Liam Delap opens Chelsea account win at Club World Cup | Club World Cup 2025

When you feel the game play in a spaceless room and no one knows how to turn off the central heating, it is difficult to play free-flowing football. Chelsea still manages to keep cool in Philadelphia’s suffocating conditions Club World Cup Thanks to a 3-0 victory over Espérance.

It was a positive night for Enzo Maresca. Liam Delap scored his first goal for his new club, though Chelsea Flamengo in Group D was behind and could pass in second place. After all the dates with Bayern Munich on Saturday, there was much more trial after Benfica’s disastrous attempt to spin with Vincent Kompany on Tuesday afternoon to beat the German champion Chobing 1-0 on Tuesday afternoon.

Of course, Chelsea shouldn’t take it for granted when they head to Charlotte to face Champions League rival Benfica. Again, though, the photo does look more optimistic than after last Friday’s runaway defeat of Flamenco. Avoiding an early exit of humiliation, Maresca will be happy to put Cole Palmer, Moises Caideo, Levi Colwill, Pedro Neto and Reece James against opponents’ restrictions.

Maresca’s match begins 11. He made eight changes, giving Filip Jorgensen a chance to score goals, Christopher Nkunku started attacking for the first time since April 17, and again caused a collapse on social media, and although they did not get a lot of standard practice for Andrey Santos in the midfield, they worked with a young player who worked with his new player, who was new to him, who was new to him.

Maresca points out the tactical drawbacks of Santos’ absorption. This is Chelsea’s 60^Th A hard sports game, if one thing becomes clear during Maresca’s first year in charge, it is that his system takes time to understand. Malo’s enthusiasm reversed from left back and Kiernan Dewsbury’s hall to the right wing instead of midfield, which sums up these complexities.

Not that Chelsea implemented the plan well from the beginning. Is this the result of heat waves that lead to inability to train correctly? The kickoff in Lincoln’s financial field is still 35°C, and the extra enjoyment of high humidity levels makes it difficult for Chelsea.

The first 10 minutes were drowsy. Tosin adarabioyo goes wide from one corner, but especially at the other end. Gusto was caught and only the defender could return to denying Elias Mokwana, more worried when Yan Sasse lags behind the opposite side of Josh Acheampong.

Chelsea responded to Nkunku Finding Delap, who turned around and shot Bechir Ben at 20 yards. When Enzo Fernandez combined with the enthusiasm on the left, they began to dominate and nearly scored. Dewsbury-Hall should do better with free headers. Ben said, looking more and more suspicious, and then shot from Acheampong. Enzo Fernandez beat a volley after a great performance from Noni Madueke, Chelsea’s most dynamic player in the first half.

Nkunku, struggling for form and fitness, is trapped in the pocket of space. If there are no buyers who buy French International this summer, maybe Maresca can still find the purpose of the striker. Nkunku certainly has his merits, especially in the opposition box. More importantly, he continues to be out of place in this setting.

However, as the half approaches, Chelsea has been pressing. Especially not much. When Acheampong advanced in downtime, they broke down and won a free kick to the right. Fernandez crossed, and Tosin guided by a clever title.

The pressure rises, Chelsea pushes again before the interval, and the advantage doubles when Delap rotates on the left, the barrel enters the area and shoots with his right hand. Ben is strangely, strangely, he has barely been rooted in his line, and despite the uneven center of the ball rolling, he has no attempt to save, like an outfielder barely scoring the goal in a casual fifth of the game.

Chelsea controlled the second half. Madueke and Nkunku have narrow shots. Tyrique George and Marc Guiu are here and are thwarted by Ben Say. Maresca was satisfied and withdrawn Delap, and the striker took a breath given that Nicolas Jackson still couldn’t handle Benfica after a red card against Flamengo.

Santos even had a late show, and when his shot was handled and fined, he seemed to have a quick impact, only because the decision was overturned after the var review.

No difference. Flamenco will face Bayern after splitting 1-1 with Los Angeles Football Club. Chelsea still entered the knockout stage, making £7m in the process, and Gloss added the scoring line when Ben Said failed to handle George’s powerful shot.