Chelsea beats LAFC at Club WC as Delap debuts

Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernández each scored goals to propel Chelsea to a 2-0 triumph implicit LAFC successful the Group D opener for each squad successful the Club World Cup successful Atlanta connected Monday afternoon.

Chelsea struck archetypal successful the 34th minute, arsenic Neto received a cleanable downfield walk from Nicolas Jackson earlier sending defender Ryan Hollingshead to the crushed with a fake and uncovering the backmost of the nett with a onslaught past goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.

The all-important security extremity came successful the 79th infinitesimal arsenic Liam Delap sent successful a beauteous transverse to Fernandez, who finished with a left-footed changeable past Lloris from a fewer yards out.

It was the archetypal quality for Englishman Delap astatine Chelsea since his determination from Ipswich Town earlier successful June.

Chelsea volition proceed radical play connected Friday erstwhile it faces Flamengo successful Philadelphia, portion LAFC volition play ES Tunis aboriginal that time successful Nashville.

After a archetypal fractional that saw Chelsea prime up a brace of yellowish cards, the 2 sides had to beryllium separated arsenic Neto and Denis Bouanga got into a jawing match.

Chelsea astir doubled its vantage successful the 54th minute, erstwhile Neto's introduction walk to Jackson successful the container was headed toward the extremity earlier Timothy Tillman blocked the effort with a header redirect.

Bouanga had a large accidental to adjacent the people successful the 57th minute, but the effort from the near of the container was saved by Robert Sánchez.

Information from Reuters was utilized successful this story.