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| New York Red Bulls v Chelsea – live! | New York Red Bulls v Chelsea – live! |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 8.19pm ET01:19 | |
| 13 min: Chelsea pulling it back, trying to slow things down. Doing better keeping possession these past few minutes. | |
| 8.17pm ET01:17 | |
| 10 min: New York really pressing here, perhaps trying to catch Chelsea cold. A shot from Davis is well-struck but off target wide right. | |
| 8.13pm ET01:13 | |
| 7 min: Another corner to the Red Bulls, who have shown well here early, but it’s easily corralled by Courtois. And now a counter-attack! Just like that Chelsea are thundering down the pitch in concert. Ball falls to Moses, who does a wonderful move to break down his defender before uncorking a shot that’s parried away by Reynish. Amazing how quickly that came from nothing. | |
| 8.11pm ET01:11 | |
| 4 min: The Red Bulls win the first corner when two Chelsea defenders are forced to close in on a well-played through ball, but it’s easily cleared. Not much going here early. | |
| 8.08pm ET01:08 | |
| 3 min: Chelsea keeping the ball early from the back. Finally dispossessed near midfield as the Red Bulls move it down into the final third, but can’t create an opportunity. Both sides just feeling each other out early. | |
| 8.06pm ET01:06 | |
| 1 min: And we’re off! Chelsea in familiar all-blue kits attacking from left to right, while the Red Bulls are in their standard home kits: white shirts with red sleeves and shorts. Sweltering conditions here in North Jersey: 81F with 38% humidity. | |
| 8.01pm ET01:01 | |
| Not much longer now | |
| The teams are emerging from the tunnel moments after Blur’s Parklife was blasting over the arena’s loudspeakers. | |
| 7.55pm ET00:55 | |
| Chelsea in the house | |
| The Blues are in the building for their first of three pre-season matches in the United States. After tonight, the English champs will face Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday in Charlotte and Barcelona next Wednesday in Washington. | |
| We have arrived at the Red Bull Arena! #CFCTour https://t.co/O8RjRT9hTQ | |
| 7.39pm ET00:39 | 7.39pm ET00:39 |
| The teams! | 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. | 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. | 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 | Chelsea: Courtois; Ivanovic, Zouma, Cahill, Azpilicueta; Fabregas, Mikel; Moses, Oscar, Traore; Remy |
| 7.29pm ET00:29 | 7.29pm ET00:29 |
| Preamble | Preamble |
| Welcome to tonight’s friendly between the New York Red Bulls and Chelsea at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey. | 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. | 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. | 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 | 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 |