Good evening and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the Champions League last 16 first leg between Atletico Madrid and Chelsea. We'll bring you all the action as it happens at the National Arena in Bucharest. Kick off is at 20:00 GMT.
Champions League / Last 16
Arena Nationala / 23.02.2021
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Updated 23/02/2021 at 21:54 GMT
56'
Chelsea's best opportunity to open up the Atletico Madrid defence is on the counter attack. It's proving very difficult to play through the Spaniards due to the numbers they have back.
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54'
Chelsea did well to finish top of their group, ahead of Sevilla, but this is a tough draw for the Blues. They have been unfortunate in that Atletico Madrid finished behind Bayern Munich in their group.
53'
Chelsea have started the second half well. Atletico Madrid have been better from an attacking sense this season, but this match has seen them revert to their default setting.
51'
PICTURE: Not much happening for Giroud
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50'
Simeone has made progress in turning Atletico Madrid into a more expansive, modern team. While many of the same conservative values remain, the capital club are better in the attacking third.
49'
Last season saw Atletico Madrid eliminate Liverpool from the Champions League. Their surprise win at Anfield proved to be something of a turning point for Simeone’s side. They went on a run.
48'
Atletico Madrid haven't been able to trouble Mendy much. Given how shaky the Chelsea goalkeeper looked in the first few minutes of the match, they should test him more!
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Chelsea probably just about edged things in the first half. They had a couple decent opportunities, but it must be said that scoring chances have been few and far between.
2nd Half
45'
The second half is under way! It's still goalless between Atletico Madrid and Chelsea in this Champions League last 16 first leg!
End of 1st Half
45+1'
HALF TIME: Atletico Madrid 0-0 Chelsea. Still waiting for the breakthrough and in truth the current scoreline is a reflection of the way this match has gone so far. Chelsea may just have edged it.
45'
There will be just one minute of stoppage time played at the end of the first half.
44'
Suarez almost in! Correa tried to find Suarez at the near post, but the Atletico Madrid striker couldn't guide an effort on the stretch towards goal and Chelsea survive.
43'
Caught in two minds! Alonso plays a good ball to Mount inside the opposition penalty area, but the Chelsea midfielder gets caught in two minds between shooting and trying to find Giroud.
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PICTURE: Werner has been lively
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41'
Werner is denied! The Chelsea forward turns Savic inside the Atletico Madrid penalty area and gets a powerful strike away, but Oblak makes the strong save at his near post! Better from Chelsea!
40'
Close from Jorginho! The Italian midfielder spotted the run of Hudson-Odoi in behind Lemar, but he couldn't quite execute the right pass to his teammate. Nice idea, though.
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Chelsea won the last meeting between these two teams 2-1 at the Wanda Metropolitano back in 2017. However, a lot has changed at both clubs since then. The world has changed too!
36'
Looking at the replays of that last opportunity for Atletico Madrid, the option was to thread through Felix rather than Suarez. That was the easier ball for Lemar. Went for too much.