Liam Delap tallied an help in his Chelsea debut, and Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernández every scored to propel the Blues to a 2-0 victory over LAFC within the Group D opener for every group within the Membership World Cup in Atlanta on Monday afternoon.
Chelsea struck first within the thirty fourth minute, as Neto acquired an ideal downfield move from Nicolas Jackson earlier than sending defender Ryan Hollingshead to the bottom with a faux and discovering the again of the online with a strike previous goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.
The all-important insurance coverage aim got here within the 79th minute as Delap despatched in a ravishing cross to Fernández, who completed with a left-footed shot previous Lloris from a couple of yards out.
It was the primary look for Englishman Delap at Chelsea since his move from Ipswich Town earlier in June.
Chelsea will proceed group play Friday when it faces Flamengo in Philadelphia, and LAFC will play ES Tunis later that day in Nashville.
After a primary half that noticed Chelsea choose up a pair of yellow playing cards, the 2 sides needed to be separated as Neto and Denis Bouanga received right into a jawing match.
Chelsea practically doubled its benefit within the 54th minute, when Neto’s entry move to Jackson within the field was headed towards the aim earlier than Timothy Tillman blocked the try with a header redirect.
Bouanga had an excellent probability to even the rating within the 57th minute, however the try from the left of the field was saved by Robert Sánchez.
Data from Reuters was used on this story.