Chelsea won the first game: new players show up for assists, Enzo shines, the team ushers in a good start to the Club World Cup

In the just-concluded 24/25 season, the young Chelsea not only won the European Union championship, but also advanced to the top four of the Premier League under tremendous pressure under the leadership of the new coach Maresca and successfully qualified for the Champions League next season. After a period of rest, Chelsea has entered a new journey.

In this round of the Club World Cup group stage, Chelsea, who is in Group D, faces the American League team Los Angeles FC. The latter qualified to participate in this Club World Cup by defeating the Mexican strong team America 2-1 in the play-offs. In this game, Chelsea's Palmer missed opportunities many times, and Neto took the lead in breaking the deadlock for the team. New aid Drapp gave an assist in his debut, Enzo set the victory, and Chelsea finally won the game 2-0, successfully starting the Club World Cup journey.

Although the strength of the two teams is different, Maresca still chooses to deal with it carefully. In this game, he ranked most of the main players and adopted a 4231 formation. Jackson served as a single forward, Palmer, Maduaike, Neto, Kesedo and Lavia formed the midfield, while James, Adarabioyu, Colewell and Cucurella built the defense line, and the goalkeeper was still Sanchez. After the referee whistle sounded, Chelsea quickly took the initiative on the field. Just 5 minutes into the game, Maduaike broke through from the left and made a direct pass in front of the penalty area. Jackson quickly turned around and shot at a small angle, but was blocked by Lori and Los Angeles FC escaped by chance. In the 13th minute, Jackson made a clever ball in front of the penalty area, and Neto made a cross from the baseline, but Maduaike missed the opportunity because of slipping his foot when receiving the ball.

As the game progressed, Jackson continued to be active in the 17th minute. He made a straight pass after passing the frontcourt, and Maduaike shot alone but was saved by Lori. In the 20th minute, Kesedo counterattacked and then made a diagonal pass to Palmer, whose long shot slightly missed the post. Immediately afterwards, he led a breakthrough from the right in the 29th minute and crossed to the back point. Maduaike's header once again missed, and Chelsea gradually seemed a bit of a waste of opportunity.

Finally, in the 34th minute, Chelsea broke the deadlock. Jackson's accurate pass helped Neto break into the penalty area smoothly. Neto calmly scored a low shot. Lowry had no choice but to take it 1-0 and enter the locker room with this advantage. After the second half began, Maresca made adjustments, Enzo came on as a substitute, Lavia came off the field, and Gusto replaced James. In the 53 minutes of the game, Neto made a tactical corner kick, Jackson's header was blocked by Tillman, and the ball missed the post, and Chelsea failed to expand the score. In the 57th minute, Los Angeles FC almost equalized, and Buanga volleyed in a double-player attack, but was bravely blocked by Sanchez.

In the 64th minute, there was another change on the court, with two substitutes George and new aid Drapp appearing one after another. In the 65th minute, Palmer passed the ball from the right, Delapp broke through flexibly and knocked back in the back of the triangle, and Enzo's close-range shot was blocked by the opponent. In the subsequent corner kick cooperation, Neto was busy in the penalty area, while Palmer was unmarked but unexpectedly kicked the ball away. As a player worth 120 million, such performance was not satisfactory.

However, in the 79th minute, Chelsea showed its smooth offensive cooperation. Palmer's straight pass found Drapp, who passed the ball across the board, Enzo seized the opportunity and made a steadily push and shot, slid and knelt down to pay tribute when celebrating. In the end, Chelsea defeated Los Angeles FC 2-0, successfully embarking on the Club World Cup, keeping pace with Bayern and Paris. Next, the team will face Flamenco in 4 days and just win to lock in the qualification to qualify in advance.