France, March 18 -- Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel urged his Chelsea players not to be frightened of any team after they beat La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid to reach the last eight of the Champions League.

The west Londoners broughta 1-0 lead into thesecond leg at Stamford Bridge and Hakim Ziyech increased theiradvantage when he slotted Timo Werner's cross past the Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak inthe 34th minute.

Atletico boss Diego Simeone said his side would be on the front foot for the clash but despite the presence of Luis Suarez and Joao Felix they were unable to breach the Chelsea rearguard who had conceded only two goals in the 12 games of Tuchel's reign.

"The most important thing is we deserve this," Tuchel said. "They play with a...