Chelsea face Flamengo within the Membership World Cup tonight, and we’re anticipating a very good sport.
There have been some fairly dire matches within the opening spherical of fixtures, each drab 0-0s and embarrassing 10-0s. However issues have improved since then, and Inter Miami’s win over Porto final night time was a correct upset to hopefully get issues into gear.
South American groups are undefeated on this competitors up to now, and that must be no shock. They’re at all times searching for an opportunity to check themselves towards European opposition, and this event is accordingly big for them.
They’ve travelled in massive numbers to the USA, and will likely be particularly hyped to play Chelsea tonight, with our present and previous Brazilian connections.
Former Blue Jorginho will likely be taking part in for the Rio membership, and so they’re managed by one time Chelsea left again Filipe Luis. David Luiz was taking part in there till earlier this 12 months, and has additionally had his say on the sport.
Luiz on “nice sport” between former golf equipment
“I believe it’s going to be a fantastic sport”, the Champions League successful centre again stated.
“Chelsea have been on an upward curve, with new concepts, new gamers – they’re a brand new aspect. The membership was beneath a special proprietor once I was there, and so much has modified since. There’s a brand new chairman, lengthy contracts for younger gamers, lots of modifications have been made to try to develop the crew over the previous few years, and we’re seeing the outcomes!”
Betting websites like Betway have the Blues as favourites, in fact, however it’s going to possible be a really robust, very shut sport. Enzo Maresca has already admitted that he’s going to vary up his crew fairly considerably after taking part in successfully a full power XI within the first sport towards LAFC.
Chelsea might be concerned in thriller
So a barely weakened Chelsea towards a very motivated Flamengo? It might be a fantastic sport. The temperatures and kick off time in Philadelphia ought to make situations higher than they’ve been for among the different video games, and we are able to solely hope there’s a greater crowd than there was in Atlanta on Monday night time.
Andrey Santos will likely be actually eager to play towards a crew that’s the rival of his former crew Vasco, and the likes of Dario Essugo and Liam Delap will likely be itching to make a primary aggressive begin for the Blues.
We’re excited for this one.
