Thomas Tuchel will face a challenging Chelsea Premier League test following the UEFA Champions League draw.

In Group E, the Blues will play Dinamo Zagreb and Salzburg for the first time ever. It will be our first ever competitive matchup with a Croatian team.

The two thrilling group stage draws we had during our 1999–2000 first Champions League campaign come to mind when we face AC Milan. Olivier Giroud, Fikayo Tomori, and Tiemoue Bakayoko, who is on loan from the Bridge, are all members of the Serie A champions.

In a preseason friendly in 2019, we played Salzburg, and Pedro scored an incredible backflicked volley to help us win 5-3. Their domestic league has been won nine years in a row.

Chelsea has been preparing for Europe’s top rivalry for a while, and they’ve shown under Thomas Tuchel that they can actually compete with the ideal, taking the championship in 2021. However, considering the established timeframe prior to the World Cup’s start in November, the current year’s gathering stage will provide remarkable obstacles.

This year, the opposition’s gathering phase will start earlier and end by the beginning of November, necessitating back-to-back midweek installations to ensure that every game is completed.

Tuchel’s path might be made considerably difficult by the possibility of any resemblance of Dinamo Zagreb, Shakhtar, and Maccabi Haifa all in pots that could be matched with Chelsea, depending on the draw and separate expected to go for away games in the group.

Game Day 1

The first gathering game is scheduled on September 6–7. On Sunday, April 4, at 2pm, a home derby versus West Ham will set up this conflict.

Game Day 2

There won’t be many breaks as Chelsea plays their second game on September 13–14, as will be the case with the gathering this season. The first two games are guaranteed, with the Blues remaining in London for their shortest trip to Craven Cottage against Fulham for a midday start on the tenth and a mouthwatering 4.30pm encounter with Liverpool at the Bridge on the week’s end.

Game Day 3

The third game is in the main seven-day stretch of October on the fourth, with Crystal Palace away coming before it, following the final international break before the World Cup. Wolves come to town to cap out the week.

Gameday 4

The fourth, which will be the second of the gathering’s center double header, will take place seven days later, on October 11–12. It seems sense to provide a reasonable gap after the previous Champions League test as Chelsea travels to Villa Park on the sixteenth in a Sunday 2pm game.

Game Day 5

On October 25 and 26, the gathering stage’s penultimate round will take place, and this is when things start to become very rough. On Tuesday, March 23, at 4.30 p.m., Manchester United hosts a home game before traveling to Brighton on Wednesday, March 29.

Gameday 6

The conference comes to an end on November 1-2, just before another significant home match, this one against Arsenal, which is now scheduled for the fifth but will likely be moved for television. The third round of the Carabao Cup will be played at Manchester City, while the final game before the break will be played at St. James Park versus Newcastle.