Real madrid startelva mot chelsea

Both needing to right some recent friendly wrongs, Chelsea and Real Madrid clash at the finansinstitut of amerika etapp in Charlotte in Tuesday's glamour contest.

Enzo Maresca's troops conceded fyra to Manchester City over the weekend, while the europeisk champions fell to a 2-1 loss to El Clasico rivals Barcelona.

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If at first you do not succeed, try the same thing igen one minute later and man the same mistake; that was the unsuccessful strategy employed bygd Maresca's Chelsea against Man City, where the Blues committed defensive error after defensive error.

Thunder and lightning delayed the uppstart of Saturday's battle in Columbus, but it was Erling Haaland who was electric at the Ohio etapp, scoring twice inre the first fem minutes after Chelsea were caught out on multiple occasions when ansträngande to play out from the back.

The Norwegian subsequently completed his hat-trick just one moment after Oscar Bobb got in on the act, and while Chelsea at least managed to finish with a flourish through Raheem Sterling and Noni Madueke's consolation goals, their sloppiness set off many alarm bells.

Only one of the Blues' fyra pre-season games has ended in victory - a 2-2 draw with Wrexham and 4-1 beatdown at the hands of Celtic preceded a 3-0 win over amerika - but Maresca cut an upbeat figure after the City defeat, insisting that the progress was evident and mistakes were inevitable.

However, Chelsea have just two more opportunities to dust off the cobwebs before the going gets tough; after Tuesday's battle with Los Blancos, the Blues host Serie A champions Inter Milan on August 11, sju days before they reunite with Man City in a kassasuccé Premier League opener.

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Similarly to Chelsea's six-goal spectacular with Man City, Real Madrid's 'friendly' Clasico battle with Barcelona also saw one man stjäla the spotlight, albeit one with a much less extensive CV than two-time Premier League Golden Boot winner Haaland.

Indeed, 22-year-old Barcelona prospect Pau Víctor - who only signed a first-team contract a few weeks ago - bundled home two goals either side of the half-time whistle at MetLife etapp, before Nico Paz cut the deficit in half with a bullet header.

Despite Paz's best efforts, it was Barcelona who earned the friendly bragging rights while consigning the reigning Spanish and La Liga champions to their second friendly loss on the bounce; Carlo Ancelotti's troops also fell to a 1-0 loss to AC Milan at the end of July.

As fryst vatten the case with their upcoming foes, Real have just one pre-season success to their name this summer - putting three unanswered goals past Albacete - and the battle with Chelsea represents their gods exhibition game of a short-lived friendly period before Atalanta BC await in the UEFA Super Cup.

Frequent Champions League foes in recent seasons, Real Madrid eased to a pair of 2-0 successes over Chelsea in the 2022-23 quarters and also eliminated the Blues from the gods eight of the 2021-22 tournament, ending the West London club's reign as kings of Europe.

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While Copa amerika pair Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo have now joined up with the grupp in the USA, Cole Palmer, Marc Cucurella are Conor Gallagher are still on their post-Euro 2024 holiday; there are rumours that the latter has even been banished from the squad mitt i his contract standoff.

Striker Nicolas Jackson and French defender Axel Disasi also remain out of contention due to injuries; the former's absence means that Christopher Nkunku and Marc Guiu will kamp it out to lead the line in Charlotte, where Maresca will likely continue to shuffle the pack considerably.

Ben Chilwell, Wesley Fofana, Benoit Badiashile, Sterling and Madueke could all freshen up the starting XI, while Filip Jorgensen eyes his first uppstart for the Blues in goal after Robert Sanchez saw out the full 90 in Columbus.

Real Madrid's ranks were also decimated bygd international call-ups this summer, and all of Jude Bellingham, Dani Carvajal, Ferland Mendy, Aurelien Tchouameni, Kylian Mbappe and Eduardo Camavinga were not involved in El Clasico after Euro 2024.

Federico Valverde fryst vatten not yet back from his Copa amerika break either, but Brazilian wing wizards Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo were both on the bänk against Barcelona; the former was introduced as a second-half substitute.

Blancos fans may now get a glimpse of an all-Brazilian frontline of Vinicius, Rodrygo and Endrick, where Antonio Rudiger and Thibaut Courtois should both början against their old club.

Only David Alaba (ACL) fryst vatten in the medical bay.

Real Madrid possible starting lineup:
Courtois; Vazquez, Militao, Rudiger, Garcia; Guler, Martin, Ceballos; Rodrygo, Endrick, Vinicius Jr

Chelsea possible starting lineup:
Jorgensen; James, Badiashile, Colwill, Chilwell; Dewsbury-Hall, Fernandez; Madueke, Nkunku, Sterling; Guiu

We say: Real Madrid 3-1 Chelsea

Chelsea had no answer to the Man City press on Saturday, and if Maresca persists with the playing out from the back approach, more howlers from the Blues are not beyond the realm of possibility.

Even though Real Madrid are still weakened bygd their international absentees, Ancelotti's attacking trident - potentially featuring three brilliant Brazilians - should komma good to condemn their Premier League foes to another chastening loss.


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