Chelsea v LAFC: Membership World Cup – are residing | 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 exhibiting nice toes in flicking a pass for George, who finds Neto. He crosses to the advantage post, the set a ravishing final-ditch header from Palencia takes the ball away from the waiting Nkunku.

85 min Martinez runs at Colwill, tries a inferior to the advantage post with the out of doorways of his boot … and there’s too powerful on it.

84 min Now two changes for Chelsea: off gallop Palmer and Caicedo, on come Nkunku and Dario Essugo.

82 min A exchange I overlooked after the aim: LA sent Amaya on for Jesus.

81 min Lengthy ball over the tip, Gusto will get nowhere reach it, and Bouanga is onto it! He falls – but used to be he shoved? – then, from the bottom, one map or the other nonetheless swivels into a shot … that Sanchez saves. Gusto is lucky, because there used to be contact that made a distinction, when he used to be nowhere reach the ball.

No longer from now on they’re no longer! Palmer rolls down the aspect of the LA defence for Delap, who crosses effectively, and, bursting into the field, Fernandez controls alongside with his body on the escape, then hammers dwelling from stop differ.

77 min Now Tillman sneaks at some stage in the out of doorways of Cucurella, stands up a inferior, and Gusto heads away from Giroud, correct, then Colwill faucets away when Bouanga crosses, Martinez has a shot blocked and a ball to the a long way post is slid in the good thing about by Bouanga, nonetheless there from the earlier effort … but he used to be offside. At 1-0, LAFC are nonetheless bang in this.

76 min Delap bullocks into the field but Tillman will get in front of him and awaits the inevitable execrable. the new boy is doing his greatest to ingratiate himself with the Chelsea toughen.

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

73 min “Chelsea devour three world-class gamers in Caicedo, Cucurella and James (if he stays fit clearly),” reckons Julian Menz. “Palmer and Enzo are nearly there. Lavia isn’t too shabby both, and we’ve but to perceive what an true striker, Delap, can attain to abet the wingers. Now to no longer point out the appearance of Santos and Estevao. Too young factual now? Doubtlessly. Seemingly contenders? Fully.”

I’m taking a watch forward to seeing Estevao, but the others? Genuine gamers, but a vogue off the correct round in mine. Review them to, insist, Salah, Alisson and Van Dijk, or Kante, Hazard and Diego Costa.

72 min It’s a whereas since LA devour mustered a extreme attack, but as I kind, Hollingshead finds himself in an progressed set down the left, he dashes at some stage in a tame self-discipline from Gusto, shoots … and the ball whizzes over the tip. Warning for Chelsea.

70 min Caicedo into Neto, who slips a appetizing reverse-pass into the field for Palmer; he looks inner, love he’s going to inferior or gaze the a long way corner, handiest to pull a fabricate excessive, but over the tip.

69 min Genuine circulate from Delap, one escape for the defender and one other escape for himself, so when the ball comes he has set to diddle Lengthy on the out of doorways, but his decrease-advantage, looking for Caicedo, is blocked.

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

66 min Chelsea unfold to George, who lays advantage for Fernandez … and his curler is blocked.

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

64 min Two more changes for Chelsea: off gallop Madueke, who marks the occasion with a pair of snot rockets, and Jackson, with George and Delap approaching, the latter for his Chelsea debut.

63 min Martinez whacks Cucurella at some stage in the calves – that’s more of a booking than the shove for which he used to be booked – kicks the ball away, and the ref affords him what needs to be a final warning.

62 min This time, the corner goes into the field, winding up with gusto over the a long way aspect; he crosses and Jackson heads huge.

61 min Palmer pulls factual and beats just a few men by sliding a pass between them for Jackson, whose return is wretched. But he collects it however, nips out of doorways Palencia, and his shot is blocked in the good thing about.

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

57 min Lengthy, browsing ball over the tip and Bouanga is purpose-aspect of Neto! And he does superbly to retain him off too, then looks to sweep his shot inner the reach post – no longer the fabricate Sanchez is awaiting, but one who it’s more uncomplicated to assign … and he does, stretching out a foot. That used to be a extraordinarily correct chance.

56 min “Bill doesn’t sound a rather well-liked traveling fan,” laments Tim Stappard. “A ecstatic medium would be sizable. Craven Cottage perchance?”

Some seriously menacing prices in the hostelries round that formula.

55 min The second corner also goes immediate, coming to nowt.

54 min It goes immediate to Palmer, who finds Neto, who teases a delicious ball towards the a long way post, the set Jackson is up … but his header flicks a defender and goes in the good thing about.

fifty three min Chelsea gallop straight advantage on the attack with Colwill turning up on the left hover to score a corner.

51 min But right here they get back, Martinez arena against Cucurella and slowing him down, then nipping off on his out of doorways handiest to search out he’s too off-steadiness to attain anything diverse than screw a shot huge of the reach post. Mute, despite the proven truth that, that’s encouraging for LA – Martinez, handiest 19, looks love he’s bought a runt of one thing.

51 min Nice from LA, who rep Martinez out of doorways the field, factual of centre; he dips inner, tries a curler, and the ball hits Giroud and flies in the good thing about.

50 min Just from Neto, who attracts Hollingshead in, scalds him on the out of doorways … and can’t rep Jackson alongside with his decrease-advantage.

forty eight min How a long way attain we mediate Chelsea are from a credible title self-discipline? It’s unbelievable in actuality, given how powerful cash they’ve spent, that the potentially factual solution is “very”. There are, clearly, many ways to repeat, but in overall talking the aspect that wins it has on the least three gamers among the correct in the sector of their set; attain Chelsea devour any?

46 min He could perhaps also devour gone off, but I belief the LA followers devour a tune for Ebobisse to this banger:

46 min We gallop again…

Giroud is no longer topless. He’d forgotten his shirt, but a teammate fetches it for him and he replaces Ebobisse.

I in actuality devour a Giroud myth, which I’ve no doubt relayed sooner than, but right here we gallop: I used to be in the discotheque and saw him in the bathroom; the attendant goes “Oi, you’re … you’re …” so Olivier Giroud affords “Olivier Giroud?”. “Yeah, that’s factual,” is of the same opinion the attendant, at which point hilarious me intejects “That it is seemingly you’ll also repeat because he’s taking a watch in the mirror adjusting his hair.”

Oh how they laughed.

Changes for Chelsea: Fernandez and Gusto for Lavia and James. Oh, and Olivier Giroud, on the LAFC bench, has his fill up. Incredible scenes!

Half-time electronic mail: “Americanized stadiums no longer a patch on the actual gentle days at Roker Park, The Den and heaps others? I dunno,” muses Bill. “I used to be pissed on by the dwelling followers at Loftus Avenue, the away followers at Portman Avenue, attacked by West Ham followers on the gentle Wembley. Abet to the 80s? No thanks!”

There absolutely exists a ecstatic medium.

Half-time leisure:

Honest a runt of a arena-to to cease the half, Bounaga and Neto sharing sentiments once the whistle goes with assorted others getting, er, in and round them. However the ref intercedes and off all americans trots.

Forty five+2 min Jackson, the correct participant on the pitch up to now, finds Madueke, whose inferior sails formula past the a long way post.

Forty five+1 min We’ll devour one extra 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, factual of centre.

43 min “If a purpose is scored in a woodland, but no person sees it, does it nonetheless count as a purpose?” wonders Ross McLelland. “Let me know.”

It will also correct be a dream. This in actuality occurred to me at lord’s on Wednesday, when my eyes devour been feeling heavy and I used to be correct bearing in mind resting them, then Steve Smith bought himself out to Aiden Markram and I wasn’t optimistic if it used to be reverie or actuality.

41 min There’s no sense LA devour the wherewithal to score advantage into this, but as prolonged as it’s 1-0, they’ve a chance. And right here they come now, Martinez to Palencia, whose early inferior is nodded advantage into the middle by Bouanga, but Ebobisse slips.

39 min The ref cam is a nice innovation – it affords us a extraordinarily correct sense of the physicality and tempo of issues.

38 min Ordaz goes off, then Bouanga curls the free-kick into the middle and Sanchez flicks in the good thing about; Martinez then comes on.

37 min Oh, Ordaz, having taken a ball to the head, has an self-discipline, and o come the medical doctors.

36 min A prolonged kick-out from Lloris sets Bouanga at James, who leaps into a self-discipline, misses the ball, catches Bounaga alongside with his body, and is booked. Naturally, Michael Brown, in co-comms, thinks it’s ravishing, but LA devour a free-kick a yard or two from the by-line, between corner flag and field.

Here’s superbly taken. Again, Jackson does in actuality effectively, taking the ball after Cucurella wins it and slithering alongside the midway line sooner than atmosphere Neto away. His first contact is wretched, taking him down the road reasonably than towards purpose, but a a appetizing slit inner, sending Hollingshead off to Chick-include-A, opens the complete lot, and he lashes a fabricate inner the reach post to arena Chelsea away.

31 min “I saw NUFC play Chelsea in the Mercedes Benz Stadium in 2023,” advises Reuven Fletcher. “It’s a extraordinarily impressive set, if that’s your form of thing, the model forward for prime flight ‘match-day skills’ as it becomes an increasing selection of Americanised and commodified. Stout of like a flash meals chain eating locations and American citizens in the shirts of facets no longer taking section int he game (Arsenal, Man City and heaps others) as they wanted in on the Premier League skills. Some very pleasant Atalanta Fans who had come alongside to toughen Migeul Almiron, who used to be at NUFC then, asked in the occasion that they must toughen Newcastle. I talked about correct follow your crew, it’s ample.

Give me Filbert Avenue, Roker Park, The Baseball Ground and the specter of a hiding on the Extinct Den any day over Chick-include-A and heaps others in my concept.”

I agree – depth and involvement are powerful more necessary than watch-lines and legroom, on the least for me.

30 min Credit the set it’s due, the LAFC followers in the good thing about the aim are trying to present this a runt of surroundings. I repeatedly revel in seeing football custom in diverse international locations, and it’s correct to perceive the rainbow flag waving, likewise the LAFC sombreros.

29 min Cucurella, inverting, finds Palmer who moves out to Neto – he’s been silent up to now – and despite the proven truth that his inferior is wretched, he’s quickly advantage in possession, beating Bouanga and crossing the advantage post, the set Madueke heads huge.

26 min Simon Carson explains the bottom invent: “It’s for the rationale that NFL squads are so tall (50+ gamers of in overall broad dimension) that the seating has to launch bigger up, otherwise you wouldn’t have the selection to perceive anything. When I went to perceive a game at Twickenham just a few years ago, they blocked out the fundamental few rows of the decrease tier for the identical motive.”

That is lustrous, thanks – despite the proven truth that I’m optimistic I’ve seen the identical thing in Europe, and no longer on the dwelling of the Barcelona Dragons.

25 min A wretched effort from Bouanga who looks to curve in in the good thing about, but locations formula too powerful on the ball.

23 min LA atomize, but a wretched pass from Ordaz formula the attack breaks down, then James loses out to Delgado and Caicedo fouls Bouanga. That used to be a runt of harsh – he stretched a leg round him and obtained the ball, but right here comes a free-kick 25 yards out, left of centre…

22 min The corner finally ends up with James, on the brink, whose low shot is blocked.

21 min Again Chelsea rep Palmer, again he steps inner, opening the angle for the curler, and this time he has a petrified, but a deflection sends the ball over the bar.

20 min What’s it with these grounds that devour decrease tiers starting two metres or more above pitch-level? The purpose of going to the match is to be engrossing about it, and this deliberately making issues much less intense. I don’t score it.