Chelsea are currently busy in their pre-season games in United States. They want to improve their ranking in Premier League next season. They finished on 6th position in the 2023/24 season. This resulted in them missing out on Champions League spot. Furthermore, they had a good chance to qualify for Europa League but missed on that as well. Manchester United won the FA Cup which gave them place in Europa league next season. Chelsea are pushed down to Conference League. Now the club has made some important changes and is focused on pre-season games. Chelsea played against Club America in Mercedes-Benz stadium. Here are the key match analysis of that match.
Chelsea have changed their manager this summer. Despite finishing strongly at the end of season they parted ways with Mauricio Pochettino. Enzo Maresca who helped Leicester gain back promotion to Premier League has been brought in. The new manager is very busy in trying out his tactics. Chelsea enjoyed their first win under Maresca in this match. Several new players had a good impact on the team. Overall, Chelsea fans have enjoyed this game very much.
Key movements in first half
Chelsea enjoyed a very good first half at Mercedes-Benz stadium. Romeo Lavia who has started all of the matches in the pre-season was very good. He gave Chelsea a very good chance to open scoring early in the half. Firstly, Lavia ran through Club America defender after receiving the ball. Later, he was able to beat another defender in the penalty box. Lastly, he was brought down and penalty was awarded to Chelsea. Christopher Nkunku took the penalty and scored in the middle of the box. As a result, Chelsea were leading under only five minutes.
Chelsea were dominating the game against Club America and creating many chances. Romeo Lavia was playing very good and opening up spaces. He gave a very pass to Dewsbury-Hall. Later Dewsbury hall passed on the ball to Marc Guiu who took a shot. His shot was saved by the keeper. Dewsbury-Hall has already played under Maresca and their understanding was clearly spotted in the match analysis.
Dewsbury-Hall received a ball from Raheem Sterling who was playing on the wing. He then gave a chip pass to Marc Guiu. Guiu made no mistake this time and found the back of the net. This was the last goal of the first half. However, there would have been more goals considering the great attacking display from Chelsea. In addition, Robert Sanchez was also very good who started the game as goalkeeper.
Second half
Chelsea were able to add one more goal in the second half. However, Club America were able to dominate the game this time. Chelsea proved strong in the back and prevented Club America from scoring. Ben Chilwell who came in as substitute made two important interceptions. Enzo Fernandez was brought in at the start of second half along with the new goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen.
Chelsea were able to add another goal before the ending of the match. When 10 minutes were remaining Christopher Nkunku was brought down in the Club America’s penalty box. Chelsea were awarded another penalty. This time it was taken by Noni Madueke. Madueke made no mistake in making the score 3-0 and finishing the match on strong note.
Chelsea vs Club America : Match Stats
Here is the full match analysis between the two clubs. Both clubs shared an equal possesion at the end of 90 minutes. Chelsea were able to get 17 total shots out of which 9 were on target. In contrast, Club America had only 1 shot on target out of their 10 total shots. Both the clubs were very good when it came to passing. Chelsea’s passing accuracy was 90 percent whereas Club America’s was 89 percent.
Defensively Club America had a upper hand. They were superior than Chelsea in tackles won, interceptions and saves. In addition, they only received one yellow card whereas Chelsea received three. All of the stats are according to FOTMOB.
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