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Hello and welcome to football.london for live coverage of Enzo Maresca's pre-match press conference this afternoon.
Chelsea play their second Champions League match of the league phase on Tuesday evening, with Jose Mourinho making his return to Stamford Bridge as Benfica manager. After losing at Bayern Munich last time out in Europe, there is added pressure on the Blues getting a positive result on Tuesday night.
Even more so given Chelsea's recent form. Since returning from the most recent international break, the Blues have just one win to their name in five matches in all competitions - and that came against League One side Lincoln City in the third round of the Carabao Cup last week.
In that time, there have been three defeats for Maresca and his side, and that has inevitably led to plenty of criticism. Maresca will be desperate to return to winning ways on Tuesday as Champions League football returns to Stamford Bridge for the first time in almost two-and-a-half years.
Maresca will preview Chelsea vs Benfica from 12pm (UK time) today. You can follow along with every word the Chelsea head coach has to say in our dedicated live blog below, with Bobby Vincent in SW6 throughout the day.
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