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Chelsea vs Club America – LIVE!

Chelsea will be looking to produce a much-improved display as they face Club America tonight. The Blues were beaten 4-1 by Celtic last time out, following on from a 2-2 draw with League One side Wrexham, and things are yet to click under new boss Enzo Maresca.

The Italian has insisted the below-par performances are “part of the process”, but it is now only a few weeks until Chelsea begin their Premier League campaign with a daunting clash against defending champions Manchester City. After tonight’s match, Chelsea go up against City and then Real Madrid, before bringing their pre-season schedule to an end against Inter Milan.

The Blues will again be without players involved at Euro 2024 and the Copa America over the summer, with Enzo Fernandez, Marc Cucurella and Conor Gallagher not yet available. Marc Guiu starts up front, with Noni Madueke and Christopher Nkunku among those behind him. Follow all the action with Standard Sport’s LIVE blog below!

Chelsea vs Club America latest news

• Kick-off: 12:30am BST | Mercedes-Benz Stadium

• How to watch: Chelsea TV

• Chelsea team news: Guiu leads the line

• Standard Sport prediction

PENALTY CHELSEA!

00:38 , Matt Verri

2 mins: Chelsea straight on the front foot, corner won after about 15 seconds.

That leads to nothing, but Lavia then drives into the box and he’s brought down!

Or so the referee says… that looked suspiciously liked a dive on replay.

Chelsea don’t care. Penalty.

KICK-OFF!

00:36 , Matt Verri

We’re up and running!

Here we go!

00:29 , Matt Verri

Teams are in the tunnel in Georgia, kick-off just a couple of minutes away.

Two matches, two unconvincing displays and two poor results for Chelsea so far this summer.

Time to kick into gear.

What you’ve all been waiting for…

00:18 , Matt Verri

Club America have kindly decided to share their team news.

You can all relax now.

Colwill not involved

00:08 , Matt Verri

Levi Colwill has not been named in the Chelsea squad.

Suggestion is that it’s not an injury for the defender, but the club are keen to manage his workload.

Fernandez issues apology on Chelsea return

00:00 , Matt Verri

Enzo Fernandez made his first act on joining Chelsea’s USA tour an in-person apology to his Blues team-mates for singing an offensive song on Argentina duty.

Fernandez is also understood to have volunteered to make a donation to an anti-discrimination charity.

The 23-year-old has been under disciplinary proceedings by Chelsea since posting a social media video of him and his Argentina team-mates celebrating their Copa America triumph with a discriminatory chant.

The song about the France national team includes racist and homophobic lyrics, and led Fernandez’s Chelsea team-mate Wesley Fofana to brand the video “uninhibited racism” in his own social media post.

The former River Plate midfielder is now back in training with the Blues, and his apology is thought to have been welcomed by his Chelsea team-mates.

Read more on that here

Mexican side have arrived!

23:50 , Matt Verri

Club America doing a good job of keeping their team news to themselves.

Can confirm they are at least in the stadium…

Gallagher set for Chelsea exit

23:45 , Matt Verri

No Conor Gallagher for Chelsea.

Reports tonight that he has again rejected a contract offer from the club.

A £33m bid from Atletico Madrid has been accepted by Chelsea, though Gallagher has not yet agreed personal terms.

Big night for Guiu…

23:38 , Matt Verri

Marc Guiu leads the line for Chelsea, another chance for the 18-year-old to impressed.

Looks to be a front three behind him, Christopher Nkunku starting and Raheem Sterling and Noni Madueke out wide. Tosin Adarabioyo gets the nod at centre-back.

Enzo Fernandez, Wesley Fofana and Ben Chilwell among those on the bench.

Chelsea team news

23:31 , Matt Verri

Starting XI: Sanchez, James, Badiashile, Adarabioyo, Gusto, Lavia, Dewsbury-Hall, Nkunku, Madueke, Guiu, Sterling

Subs: Jorgensen, Bettinelli, Bergstrom, Beach, Acheampong, Fofana, Chilwell, Veiga, Enzo, Ugochukwu, Chukwuemeka, Angelo, George, Mudryk, Broja

Guardiola offers Alvarez update

23:20 , Matt Verri

Pep Guardiola appeared to give a frosty response when asked about Julian Alvarez’s decision to consider his future at Manchester City.

Alvarez is understood to be weighing up his options, with both Arsenal and Chelsea reportedly interested in signing the Argentine after turning down a new City contract.

The 2022 World Cup winner came seventh in the Ballon d’Or rankings in 2023 and is understood to want more game time, despite featuring in 54 domestic matches last season — including 36 of City’s 38 Premier League games.

Speaking during City’s pre-season tour of the United States, Guardiola said: “I read that he’s going to think about it. OK, think about it. Then he will inform us what he wants to do.

“Julian played a lot. He wants more? It’s fine. So that’s why [he wants to] think about it. And when he thinks about it, he will inform us.”

Maresca: We need to improve… but it’s normal

23:07 , Matt Verri

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca says the squad have “many things to improve” upon after a miserable 4-1 defeat to Celtic in Indiana.

The loss meant Chelsea remain winless in two games in the United States, having fought back to draw with third-tier Wrexham.

Maresca, though, remains unconcerned as his side built towards the new campaign.

The Chelsea boss commented: “As we said, the result is always important. For us, we need to analyse the game in general.

“I think on the ball, the team were 10 times better than in the game against Wrexham and that is important because we can see the amount of chances we created first half and second half.

“And off the ball, for sure, we can improve things and you can see sometimes we confused when we need to play short, a little bit longer. It’s part of the process.”

“For sure, we need many things to improve off the ball. One of the things we did bad today was when the ball was not under pressure, to maintain the high-line. When the ball is not under pressure, you need to drop.

“We still confuse some things on and off the ball. For me, it’s normal in this moment. We are trying to do something new.”

Jorgensen joins up with new team-mates

22:57 , Matt Verri

Chelsea have continued their latest summer recruitment drive with the signing of goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen.

The Swedish-born Danish Under-21 international has signed a seven-year contract at Stamford Bridge until 2031 after joining from LaLiga outfit Villarreal in a deal believed to be worth £20.7million.

Jorgensen immediately joined up with his new Chelsea team-mates in Atlanta on Tuesday, training ahead of the third instalment of their USA pre-season tour which comes tonight against Mexican champions Club America.

“This move is a dream come true,” said Jorgensen.

“I am very excited to have signed for Chelsea, one of the biggest clubs in the world. I can’t wait to get to know everyone and to start playing with all my new team-mates.”

Stage is set!

22:43 , Matt Verri

Incredible stadium for tonight’s match…

Standard Sport prediction

22:31 , Matt Verri

It has been a tricky start to pre-season for Maresca and a Club America team already in full flow will be motivated to grab a surprise result in Georgia against what has been a disorganised defence.

Club America to win, 2-1.

Chelsea team news

22:21 , Matt Verri

Maresca has started with the same new formation in both of Chelsea’s friendlies so far, featuring Reece James pushing into a central midfield role alongside Romeo Lavia.

Marc Guiu, Carney Chukwuemeka, Noni Madueke and Wesley Fofana are among those to have also featured in the two starting XIs.

There are few senior options on the bench for the Blues, who have held the likes of Raheem Sterling, Ben Chilwell, Malo Gusto and Renato Veiga back as substitutes so far.

Once again, they will be without players who featured in Euro 2024 and the Copa America such as Enzo Fernandez, Marc Cucurella and Conor Gallagher.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall is yet to make his pre-season debut due to a minor injury. Djordje Petrovic and Omari Kellyman are injured while Trevoh Chalobah and Alfie Gilchrist were left out of the tour to find new clubs, the latter on loan.

New goalkeeper Fillip Jorgensen has joined the tour after completing a £21million transfer.

How to watch Chelsea vs Club America

22:13 , Matt Verri

TV channel and live stream: In the UK, Chelsea vs Club America is being shown live on the official Chelsea website and app.

A match pass costs £4.99, with kick-off at 12:30am BST in the early hours of Thursday morning – 7:30pm local time. Coverage starts at 12:10am.

Live blog: You can follow all the action right here with us!

Good evening!

22:04 , Matt Verri

Roll up, roll up.

Chelsea are back in action as they continue their pre-season preparations… the wait for a first win under Enzo Maresca still goes on.

Club America the opponents tonight, with kick-off at Atlanta coming at 12:30am BST!