The Blues hold a handsome 2-0 advantage from the first leg ahead of the return back in Seville against the Portuguese champions on Tuesday night, courtesy of goals from Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell last week.

With the draw to the Istanbul final having already been made, it has led some to start considering a last-four meeting with either Real Madrid or Liverpool, while this significant week could also end with a place in the FA Cup final once again, if we can overcome the obstacle of Manchester City in Saturday’s Wembley semi-final.

Tuchel does not shy away from our trophy-lifting ambitions in his assessment of the coming days, however with expectations and excitement building, the German has made it clear that we cannot look beyond the next assignment.

‘Once you are in the second leg of a Champions League quarter-final, you will not find any team that does not have the goal to arrive in the semi-final, and from there in the final,’ said the boss at his pre-match press conference in southern Spain this afternoon.

‘We are also in the semi-final of the FA Cup so that means we play to arrive in the final, and if we arrive in the final we will play to win it. I was very clear, because there is nothing to hide, that Chelsea is a club that provides a structure, culture and quality to any coach where we can win games consecutively, and then of course we can titles.

‘I’m here to win games and to win titles. This is what I demand of myself but there is no tougher match than the next game and there is no other obstacle to overcome than Porto tomorrow. We should not get lost in dreams or hopes or speeches. We are here to focus on the reality that we have a hard battle to fight in the quarter-final.’

Kai Havertz grabbed the headlines with a goal and an assist in a starring weekend performance against Crystal Palace, after which Tuchel spoke about how his countryman had very different attributes as a striker to the aggression shown by predecessors such as Diego Costa.

It was therefore put to Tuchel that, if the 21-year-old was not an emotional leader for the Blues, then who in the dressing room was?

‘Honestly, you don’t want to be in a fight with Toni Rudiger or Azpilicueta or Kovacic,’ was the manager’s reply.

‘They’re ready to fight and it’s their nature to show it on the pitch and to protect the interests of our team. I’m pretty sure that our players feel very comfortable when they look around the dressing room and see who they can rely on.

‘The best thing tomorrow is that nobody needs to do it alone. We are out there together - everybody on the pitch will help each other and we will help from the bench and from the stands.

'We will push hard, hard, hard for the best outcome and that means we have 90 minutes to fight to achieve a big goal.’