It's a quirk of fate that Graham Potter's first match in charge of Chelsea is likely to come in the Champions League. It's a competition the 47-year-old has never coached in during his career – and one that will forever be synonymous with Thomas Tuchel's reign given the triumph in Porto in 2021.
As things stand, Red Bull Salzburg will visit Stamford Bridge on Wednesday evening in what is the second group-stage game of Chelsea's campaign. The first proved Tuchel's last match at the helm: a disappointing and frustrating 1-0 defeat to Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb earlier this week.
Following the cancellation of this weekend's Premier League fixtures following the death of The Queen, Potter, who was officially named as Tuchel's replacement yesterday (Thursday), will have an unexpected window of four days to prepare his players on the training pitches at Cobham for the visit of Salzburg.
