Chelsea secure first win in US, beating Club America 2-1 on penalties

Ngo Maresca led the "Blues" Chelsea to a 3-0 win over Mexican giants Club America on penalties in their first friendly match in the United States before facing Manchester City at 8am on August 16 (Thailand time).

Royal support news-Engo Maresca led the “Blues” Chelsea to defeat the famous Mexican team Club America 3-0 with a penalty kick in the first warm-up match in the United States. Then meet Manchester City at 08.00 on August 16 (Thailand time)

Royal support news-เอ็นโก มาเรสก้า นำทีม “สิงห์บลูส์” เชลซี เอาชนะทีมดังจากเม็กซิโก คลับ อเมริกา 3-0 โดยมีจุดโทษในเกมอุ่นเครื่องนัดแรกที่สหรัฐอเมริกา จากนั้นพบกับ แมนเชสเตอร์ ซิตี้ เวลา 08.00 น. วันที่ 16 ส.ค. (เวลาประเทศไทย)

Football match results 2 Penalty! Chelsea win first match in the United States, defeating Club America

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On July 31 (morning of August 1, Thailand time), Premier League giants Chelsea held their third friendly match in the United States against an American team from Mexico, as they only drew 2-2 with Wrexham and lost 1-4 to Celtic.

In this game, Italian coach Enzo Maresca chose to send Marco Ku, Raheem Sterling, Reece James, Romeo Lavia and Christopher Nkunku as the starters, while new teammate Enzo Fernandez was appointed as a substitute.

Just three minutes into the game, the referee found Lavia was being tackled in the box, Chelsea were awarded a penalty and Nkunku was badly hit, then he came inside in the 8th minute, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall passed the ball to Ji, who gave the Spanish star a chance to shoot, but it was not sharp enough.