overview
Real Madrid is going through a not very smooth pre-season. After losing 0-1 to AC Milan, Los Blancos continued to lose to great rival Barcelona 1-2. The US tour of coach Carlo Ancelotti's team will end with a clash with Chelsea.
This will be an opportunity for Ancelotti to continue testing the squad before the new campaign begins. One of the names making a lot of impression on Real Madrid fans is midfielder Mario Martin, who played both matches against AC Milan and Barcelona.
Players born in 2004 will likely continue to be given the opportunity to start against Chelsea. Besides, names like Endrick, Nico Paz or Joan Martinez are also very eager to perform.
Meanwhile, Chelsea's results in the summer of 2024 are not really impressive. Until now, the Blues have played 4 friendly matches, with only one victory against Club America. Otherwise, they let Wrexham draw and lose to Celtic as well as Manchester City.
Chelsea's defense is leaving many worries with 10 goals conceded after 4 matches. This is something that new coach Enzo Maresca must pay special attention to, in the context of the new season about to begin.
In the last 5 meetings, Real Madrid has a better record than Chelsea with 3 wins and 2 losses. However, with the situation of both teams not being too good this summer, a draw is likely to happen.
Human resource
Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe, Jude Bellingham, Dani Carvajal, Ferland Mendy, Federico Valverde, Aurelien Tchouameni and Eduardo Camavinga are absent from the US tour.
Arda Guler, Luka Modric and Antonio Rudiger will likely continue to play from the start. Dani Ceballos, despite rumors of his departure, can still take on the role of central midfielder.
On the other side of the front line, goalkeeper Jorgensen can play from the start after sitting on the bench in the match against Man City.
Chelsea is likely to have changes to the starting lineup, with Ben Chilwell and Wesley Fofana placed in defense.
Probable teams:
Real Madrid : Courtois, Vazquez, Vallejo, Rudiger, Garcia, Modric, Martin, Ceballos, Guler, Endrick, Diaz.
Chelsea : Jorgensen, James, Adarabioyo, Fofana, Chilwell, Lavia, Dewsbury-Hall, Madueke, Nkunku, Sterling, Guiu.
The match between Real Madrid vs Chelsea takes place at 6:00 a.m. on August 7 (Vietnam time).
