Chelsea did not have too much plenty, but he debuted with triumph at the Club World Cup against Lafc

ByDavid Mitchell
Chelsea did not have too much plenty, but he debuted with triumph at the Club World Cup against Lafc

Without shining, Chelsea beat Los Angeles FC 2-0 In the Mercedes-Benz Stadium on the first date of the group stage of the Club World Cup 2025. Pedro Neto scored the first goal of the blues at 34 ‘of the first half, and Enzo Fernández put the bun to the game in the absence of 10’ for the end.

The meeting did not have much shine for some blues that in the process dominated the times and the ball, but that could have suffered more than the account in Atlanta.

Is that the Maresca team showed no great superiority, Although he had more chances and it was effective. There was a small stretch of the match in which he was close to suffering the draw by the MLS team, which opted to retreat and leave quickly throughout the match, but was encouraged more with the uphill.

Chelsea began notifying the 18 ‘, when a robbery at the exit of the Americans allowed Nico Jackson to attend Madueke on the left, to finish off crossed down and demand a Lloris who covered her with her knees. And at 20 ‘, Cole Pale tried in the crescent with a shot that went to the roof of the arch, realizing the spaces that the team began to find.

But only at 34 ‘he managed to tip the balance in his favor. It was after a great counterattack that Nico Jackson ran to Pedro Neto, who escaped on the left, He threatened the shot to the center and hit him a dry left -footed shot and down to the first stick of Hugo Lloris.

Even the goal, Chelsea drove the ball and the times, yes, although he did not damage his rival too much. And in the second half the process could have turned a turn.

It was only in the complement that LAFC managed to warn and dangerously. First David Martínez escaped from the Cucurella brand and defined the first stick very badly. Then Denis Bouanga arrived enabled in the area and finished down to the first stick to react Robert Sánchez, and subsequently was the turn of Hollingshead, who finished off from outside the area just above the crossbar.

The scare was completed with a failed goal below the arch by Mark Delgado after a Bouanga pass. And it was the definitive alert that Chelsea was in danger.

However, there when the team felt it, Enzo Fernández turned off the fire. The Argentine, who entered the second half, stepped on the area by surprise and lowered a great assistance from Liam Delap, controlling with his chest in a second and defining cross -left.

The conquest brought relief. And Chelsea ended up keeping the game 2-0 at a somewhat opaque premiere for the champion of the Conference League, in the group that complete Flamengo and Esperance of Tunisia.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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