BREAKING NEWS:The kick-off between Celtic Vs Chelsea Friendlies has been reschedule due to..

BREAKING NEWS:The kick-off between Celtic Vs Chelsea Friendlies has been reschedule due to..

Chelsea and Celtic lock horns in a preseason friendly at an iconic venue, as a different type of football comes to Notre Dame Stadium this Saturday.

 

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Enzo Maresca watched his Chelsea side draw 2-2 against third-tier Wrexham on Wednesday in Santa Clara, California in an ill-tempered encounter. Maresca defended Chelsea’s playing style after his first game in charge of the Blues, which saw his unique possession-based playing style come straight to the fore after his summer arrival from Leicester City.

Celtic beat Manchester City 4-3 in a thrilling contest at the University of North Carolina on Tuesday, as Brendan Rodgers’ side are much further along in their preseason preparations as the 2024-25 domestic season in Scotland starts much earlier than elsewhere in Europe.

 

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Chelsea fought back to draw against Wrexham as Christopher Nkunku had given them the lead, then Lesley Ugochukwu equalized late on. Chelsea started that game in a back three with Robert Sanchez in goal and Maresca asked his side to play out from the back and just two weeks into preseason you can already see the Italian coach has totally changed Chelsea’s style of play. Reece James, Noni Madueke, Romeo Lavia, Tosin, Levi Colwill and Badiashille all started, with Ben Chilwell, Malo Gusto, Raheem Sterling, Armando Broja and Wesley Fofana all coming off the bench. With the likes of Cole Palmer, Marc Cucurella, Moises Caicedo and Conor Gallagher yet to link up with the Chelsea squad for preseason, all eyes are on Maresca at Chelsea as an intriguing summer lies ahead. New signing Renato Veiga didn’t feature against Wrexham, neither did Nicolas Jackson or another new summer signing Kieran Dewsbury-Hall so that trio could feature but goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic is out injured and didn’t travel to the States. Another new signing, Marc Guiu, did start up front and is an interesting player to keep an eye on.