Chelsea have been cleared to play the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Lille despite Roman Abramovich being added to the European Union's sanction 'black list' on Tuesday.
Fears had grown in France that Wednesday's Champions League clash would not be able to go ahead after the EU followed the UK Government in sanctioning Abramovich due to his link to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
After Abramovich's British assets were frozen last week, placing Chelsea under a transfer embargo and preventing them from selling tickets and merchandise amongst other prohibitions, the club were issued a special Government licence to continue football operations in the UK.