Chelsea v LAFC: Membership World Cup – are dwelling | Membership World Cup 2025

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A bit of a set-to to end the half, Bounaga and Neto sharing sentiments once the whistle goes with various others getting, er, in and around them. But the ref intercedes and off everyone trots.

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This is beautifully taken. Again, Jackson does really well, taking the ball after Cucurella wins it and slithering along the halfway line before setting Neto away. His first touch is poor, taking him down the line rather than towards goal, but a a lovely chop inside, sending Hollingshead off to Chick-fill-A, opens everything, and he lashes a finish inside the near post to set Chelsea away.

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Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Sanchez; James, Tosin, Colwill, Cucurella; Lavia, Caicedo; Neto, Palmer, Madueke; Jackson. Subs: Jorgensen, Acheampong, Gusto, Chalobah, Badiashile, Sarr, Anselmino, Essugo, Fernandez, Santos, Dewsbury-Hall, George, Nkunku, Delap, Guiu.

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LAFC (4-3-3): Lloris; Palencia, Long, Segura, Hollingshead; Tillman, Jesus, Delgado; Ordaz, Ebobisse, Bouanga. Subs: Ochoa, Hasal, Chanot, Tafari, Marlon, Saldaña, Raposo, Dilrosun, Amaya, Holm, Yeboah, Wibowo, Martínez, Giroud.

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It’s hard to know what to feel here, isn’t it? On the one hand, a confected competition, staged for impure reasons, by men of questionable character, in a country undergoing a fascist takeover, skewing domestic competitive balance yet further, while players trudge through yet more games; on the other hand, FOOTBALL.

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LAFC did not qualify for this competition automatically, by winning the Concacaf Champions League; rather, they won a play-in after León, former Concacaf Champions League winners, were disqualified for infringing club ownership structure rules. But here they are so here we are, the fifth-best side in the Western Conference, we’ll never sing that.

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Facing them we have none other than the reigning Conference League champions – who, in fairness, did actually win the Champions League to make it into this tournament. And Chelsea are, in various ways, a prime example of the vain, venal, narcissistic decadence it represents … but how exciting might it be if, suddenly, they click?

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Kick-off: 3pm local, 8pm BST

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Key events

87 min Nice from Chelsea, Delpa seizing a loose ball and showing good toes in flicking a pass for George, who finds Neto. He crosses to the abet put up, the build a ravishing closing-ditch header from Palencia takes the ball faraway from the ready Nkunku.

85 min Martinez runs at Colwill, tries a depraved to the abet put up with the outside of his boot … and there’s too a lot on it.

84 min Now two adjustments for Chelsea: off plod Palmer and Caicedo, on near Nkunku and Dario Essugo.

82 min A change I missed after the diagram: LA sent Amaya on for Jesus.

81 min Lengthy ball over the stay, Gusto gets nowhere near it, and Bouanga is onto it! He falls – but used to be he shoved? – then, from the bottom, by some capacity light swivels into a shot … that Sanchez saves. Gusto is fortunate, because there used to be contact that made a dissimilarity, when he used to be nowhere near the ball.

No longer to any extent extra they’re no longer! Palmer rolls down the aspect of the LA defence for Delap, who crosses neatly, and, bursting into the box, Fernandez controls with his physique on the shuffle, then hammers home from shut fluctuate.

77 min Now Tillman sneaks around the outside of Cucurella, stands up a depraved, and Gusto heads faraway from Giroud, neutral, then Colwill taps away when Bouanga crosses, Martinez has a shot blocked and a ball to the some distance put up is slid on the abet of by Bouanga, light there from the outdated effort … but he used to be offside. At 1-0, LAFC are light bang in this.

76 min Delap bullocks into the box but Tillman gets in entrance of him and awaits the inevitable circulate. the contemporary boy is doing his easiest to ingratiate himself with the Chelsea give a enhance to.

75 min Cucurella shoves Martinez within the abet, who goes down clutching an ankle, and he’s booked.

73 min “Chelsea fill three world-class avid gamers in Caicedo, Cucurella and James (if he stays fit of direction),” reckons Julian Menz. “Palmer and Enzo are virtually there. Lavia isn’t too shabby either, and we’ve yet to leer what a right striker, Delap, can raise out to abet the wingers. No longer to level out the arrival of Santos and Estevao. Too younger excellent now? Possibly. Skill contenders? Fully.”

I’m having a leer forward to seeing Estevao, however the others? Excellent avid gamers, but a procedure off the finest around in mine. Compare them to, articulate, Salah, Alisson and Van Dijk, or Kante, Hazard and Diego Costa.

72 min It’s some time since LA fill mustered a excessive assault, but as I kind, Hollingshead finds himself in an evolved procedure down the left, he dashes across a tame bother from Gusto, shoots … and the ball whizzes over the stay. Warning for Chelsea.

70 min Caicedo into Neto, who slips a dazzling reverse-pass into the box for Palmer; he looks inner, enjoy he’s going to depraved or question the some distance nook, most attention-grabbing to drag a raise out excessive, but over the stay.

69 min Excellent circulation from Delap, one shuffle for the defender and one more shuffle for himself, so when the ball comes he has region to diddle Lengthy on the outside, but his lower-abet, on the lookout for Caicedo, is blocked.

67 min Bounaga is penalised for a circulate on Fernandez, he stos in entrance of the ball, and Cucurella kicks it into him on the lookout for to get him booked. “No need for that,” moralises Michael Brown.

66 min Chelsea spread to George, who lays abet for Fernandez … and his roller is blocked.

65 min Delap celebrates that debut by ostentatiously pushing Lengthy over. Kerry Dixon would possibly maybe be kvelling.

64 min Two extra adjustments for Chelsea: off plod Madueke, who marks the event with a pair of snot rockets, and Jackson, with George and Delap coming on, the latter for his Chelsea debut.

63 min Martinez whacks Cucurella across the calves – that’s extra of a booking than the shove for which he used to be booked – kicks the ball away, and the ref presents him what’s going to fill to be a closing warning.

62 min This time, the nook goes into the box, winding up with gusto over the some distance aspect; he crosses and Jackson heads large.

61 min Palmer pulls excellent and beats a few men by sliding a pass between them for Jackson, whose return is uncomfortable. But he collects it nevertheless, nips exterior Palencia, and his shot is blocked on the abet of.

58 min Cucurella bumps Martinez, who shoves him abet; naturally, Cucurella collapses in a heap of curls, enjoy the Faulty Witch of the West after Dorothy chucks the bucket of water (apologies for the spoiler). Martinez is booked.

57 min Lengthy, having a leer ball over the stay and Bouanga is diagram-aspect of Neto! And he does superbly to abet him off too, then looks to brush his shot inner the near put up – no longer the raise out Sanchez is ready for, but one which it’s easier to build … and he does, stretching out a foot. That used to be a in actuality excellent chance.

56 min “Invoice doesn’t sound a in actuality accepted traveling fan,” laments Tim Stappard. “A actually chuffed medium would be large. Craven Cottage maybe?”

Some severely menacing prices within the hostelries spherical that procedure.

55 min The 2nd nook also goes rapid, coming to nowt.

54 min It goes rapid to Palmer, who finds Neto, who teases a ravishing ball in opposition to the some distance put up, the build Jackson is up … but his header flicks a defender and goes on the abet of.

fifty three min Chelsea plod straight abet on the assault with Colwill turning up on the left soar to fetch a nook.

51 min But right here they near again, Martinez dwelling against Cucurella and slowing him down, then nipping off on his exterior most attention-grabbing to rep he’s too off-stability to raise out anything rather than screw a shot large of the near put up. Peaceable, despite the indisputable fact that, that’s encouraging for LA – Martinez, most attention-grabbing 19, looks enjoy he’s obtained somewhat of something.

51 min Nice from LA, who rep Martinez exterior the box, excellent of centre; he dips inner, tries a roller, and the ball hits Giroud and flies on the abet of.

50 min Stunning from Neto, who draws Hollingshead in, scalds him on the outside … and can’t rep Jackson with his lower-abet.

forty eight min How some distance will we judge Chelsea are from a credible title bother? It’s improbable in actuality, given what quantity of money they’ve spent, that the presumably excellent acknowledge is “very”. There are, of direction, many ways to voice, but on the entire talking the aspect that wins it has no longer lower than three avid gamers among the finest within the area in their procedure; raise out Chelsea fill any?

46 min He would possibly maybe even fill gone off, but I belief the LA followers fill a music for Ebobisse to this banger:

46 min We plod again…

Giroud is now not any longer topless. He’d forgotten his shirt, but a teammate fetches it for him and he replaces Ebobisse.

I in actuality fill a Giroud narrative, which I’ve with out doubt relayed before, but right here we plod: I was within the discotheque and noticed him within the lavatory; the attendant goes “Oi, you’re … you’re …” so Olivier Giroud presents “Olivier Giroud?”. “Yeah, that’s excellent,” concurs the attendant, at which level hilarious me intejects “You would possibly maybe well maybe also voice because he’s having a leer within the mirror adjusting his hair.”

Oh how they laughed.

Modifications for Chelsea: Fernandez and Gusto for Lavia and James. Oh, and Olivier Giroud, on the LAFC bench, has his replenish. Not possible scenes!

Half of-time electronic mail: “Americanized stadiums no longer a patch on the coolest passe days at Roker Park, The Den etc? I dunno,” muses Invoice. “I was pissed on by the dwelling followers at Loftus Toll road, the away followers at Portman Toll road, attacked by West Ham followers on the passe Wembley. Aid to the 80s? No thanks!”

There in actual fact exists a thoroughly chuffed medium.

Half of-time entertainment:

A cramped of a dwelling-to to total the half of, Bounaga and Neto sharing sentiments once the whistle goes with a few others getting, er, in and around them. But the ref intercedes and off all americans trots.

forty five+2 min Jackson, the finest participant on the pitch to this level, finds Madueke, whose depraved sails procedure past the some distance put up.

forty five+1 min We’ll fill one additional minute; Bouanga again curls in, and this time, Ebobisse is offside.

forty five min Ebobisse turns Tosin, who slips and slides anyway; he’s booked. Free-kick LA, 25 yards out, excellent of centre.

43 min “If a diagram is scored in a forest, but nobody sees it, does it light depend as a diagram?” wonders Ross McLelland. “Let me know.”

It would also be a dream. This in actuality came about to me at lord’s on Wednesday, when my eyes were feeling heavy and I was neutral brooding about resting them, then Steve Smith obtained himself out to Aiden Markram and I wasn’t sure if it used to be reverie or fact.

41 min There’s no sense LA fill the wherewithal to get abet into this, but as lengthy as it’s 1-0, they’ve a gamble. And right here they near now, Martinez to Palencia, whose early depraved is nodded abet into the center by Bouanga, but Ebobisse slips.

39 min The ref cam is a great innovation – it presents us a in actuality excellent sense of the physicality and tempo of things.

38 min Ordaz goes off, then Bouanga curls the free-kick into the center and Sanchez flicks on the abet of; Martinez then comes on.

37 min Oh, Ordaz, having taken a ball to the head, has a bother, and o near the scientific doctors.

36 min A lengthy kick-out from Lloris objects Bouanga at James, who leaps into a bother, misses the ball, catches Bounaga with his physique, and is booked. Naturally, Michael Brown, in co-comms, thinks it’s ravishing, but LA fill a free-kick a yard or two from the by-line, between nook flag and box.

Right here is superbly taken. All some other time, Jackson does in actuality neatly, taking the ball after Cucurella wins it and slithering alongside the midway line before environment Neto away. His first contact is uncomfortable, taking him down the street in deserve to in opposition to diagram, but a a dazzling cleave inner, sending Hollingshead off to Chick-fill-A, opens all the pieces, and he lashes a raise out inner the near put up to dwelling Chelsea away.

31 min “I noticed NUFC play Chelsea within the Mercedes Benz Stadium in 2023,” advises Reuven Fletcher. “It’s a in actuality spectacular procedure, if that’s your model of thing, the model forward for top flight ‘match-day ride’ as it becomes extra and extra Americanised and commodified. Plump of rapid meals chain restaurants and American citizens within the shirts of aspects no longer taking part int he sport (Arsenal, Man Metropolis etc) as they wished in on the Premier League ride. Some very pleasant Atalanta Followers who had near alongside to present a enhance to Migeul Almiron, who used to be at NUFC then, asked if they ought to light give a enhance to Newcastle. I mentioned neutral follow your crew, it’s adequate.

Give me Filbert Toll road, Roker Park, The Baseball Ground and the risk of a hiding on the Passe Den any day over Chick-fill-A etc for my piece.”

I agree – intensity and involvement are some distance extra essential than belief-strains and legroom, no longer lower than for me.

30 min Credit rating the build it’s due, the LAFC followers on the abet of the diagram are attempting to present this somewhat of ambiance. I continually cash in on seeing soccer tradition in somewhat a few international locations, and it’s excellent to leer the rainbow flag waving, likewise the LAFC sombreros.

29 min Cucurella, inverting, finds Palmer who strikes out to Neto – he’s been quiet to this level – and despite the indisputable fact that his depraved is uncomfortable, he’s quickly abet in possession, beating Bouanga and crossing the abet put up, the build Madueke heads large.

26 min Simon Carson explains the bottom assemble: “It’s since the NFL squads are so neat (50+ avid gamers of on the entire mammoth dimension) that the seating has to begin better up, in every other case you wouldn’t be in a region to leer anything. After I went to leer a sport at Twickenham a few years within the past, they blocked out the main few rows of the lower tier for the same reason.”

That makes sense, thanks – despite the indisputable fact that I’m sure I’ve seen the same thing in Europe, and no longer on the dwelling of the Barcelona Dragons.

25 min A sorrowful effort from Bouanga who looks to curl in on the abet of, but locations procedure too a lot on the ball.

23 min LA fracture, but a uncomfortable pass from Ordaz procedure the assault breaks down, then James loses out to Delgado and Caicedo fouls Bouanga. That used to be somewhat harsh – he stretched a leg around him and received the ball, but right here comes a free-kick 25 yards out, left of centre…

22 min The nook ends up with James, on the sting, whose low shot is blocked.

21 min All some other time Chelsea rep Palmer, again he steps inner, opening the perspective for the roller, and this time he has a afraid, but a deflection sends the ball over the bar.

20 min What is it with these grounds that fill lower tiers starting two metres or extra above pitch-stage? The level of going to the match is to be pondering about it, and this deliberately making things much less intense. I don’t get it.