Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernández scored goals to boost Chelsea to a 2-0 victory over LaFC in the first game of group D for each team in the Club World Cup in Atlanta on Monday afternoon.
Chelsea first attacked in the 34th minute, since Neto received a perfect pass in the field of Nicolas Jackson before sending the defender Ryan Hollingshead to the ground with a falsification and finding the background of the network with a blow above the goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.
The objective of such important insurance came in the 79th minute when Liam Deap sent a beautiful cross to Fernández, who ended with a left -wing shot to Lloris from a few meters.
It was the first appearance for the English of the APE in Chelsea since its Moving of Ipswich Town in early June.
Chelsea will continue the group game on Friday when Flamengo in Philadelphia is faced, while LaFC will play is Tunisia later that day in Nashville.
After a first half that saw Chelsea collect a couple of yellow cards, the two parts had to separate when Net and Denis Bouanga got into an amazement match.
Chelsea almost doubled her advantage in the 54th minute, when Jackson's entrance pass in the box went to the goal before Timothy Tillman blocked the attempt with a heading redirection.
Bouanga had a great opportunity for even the score in the 57th minute, but the attempt on the left of the box was saved by Robert Sánchez.
Reuters information was used in this story.
