Panathinaikos vs. Chelsea, UEFA Conference League: Live blog; highlights

Welcome to matchday two of the UEFA Conference League’s league phase! We’re in Greece, ready to take on Panathinaikos in the grand arena of the 2004 Olympics. The local side are in mourning following the tragic death of George Baldock a fortnight ago, and will be playing this game imbued with his spirit.

Enzo Maresca makes an almost full rotation of the squad, with mostly the B Team taking the pitch but Marc Cucurella and Enzo Fernández both starting as well. It’s not exactly clear how the back four will line up, with no recognized right back in the team.

Here we go!

Panathinaikos starting lineup (4-2-3-1):
Dragowski | Mladenović, Jedvaj, Schenkeveld (c), Kotsiras | N.Maksimović, Čerin | Pellistri, Ounahi, Mancini | Jeremejeff

Substitutes from: Lodygin, Lilo, Vagiannidis, Šporar, Tetê, Bakasetas, Ingason, Fikaj, Bregou, Durićić, Willian Arão, Ntampizas

Chelsea starting lineup (4-2-3-1):
Jörgensen | Cucurella, Veiga, Badiashile, Disasi | Enzo (c), Dewsbury-Hall | Mudryk, Félix, Neto | Nkunku

Substitutes from: Sánchez, Bergström, Tosin, Madueke, Chukwuemeka, Sancho, Casadei, George, Guiu, Rak-Sakyi, Mheuka

Date / Time: Thursday, October 24, 2024; 17.45 BST; 12:45pm EDT; 10:15pm IST
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece
Referee: António Nobre (on pitch); André Narciso (VAR)

On TV: TNT Sports 1 (UK); none (USA); Sony TEN 5 (India); elsewhere
Streaming: discovery+ (UK); Paramount+ (USA); Sony LIV (India)

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Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes!