90+3 min: Conte is in rage mode, a defeated man as he urges his team to do something that looks beyond their aching limbs.

90+1 min: Napoli look to drop a free-kick in the Chelsea box, though instead, Vergara, from a short one, cuts inside and tries to find Hojlund on the back post.

90 min: Gittens, the sub, is subbed, for Badiashile. Five minutes to be added on.

89 min: Some strut in the Chelsea team now while Napoli look woebegone. They’ve fallen short, all that energy in the first half could not be sustained.

88 min: Fofana is booked for smashing into McTominay. The on-pitch mics picked up the clatter of shin pads.

87 min: AS IT STANDS, Chelsea are sixth, and Napoli languish in 30th. Of the English teams, only Newcastle will not be in the top eight.

85 min: Napoli look gassed out. Chelsea, their fans now louder than ever, look full of confidence. Belief is draining for the home team.

84 min: Joao Pedro used Garnacho as a decoy and just as Lukaku comes on, what looks the felling blow is landed.

81 min: Garnacho, with his new face tattoo, is already on, and wandering offside. Lukaku makes his bow, too.

80 min: Romelu Lukaku, in many ways the great lost Chelsea player, is due to come on for Napoli. It never quite happened for him at the club where he had idolised Didier Drogba.

79 min: Napoli have run short of ideas, with Chelsea sitting deep Hojlund and Vergara have no space in which to make their incursions.

77 min: Di Lorenzo is coming back on, with a heavy limp, it looks like. What a soldier, though his influence had waned before he got hurt.

76 min: Di Lorenzo is in tears, this looks a nasty one, compounding all those injury problems for Napoli. This gives Chelsea time to regroup, and their players stage an on-pitch conference.

74 min: Fernandez has a shot for Chelsea but cannot get beyond a wall of Napoli defenders. Di Lorenzo, all action, has gone down, and it looks nasty, as if he rolled over his ankle.

73 min: Chelsea look far more comfortable in possession. Estevao is the player they want to get away but once he gets it, he is slow to release Joao Pedro.

71 min: Neither team look particularly full of flow at the moment. Garnacho is imminent for Chelsea.

69 min: Chelsea need another goal, it should be said. Though Napoli’s plight is deeper than theirs.

67 min: Napoli changes: Jesus off, Gutierrez on. Conte has only five outfield subs to choose from, of course. Though he could lump on one of his goalkeepers in a David James style.

65 min: Chelsea try to calm it down, just as their fans become audible for what feels like the first time this evening. They seem to still be at three at the back, too, with Chalobah adding his defensive ballast. Jeers as the away team hold the ball before Enzo Fernandez has a shot from distance.

64 min: AS IT STANDS: Chelsea 10th, Napoli 27th. Neither are where they’d like to be.

62 min: Barry Davies in 2002’s words will forever ring true. Napoli need to chase this now. Great finish by Joao Pedro, stunning, against the run of play but these things will happen.

59 min: Rosenior rolls the dice, with Gusto and Andrey Santos going off, Gittens on, and so is Chalobah. Four at the back, who knew?

58 min: Napoli are doing an Italian job, a Conte job here, trying to snuff out danger, not overcommitting. Memories of Barry Davies when Italy, coached by Giovanni Trappatoni, lost to South Korea: “They have only themselves to blame.”

57 min: It’s up to Chelsea to chase this but they are struggling to get hold of the ball. Napoli happy to retreat into five at the back when their opponent has possession.

55 min: Holjlund is doing a manful job in holding up the ball. At Manchester United, there were times the ball just wouldn’t stick. Surely that was all about confidence.

54 min: Though perhaps they fancy another. They are the team who don’t have to chase this.

53 min: Napoli are sat deeper than in the first half, or at least since they went behind. They are looking to the counter, trying to tempt Chelsea forward.

51 min: Napoli pressing high, Andrey Santos having to shimmy his way out of lumber as hordes of light blue shirts chase him down.

50 min: Liam Rosenior has his notebook out. What has he seen? What can he change? His team feel quite vulnerable to a Chelsea counter.

48 min: Chelsea get the ball, and again slow it down. This half, they can’t really afford to do that. Cucurella almost gets robbed when he plays it to Vergara who charges on but cannot find fellow scorer Hojlund.

46 min: What impact can Cole Palmer have? Feels like he’s been nursing his various muscles all season but Chelsea need him right now.

Half-time Chelsea change: Pedro Neto off, Cole Palmer on. Chelsea stay with three at the back.

AS IT STAND at half-time: Chelsea the odd team out of six Premier League clubs.

Colum Fordham gets in touch from Naples: “Writing from Naples where the atmosphere has just gone Vesuvian. The youngster Vergara was probably the shining light in Napoli’s weekend defeat against Juventus. But Madon, oh my god, he’s just pulled off a stunner with a turn worthy of Diego.

”I know Conte’s not got a good track record in this competition but he knows how to galvanise a team which is struck by injury (De Bruyne, Neres to name but a few). Forza Napoli (Come on Napoli)!”

45+1 min: Napoli probably fancy another before half-time. Chelsea’s three-man defence and midfield are being picked off in what Jurgen Klopp used to call the “half spaces”.

45 min: Three minutes added on. Caicedo smashes into Elmas, and for his complaints, one of Conte’s coaches is booked.

44 min: Hojlund gets the thumbs up from Romelu Lukaku. Caicedo meanwhile appears to be questioning the formation. Not good signs. AS IT STANDS, Chelsea are 12th, Napoli are 19th.

41 min: James steps across to coolly rob Hojlund. Chelsea, though, are struggling to keep the ball as they would like.

39 min: AS IT STANDS: A Bodo/Glimt goal against Atletico takes Chelsea back into the top eight. Meanwhile, they must ride out a storm, with Vergara, full of beans, taking on another shot.

38 min: Napoli putting it about a bit, flying into tackles. The home fans demand it, as does Antonio Conte. Chelsea seek to quell the danger with some precise passing; they do so to the sound of whistling and jeering.

36 min: Napoli pressing like demons now, Reece James finding himself hunted down by Elmas.

34 min: Vergara is normally a bit-part player, at 23 he’s yet to make much of breakthrough. AS IT STANDS, Chelsea down to ninth, and Napoli are 26th. The home team need a win or a shift of results.

32 min: Rosenior deep in consultation with Reece James as there’s a break in play. He’s very hands on.

31 min: Di Lorenzo asked to defend, real box to box stuff, and asked to close down an Estevao spurt. Chelsea are giving Napoli little respite with their press.

30 min: This is a decent game, openings at both ends. Di Lorenzo has been all over the place, and Chelsea are struggling to pick him up. Napoli win a corner, and waste it again. Nicolas Jover’s doctrines yet to take off in Serie A.

29 min: Neto goes close, skipping beyond Olivera, and it takes Meret coming out to narrow the angle to prevent a second Chelsea goal.

27 min: Lobotka drops deep and send away Olivera, though he cannot find Hojlund, who knocks the ball behind. Napoli corner, a poor one, and Sanchez claims it, almost unchallenged.

25 min: This is a test for Chelsea’s nerve, under new management, a test of their coach. Rosenior is issuing plenty of instructions, asking his team to get tighter.

23 min: Napoli pile on the pressure, Di Lorenzo to the fore, with Cucurella having to make a heroic block when the ball falls to the Napoli captain.

22 min: Chelsea resume their taking their sting from the opposition. It’s all on Napoli now. Spinazzola sends away Di Lorenzo, and his cross comes in, to be kicked away by Sanchez’s boot.

21 min: Chelsea climb to sixth AS IT STANDS, with Napoli in 28th.

20 min: It was Jesus who was the handler of the ball. Unsurprising update: Conte is not at all happy with that decision. Fernandez buried that penalty with venom.

16 min: Estevao gets the ball in the loose, and passes inside to Joao Pedro, who is fouled. Chelsea free-kick, one from the type of distance that maybe Reece James might fancy.

14 min: Chelsea, again, try to pass the ball slowly, take out the sting. It’s working for them. Napoli look a bit leggy, as they did when losing to Juve at the weekend.

13 min: It’s maybe more frantic than is comfortable for either manager. Hojlund is doing well in holding up the ball, but this time Elmas can’t get to the ball.

11 min: First corner for Chelsea, taken short, and headed by Joao Pedro, but that won’t beat Napoli’s keeper.

10 min: Enzo Fernandez picks up a loose ball, and surges forward. The steam goes out of the attack, and then, despite Estevao’s attacking intentions, they cut back.

8 min: McTominay looks dazed, to say the very least. That ended up being very nasty. Does he know where he is? Tell him he’s Scott McTominay.

7 min: Now McTominay leads the press, hounding down Caicedo, and Sanchez clears hurriedly and smashes the Napoli man full in the chops. That’s gotta hurt.

6 min: McTominay sets off on a run, and Enzo Fernandez hacks him down. A reducer on the danger man, Lancaster’s finest.

5 min: Hojlund spins his defender, and tries to release the recovered Di Lorenzo. Chelsea have a high line, though Hojlund was in his own half. This time they clear and attack at speed.

4 min: Chelsea pressing high, Estevao full of beans as he chases down his flank. Napoli having to play their way out.

3 min: Di Lorenzo goes off but looks groggy rather than hurt badly. Napoli are running low on players at the moment so losing him would be a bitter blow.

The Napoli ultras sang the last line of the Champions League anthem like a war cry. This competition has not always been kind to their team.

Naples is loud as the teams take to the field, and by the looks of pre-match it will be two teams playing three at the back. The Champions League anthem rings out.

Hugh Collins gets in touch: “Are there any theories as why Conte teams are so abysmal in Europe? He has had plenty of opportunities to get it right.”

One theory is the intensity he throws at domestic campaigns, though other theories are available.

Liam Rosenior spoke to TNT ahead of kick-off: ““It’s been a positive start. Firstly the players and their engagement and attitude and willingness to learn, I think they have enjoyed it as well. Tonight is another big test for us and if we manage to come through it , it gives us a great chance of being in the top eight.”

“They are very good on transition. They are very organised in their press. From what I’ve seen they will press us really, really high, whether that is from a 3-4-3 or a 5-4-1. They have outstanding players. They build well from the back. It is going to be a difficult game and we are prepared for it.”

For Chelsea, Reece James looks to be playing centre-back, while Napoli have only named five subs. Antonio Conte has selected Leonardo Spinazzola on the the right flank, with Mathías Olivera on the left of the traditional Conte 3-5-2. It looks as though Chelsea have matched them man for man.

A reminder that Napoli, despite their travails in this competition, have not lost at home for a year.

This game brings back memories of a Champions League classic. Recall John Terry directing the team from the sidelines after subbing himself off? To think he never became Chelsea manager, as once seemed his destiny.

So, no Cole Palmer starting for Chelsea. Romelu Lukaku is also on the bench, for Napoli against his old club.

Here’s where the teams stand in the mega table, ahead of the final round.

Let’s not forget the permutations:

After edging past Pafos last week, Chelsea hold the final top-eight place but face a difficult trip to Antonio Conte’s Napoli, despite the Italian champions’ injury problems. A win in Naples should put Liam Rosenior’s side through to the last 16 but it may come down to goal difference. A draw or a defeat and, again, given the number of teams on 13 points, Chelsea would likely be condemned to the playoffs.

The overnight news from Naples was grim.

The big news of the day so far from Chelsea: Raheem Sterling was not on the flight.