still be searching for their first away win but have reason to travel with confidence because they can point to a number of wins overall. • They accounted for Wolverhampton Wanderers FC in the 1974/75 UEFA Cup first round and Manchester United FC in the second round of the 1977/78 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup after having built three and four-goal leads from the opening legs in Portugal. Last updated 06.03.2007 16:09:38CET www.uefa.com Page 1 Chelsea FC v FC Porto MATCH PRESS KIT • Away defeats against Tottenham Hotspur FC, United and Liverpool FC resulted in Porto's elimination from all three European club competitions during the 1990s and into the 2000/01 season, and they will recall more fondly their visit to Old Trafford in 2003/04 as a last-minute equaliser from Costinha maintained a momentum which took them all the way to the UEFA Champions League final in Gelsenkirchen and ultimate glory against AS Monaco FC. • Jesualdo Ferreira's team travelled to England for their first away game in Group G on 26 September, going down 2-0 against Arsenal FC. However, they gained maximum points from their next two fixtures out of the country, beating Hamburger SV 3-1 and PFC CSKA Moskva 2-0. Those results helped them finish on eleven points in the section, the same as Arsenal who took top spot through a superior head-to-head record. Match facts Chelsea • No Chelsea player has played every minute of the seven UEFA Champions League matches to date although Michael Essien, Michael Ballack and Didier Drogba have all featured in every game. • Andriy Shevchenko has played more games (85) in the UEFA Champions League than any other Chelsea player. He has also appeared 104 times in UEFA club competition and scored his 58th UEFA goal in the first leg against Porto. He is level with Raúl González and both are four goals behind all-time leader Gerd Müller on 62. • Claude Makelele has the next highest total of UEFA Champions League games with 79 but has made the most appearances in UEFA club competition having played 109 times. • Ashley Cole's next UEFA Champions League appearance will be his 50th; the left-back has never played in another UEFA club competition. • Ricardo Carvalho made his 50th UEFA Champions League appearance in the Matchday 1 defeat of Werder Bremen and has since taken his total to 55 games. • Shevchenko is the top scorer in the UEFA Champions League in the current Chelsea squad with 45 goals to his name. Only Drogba (16 goals), Ballack (12) and Frank Lampard (eleven) have also got into double figures. • Three Chelsea players made their UEFA Champions League debuts against Bremen on Matchday 1; Khalid Boulahrouz, John Obi Mikel and Salomon Kalou. • The Matchday 3 game against FC Barcelona at Stamford Bridge was Hilário's first in the UEFA Champions League since his appearance for FC Porto against FC Bayern München on 19 April 2000. Carlo Cudicini appeared in the competition against Bremen on Matchday 5 for the first time since the home match with Real Betis Balompié on 19 October 2005. • After seven matches Drogba is the joint leading scorer in this season's UEFA Champions League thanks to his hat-trick in Sofia on Matchday 2 and his goal in each game against Barça. Kaká, Fernando Morientes, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Raúl have also scored five times. Essien, Lampard, Ballack, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Shevchenko all scored once in the group stage. • Lampard has set up two goals in the first seven games with Juninho Pernambucano the leading assist provider with five. • Drogba has had eight shots on goal, five fewer than Kaká, who has had the most. Last updated 06.03.2007 16:09:38 CET www.uefa.com Page 2 Chelsea FC v FC Porto MATCH PRESS KIT • The Ivorian striker has been caught offside on nine occasions, with Mohamed Tchite, no longer involved in the competition, leading that list on 17. • Ballack has committed 23 fouls, one fewer than Brandão, who is the competition's most penalised player although no longer involved. He has been fouled 14 times. Essien has committed 17 fouls - three more than he has suffered - and Drogba 14. • Of the teams left in the competition, only Olympique Lyonnais have commited more fouls (127) than Chelsea and LOSC Lille Métropole (125). • Only AS Roma, with 19, of the teams still involved have collected more yellow cards than Chelsea and Lille's total of 17. • Drogba will celebrate his 29th birthday on 11 March, the day after Lassana Diarra turns 22. Magnus Hedman will be 34 on 19 March. • Petr Čech, Ballack, Makelele and Essien were all booked in the first leg against Porto. Essien is one caution away from a one-match suspension as is Joe Cole. • Seven of Chelsea's eleven goals this season have come in the second half. They have yet to find the net inside the first 15 minutes of a match. • On Saturday Chelsea recorded a hard-fought 2-0 Premiership victory away to Portsmouth FC. Drogba scored the opening goal with a volley on 32 minutes before substitute Kalou secured the three points after converting Ashley Cole's assist nine minutes from time. • Drogba's goal was the Ivorian striker's 29th for Chelsea this season in all competitions and his 18th in the league. • The victory, coupled with Manchester United FC's win earlier in the day meant that the Premiership champions remained nine points adrift of their rivals at the top of the table. • Mourinho said: "Our job is to keep winning matches and reduce the gap at the top to six points so the pressure is on them. We have to win all our matches and wait for them to drop some points. It was a big victory today and no injuries. That is almost unique this season." • The Chelsea starting lineup showed two changes from that which triumphed in the English League Cup final six days earlier with Ashley Cole replacing Wayne Bridge and Arjen Robben also coming into the side as Terry was ommited after suffering a head injury in Cardiff. Mikel was ruled out through suspension following his sending off in that game. • Ashley Cole was making his first appearance since 31 January because of a knee injury. • Joe Cole remains on the treatment table as he recovers from a foot operation but Boulahrouz is on the verge of returning from a dislocated shoulder after rejoining training last Thursday. • Speaking about Chelsea captain Terry, manager José Mourinho said: "John has no chance of playing against Porto. The man is before the player. John is more important than a football result and we won't risk him." • The victory increased Chelsea's recent unbeaten run to nine matches in all competitions. They have won their last eight games in domestic football . • With the win Chelsea kept up a record of having not lost against Portsmouth in 50 years, since a 3-0 reverse on Boxing Day 1957. Last updated 06.03.2007 16:09:38 CET www.uefa.com Page 3 Chelsea FC v FC Porto MATCH PRESS KIT • Chelsea followed-up their draw in Porto by lifting the English League Cup at the Millennium Stadium against Arsenal FC four days later, defeating their London rivals 2-1.