Chelsea have drawn Lille again in the second run of the Champions League last 16 draw.
The Blues got lucky the first time around, getting Lille, the softest option they could have hoped for. And, on the repeat… they got them again.
This time it was even more hairy – it had come down to just Real Madrid or Lille, so there was great tension when the draw was made.
🚨 | Chelsea have drawn Lille AGAIN in the #UCLDraw pic.twitter.com/M2Gp1XNJvD
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) December 13, 2021
But in our case, at least, justice was done, and we got the same opponents. Considering we could have had Real or Bayern Munich, it’s a relief for us, especially given the way we were put into second place in the group by a goal in the dying seconds of the final game.
We will have to face the big guns later on in the tournament if we progress, but at least that first round draw gives us a slightly easier start to 2022 than we might have had.
Chelsea will go to 8th in #chompions_league, when face lillie.