Chelsea vs Basel Live Stream: Watch UEFA Champions League Football Online Free
Chelsea plays host to Basel at Stamford Bridge Wednesday night in the first match of the group stage of this year's UEFA Champions League.
Jose Mourinho will begin his quest for a third UEFA Champions League title after the Portugese coach led the Blues to two semi-final appearances during his first spell in charge at Stamford Bridge, facing a Liverpool defeat each time.
Mourinho did lift Europe's highest club prize with Porto and Inter Milan and is committed to repeating that success with Chelsea.
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The Blues were crowned kings of Europe in 2012, but became the first defending champions to be knocked out in the group stage last season.
After that embarrassment, Chelsea was able to save face in the form of the Europa League crown, but anything less than advancing to the knock-out stage will be seen as a disappointment.
The draw has been relatively kind to Chelsea, with a standing in Group E placing them alongside Basel, Schalke and Steaua Bucharest.
Basel have won the Swiss Super League four seasons in a row, and have assembled a squad capable of causing some of Europe's bigger teams problems. Most notable was when they earned a win at home to Manchester United that sent the Red Devils out of the group stages and into the Europa League.
While they have ambitions of an upset one occurring on Wednesday night does not seem all that likely given the past recent history between the two clubs.
Last year Chelsea was able to knock out Basel 5-2 on aggregate in the semi-finals of last season's Europa League on their way to the Europa League title.
Kick-off for the match is at 2:45 p.m. and can be watched online here.
