The European teams are preparing their upcoming season with some friendly matches that will present some new faces on their side. Now in the US, Chelsea, from the English Premier League, will have a duel against Club America from Liga MX and both clubs will show their best lineup to defeat thier rival.
Chelsea has not visited American soil since the COVID-19 pandemic started. Now, the 2020-21 Champions League winners are trying to get the best tests possibles to prepare what is going to be an interesting Premier League season. With Qatar 2022 in the middle, the Blues will try all their weapons to use those who will not be called to the next FIFA World Cup.
As for Club America, the Mexican team will have a rough and demanding month. Firstthey will face Chelsea, but Manchester City and Real Madrid are also in their schedule for July. This initial match against the Europeans will help them to see how well they can play against these three big clubs.
Chelsea’s lineup
The duelwill take place this Saturday, June 16 at 9:00 PM CT. The most recent game they had was for the FA Cup title against Liverpool. The Reds took the trophy back home by winning in the penalty shootout by a 5-6 score.
Chelsea’slineup:Kepa Arrizabalaga; Trevoh Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Malang Sarr, Ben Chilwell; Ross Barkley, Conor Gallagher,Kenedy;Kai Havertz,Callum Hudson-Odoi, Hakim Ziyech.
Club America’slineup
As for Club America, they acquired a victory in the forwarded Week 3 match of the Apertura 2022 against Toluca. That could help them to gain some confidence against one of the teams of the Big Six.
Club America’slineup: Guillermo Ochoa; Jorge Sánchez, Bruno Valdez, Sebastián Cáceres, Mauricio Reyes; Pedro Aquino, Jonathan dos Santos, Miguel Layún, Álvaro Fidalgo, Jurgen Damm, Henry Martin.