It’s a glorious summer’s day in northern Indiana, dripping with pure Americana in the classic setting of an iconic college football stadium. So let’s play some football, shall we? You know, the one with your feet.
Chelsea and Celtic have never met in a competitive setting, but this is our third friendly in the last couple decades, and the second on US soil. Of course, the focus will be much more on fitness and tactics than the actual result.
Still no Axel Disasi, Nicolas Jackson, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, or Moisés Caicedo. Mykhailo Mudryk does saddle up.
Here we go!
Chelsea starting XI:
Sanchez | James (c), Fofana, Badiashile, Colwill, Lavia, Chukwuemeka, Nkunku, Madueke, Mudryk, Guiu
Substitutes from: Beach, Bergstrom, Tosin, Veiga, Acheampong, Gusto, Chilwell, Santos, Ugochukwu, George, Angelo, Sterling, Broja
Celtic starting XI:
Schmeichel | Ralston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor, McGregor (c), O’Riley, Hatate, Forrest, Maeda, Kyogo
Substitutes from: Sinisalo, Bain, Lagerbielke, Palma, Yang, Holm, Kobayashi, Kwon, Anderson, Lawal, Murray, Dede, Welsh, Donovan, Turley, M. Johnston
Date / Time: Saturday, July 27, 4pm EDT; 21.00 BST; 1:30am IST (next day)
Venue: Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, IN, USA
On TV: ABC (limited markets), ESPN Deportes (USA); none (UK); elsewhere
Streaming: ESPN+ (USA); Chelsea TV (int’l pay-per-view)
LIVE BLOG
Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes!