Chelsea vs. Dortmund kick-off delayed – Why?

Kick-off was delayed 10 minutes due to the late arrival of the Dortmund team bus, but if anything that just ramped up the intensity when play did get underway inside a fizzing Stamford Bridge. Chelsea's crunch Champions League clash against Borussia Dortmund has been delayed by 10 minutes to build the nerves on a crucial night for Graham Potter. The Blues must win by two goals to progress to the quarter-finals at Stamford Bridge against visitors enjoying a relentless winning run. Chelsea vs. Borussia Dortmund clash is scheduled at the Signal Iduna Park stadium, in the second leg of the round of 16 in the Champions League. Chelsea's European fate is hanging in the balance after a 1-0 defeat in the first leg at the Westfalenstadion in February. And fans at Stamford Bridge could be in for a late-night, especially if the second leg of the last-16 clash heads into extra time.

Chelsea's lineup came as follows: Goalkeeper: Kepa 
Defenders: Cucurella, Kalidou Coulibaly, Wesley Fofana 
Midfielders: Ben Chilwell, Enzo Fernandez, Mateo Kovacic, Reece James 
Forwards: Raheem Sterling, Joao Felix, Kai Havertz.

While Borussia Dortmund squad came as follows: 
Goalkeeper: Alexander Meyer Defenders: Raphael Guerrero - Nico Scholterbeck - Niklas Sule - Mario Wolf 
Midfielders: Emre Chan - Saleh Ochan - Jude Blingham 
 Forwards: Marco Royce - Sebastian Haller - Julian Brandt.