Perth Glory 0 Chelsea 1: Aina Plays In His Natural Position, Abraham Subbed In, Tomori Bench
Published: July 23, 2018
Chelsea beat pre-season opponents, Perth Glory 1-0 in their encounter at the Optus Stadium on Monday afternoon, with two Nigerian starlets seeing game time in the win.
In a game which saw new manager, Maurizio Sarri name two 17-year-olds (Ethan Ampadu and Callum Hudson-Odoi) in his team's starting XI alongside England international of Nigerian descent, Ross Barkley, Chelsea's Nigerian trio of Tammy Abraham, Ola Aina and Fikayo Tomori were named among the substitutes.
Abraham replaced álvaro Morata after 61 minutes and went close to adding to the scoreline three minutes later, connecting with Mario Päsalíc only to see his effort go wide.
Ola Aina also came on for the starting right-back, Davide Zappacosta, in the 73rd minute and helped see out the encounter in which The Blues had plenty of chances to add to their tally.
Hudson-Odoi teed up Pedro with a delightful assist for the only goal of the game with less than five minutes played in the first period.
Super Eagles duo of Victor Moses and Kenneth Omeruo who both participated at the World Cup this summer have resumed training with the club at their Cobham Training Base though they were not cleared in time to join their teammates in Perth.
In a game which saw new manager, Maurizio Sarri name two 17-year-olds (Ethan Ampadu and Callum Hudson-Odoi) in his team's starting XI alongside England international of Nigerian descent, Ross Barkley, Chelsea's Nigerian trio of Tammy Abraham, Ola Aina and Fikayo Tomori were named among the substitutes.
Abraham replaced álvaro Morata after 61 minutes and went close to adding to the scoreline three minutes later, connecting with Mario Päsalíc only to see his effort go wide.
Ola Aina also came on for the starting right-back, Davide Zappacosta, in the 73rd minute and helped see out the encounter in which The Blues had plenty of chances to add to their tally.
Hudson-Odoi teed up Pedro with a delightful assist for the only goal of the game with less than five minutes played in the first period.
Super Eagles duo of Victor Moses and Kenneth Omeruo who both participated at the World Cup this summer have resumed training with the club at their Cobham Training Base though they were not cleared in time to join their teammates in Perth.
They will hope to be part of the club's next pre-season games which includes meetings with Inter Milan, Arsenal and Olympique Lyonnais, the first of which comes up in Allianz Riviera, Nice on Saturday.
Emmanuel Chinaza
Photo Credit : chelseafc.com
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