Chelsea beat Real Sociedad in the last friendly before the season starts, with a much improved second period and some good debuts.
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Chelsea beat Real Sociedad 3-1 in their final friendly before the season starts.
The Blues, with new players in the mix, looked a little slow and sluggish early on despite a strong team on the pitch. They did get a goal for one of the new men – Morgan Rogers scored after Joao Pedro’s header was saved.
Apart from that Chelsea weren’t sharp in the first period, and Real Sociedad equalised with a superb goal before half time.
That raised the home team’s level, and Joao Pedro scored twice, once from a Reece James clipped cross, and once from Malo Gusto’s superb driven through ball.
Joao Pedro ready to start the season in hot form
It wasn’t an amazing performance, but it did get us very excited for Joao Pedro to start this season. He looks motivated, fresh, and playing in a team which should make a lot of chances. He got 15 Premier League goals last season, and should be aiming for 20 now.
You can see the goals in the clips embedded here:
The opener. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/9Ja8AgpbJk
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Reece ➡️ Joao!
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The icing on the cake. 👌 pic.twitter.com/fBzRJ1QG07
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In other news…
Chelsea’s squad for today’s game told you a lot about where the Blues roster is at right now, with a lot to do before the window closes.
Despite the long list of players who still need to go, there was some progress yesterday: Dastan Satpayev made the loan switch to Burnley.
Another deal that got done yesterday was the loan of Ryan Kavuma-McQueen, who joined Portsmouth on loan.
