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| New York Red Bulls v Chelsea – live! | New York Red Bulls v Chelsea – live! |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 7.39pm ET00:39 | |
| The teams! | |
| Here’s a look at today’s starting XIs. We’re told Serbian defender Branislav Ivanovic will be wearing the captain’s armband for the Blues. | |
| New York Red Bulls: Reynish, Miller, McLaws, Stolz, Obekop, Ouimette, Davis, Plewa, Tsonis, Adams, Bedoya. | |
| Chelsea: Courtois; Ivanovic, Zouma, Cahill, Azpilicueta; Fabregas, Mikel; Moses, Oscar, Traore; Remy | |
| 7.29pm ET00:29 | |
| Preamble | |
| Welcome to tonight’s friendly between the New York Red Bulls and Chelsea at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey. | |
| Just yesterday in this building, the Red Bulls were cruelly eliminated from the US Open Cup quarter-finals by the Philadelphia Union, who played down a man for 80 minutes after Conor Casey was shown a straight red in the 40th minute. Now they’ll try to pick themselves up for an exhibition against the reigning Premier League champions. | |
| We’ll have the team information ready in short order. While you wait, feel free to re-live Tuesday’s misery below. | |
| Updated at 7.36pm ET | |
| 7.00pm ET00:00 | 7.00pm ET00:00 |
| Bryan will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s Chelsea defender Gary Cahill offering some helpful advice to his England team-mate John Stones. Everton are not happy: | Bryan will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s Chelsea defender Gary Cahill offering some helpful advice to his England team-mate John Stones. Everton are not happy: |
| “Are Chelsea a hard club to turn down? Yes, of course,” Cahill said. “In terms of ambition, if you’re a young player in the game, have played in the Premier League like he did a lot last year, and a big club come calling, it’s very difficult to turn down because you want to achieve the most you can in the short period you have in your career as a professional footballer. | “Are Chelsea a hard club to turn down? Yes, of course,” Cahill said. “In terms of ambition, if you’re a young player in the game, have played in the Premier League like he did a lot last year, and a big club come calling, it’s very difficult to turn down because you want to achieve the most you can in the short period you have in your career as a professional footballer. |
| “When a top club comes calling, who you know will be firing on all fronts with competitions and medals, that’s ultimately what you want to be playing for. It’s hard to turn down, of course. | “When a top club comes calling, who you know will be firing on all fronts with competitions and medals, that’s ultimately what you want to be playing for. It’s hard to turn down, of course. |
| “He will look at the club, look at the players, and look at being involved in a squad like ours. When Chelsea came calling for me, it was an opportunity, it was a chance and looking from the outset you may not be sure how it’s going to go. But it’s one you can’t turn down; you have to grab it with both hands. Then you have to work as hard as you can to make it work.” | “He will look at the club, look at the players, and look at being involved in a squad like ours. When Chelsea came calling for me, it was an opportunity, it was a chance and looking from the outset you may not be sure how it’s going to go. But it’s one you can’t turn down; you have to grab it with both hands. Then you have to work as hard as you can to make it work.” |
| Related: Gary Cahill urges defender John Stones to leave Everton and join Chelsea | Related: Gary Cahill urges defender John Stones to leave Everton and join Chelsea |