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6 mins: As expected, Chelsea are dominating the ball in the early stages and are working hard to keep Dinamo pegged back in their own half.

Reece James closes down Robert Ljubicic and wins the ball high up the pitch. Chelsea work it across to Raheem Sterling who slides it into the box to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

The new striker shifts away from a defender and has the chance to shoot, instead he pulls it back to Sterling whose effort is blocked just as the offside flag goes up against Aubameyang.

3 mins: Reece James whips Chelsea’s first cross into the Dinamo box but lifts it over everyone’s heads and sends Ben Chilwell racing to recover the loose ball.

He collects it and knocks it backwards as the home side push out and force Chelsea to retreat.

Chelsea get the match underway and work the ball over tothe right side where Kai Havertz attempts to keep it in play but can’t bring the ball properly under control.

Dinamo Zagreb win an early throw in.

“Dinamo are used to winning and that shapes a certain mentality,” said Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel. “They deserve to be here and will play a very technical, emotional game against us. That’s always difficult.”

Dinamo Zagreb have won the Croatian title for five years in a row and they are unbeaten in eight league games this season.

Chelsea are featuring in the Champions League for the 19th time moving them level with Arsenal and behind only Manchester United (24) for most participations by an English club.

The Blues are one of only two English teams to win the Champions League since 2008 having lifted the trophy in 2012 and 2021.

Liverpool won it in 2019 defeating Tottenham 2-0 in the final.

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Thomas Tuchel has laughed off concerns about Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s time-keeping, after the striker was forced out of Arsenal for multiple breaches of discipline last season.

Aubameyang was stripped of the Arsenal captaincy by manager Mikel Arteta after reporting back a day late following a period of leave, an incident which Arteta claimed was far from isolated.

The Gabonese international had his Arsenal contract terminated and joined Barcelona in January, but found himself surplus to requirements at the Nou Camp this season and made a surprise return to the Premier League on deadline day when he signed for Chelsea.

Dinamo Zagreb coach Ante Cacic says his team don’t feel any pressure playing in the Champions League this season and are instead looking to celebrate playing against the biggest clubs in Europe.

“I don’t feel any pressure, I did my job by reaching the group stage.” he said, “This is a celebration for us. Big clubs are coming to play us. We have a duty to be ourselves and take our chances.

“We are playing a match that we really wanted to play. It’s our reward for winning the title. This is a great pleasure for us and I’m sure that we will all benefit from this competition, players and fans.

“We are not the favourites in any game, but in every game we will look for our chance. This is not a knockout game: we have to look forward to it and learn from it.”

Dinamo’s Mislav Oršić spoke to Uefa.com about how it feels to be back playing in Europe’s best competition and he said: “The Champions League is a very big challenge for us.

“We know we were very competitive in the Europa League – we could compete against everyone. This is a step up for us.

“We will do our best to be competitive in the Champions League.”

Chelsea have arrived at the Stadion Maksimir and will soon be heading out for a warm-up. Thomas Tuchel has named an attacking side for this Champions League opener.

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