Panathinaikos vs Chelsea, UEFA Conference League: Live Blog; Highlights

Welcome to the second matchday of the league phase of the UEFA Conference League! We are in Greece and ready to take on Panathinaikos in the grand arena of the 2004 Olympics. The local team mourns the tragic death of George Baldock two weeks ago and will play this game full of his spirit.

Enzo Maresca does an almost complete rotation of the squad, with mainly the B team taking the pitch, but Marc Cucurella and Enzo Fernández also starting. It is not exactly clear how the back four will be set up as there is no recognized right-back in the team.

Let's go!

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

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

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

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

Date/Time: Thursday, October 24, 2024; 17.45 BST; 12:45 p.m. EDT; 10:15 PM IST
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece
Referee: António Nobre (on the field); Andre Narciso (VAR)

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

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Be great to each other and keep celebrating, guys!