Galatasaray’s Didier Drogba faces former club, Chelsea, in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday.
This will be Drogba’s first match against chelsea since leaving the club.
Drogba is regarded as a legend by fans of the Premier League club, having clinched European glory in the competition with his final touch as a Chelsea player in the 2011-12 final against Bayern Munich.
Having scored 157 goals in 341 appearances for Chelsea, Drogba ensured a Hollywood ending at the club by converting the winning penalty against Bayern at the Allianz Arena.
However, Chelsea’s fourth all-time highest scorer will be aiming to knock his former employers out of the competition when the sides meet in the last 16 at the Turk Telekom Arena.
The Ivorian has 12 goals to his name in all competitions this season, but Chelsea qualified top of Group E with the help of one of the tightest defences in the competition.
As well as Drogba, Galatasaray coach, Roberto Mancini, also has plenty of experience with Chelsea.
Mancini was involved in a number of clashes with Chelsea during his time at Manchester City, winning six of nine meetings in all competitions, and the Italian has enjoyed a relatively successful tenure so far in Istanbul.
Galatasaray are aiming to reach the quarter-finals of the competition for a second successive season as they compete in the Champions League last 16 for just the second time.
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