Chelsea land easy Champions League group along with AC Milan, Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb in Group E draw

CHELSEA will take on seven-time champions AC Milan in a blockbuster Champions League showdown.

But it is a routine Group E for Thomas Tuchel’s side who also face Red Bull Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb.

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Chelsea have discovered their Champions League group-stage opponents[/caption]

The Blues reached the quarter-finals as defending champions last season.

However, despite a stunning comeback against Real Madrid, they were undone by the eventual champions in extra-time at the Bernabeu.

Now Olivier Giroud and Fikayo Tomori will return to Stamford Bridge as Serie A champions in Chelsea’s toughest home game of the group.

Elsewhere, Liverpool got an interesting draw with Ajax, Napoli and Rangers.

Tottenham will play Eintracht Frankfurt, Sporting Lisbon and Marseille in a brutal group.

And Premier League champs Manchester City got Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund and Copenhagen.

Due to the World Cup in November, the six matches are crammed into three blocks of back-to-back gameweeks.

Those will be played on September 6/7 and 13/14, October 4/5 and 11/12 then October 25/26 and November 1/2.

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Chelsea boss Tuchel has let a number of big names go this summer with Romelu Lukaku, Timo Werner and Antonio Rudiger all out the exit door.

However, new owner Todd Boehly wasted no time splashing the cash.

Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly, Marc Cucurella, Carney Chukwuemeka and Cesare Casadei have arrived in mega-money deals.

And Tuchel will be hoping his side can replicate their Champions League glory of 2021 by going all the way.

But first, they must get through the group stages – which should be relatively straightforward.

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Olivier Giroud and Fikayo Tomori will head back to Stamford Bridge[/caption]

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Chelsea were knocked out by Real Madrid last season[/caption]