Chelsea teenager Dastan Satpaev made an instantaneous impression on his debut with a beautiful opener because the Blues opened their pre-season tour of Asia in opposition to Western Sydney Wanderers.
Satpaev, technically enjoying as a triallist from his boyhood membership Kairat Almaty till his transfer to Chelsea is confirmed when he turns 18 in August, netted after simply seven minutes on the Accor Stadium.
However Xabi Alonso, taking cost of his first recreation in entrance of supporters, noticed his younger aspect concede an equaliser seven minutes later.
Satpaev stars as Palmer watches on for Chelsea
Satpaev was handed a primary begin as a part of a youthful XI with many of the membership’s extra senior professionals, similar to Cole Palmer and Levi Colwill, on the bench.
And he made a powerful begin in entrance of an enthusiastic crowd, latching on to Ryan Kavuma-McQueen’s by ball and lashing his effort excessive into the online.
Kavuma-McQueen additionally impressed within the early levels on a soggy pitch and will have made it 2-0 4 minutes later, his left-foot shot tipped over the bar by Western Sydney goalkeeper Jordan Holmes.
The house aspect, who completed backside of the A-League final season, lastly obtained a foothold within the recreation and Chelsea goalkeeper Teddy Sharman-Lowe was referred to as upon after 13 minutes to make save to disclaim Liam Gillian.
Sharman-Lowe didn’t cowl himself in glory shortly after, although, failing to maintain out Anthony Pantazopoulos’ header as Western Sydney levelled issues.
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Chelsea can be with out Rogers, Malo Gusto, Pedro Neto, Trevoh Chalobah, Reece James and Enzo Fernández, none of whom have travelled.
Estêvão and Jamie Gittens ought to begin however Quenda and Emegha have stayed in London to take care of minor knocks.
Palmer and João Pedro, each omitted of their international locations’ World Cup squads, are anticipated to be closely concerned.
Western Sydney Wanderers will choose from their full A-League squad though Talay is more likely to make modifications as the sport goes on.
WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS TEAM NEWS
Western Sydney: Holmes; Ferreyra, Gersbach, Pantazopoulos, Madanha; Scicluna, Thurgate; Di Pizio, Hammond, Gillion; Borrello
Western Sydney Substitutes: Thomas, Vidackovic, Ugarkovic, Milanovic, Morrison, Carluccio, Lual, Barrie, Katrib, Rose, Cetinic, Hassarati, Waraga, Fransen, Savic, Abdul-Rahman
CHELSEA TEAM NEWS
Chelsea are with out new signing Morgan Rogers, Malo Gusto, Pedro Neto, Trevoh Chalobah, Reece James and Enzo Fernández, none of whom have travelled as a result of their World Cup commitments.
Geovany Quenda and Emmanuel Emegha had been left London to take care of minor knocks.
Chelsea: Sharman-Lowe; Acheampong, Adarabioyo, Subuloye, Emenalo; Essugo, Walsh, Watson, Satpayev, Kavuma-McQueen; Delap
Chelsea Substitutes: Sanchez; Curd, Colwill, Fofana, Anselmino, Palestra, Diakite, Lavia, Nicoll-Jazuli, Kellyman, Palmer, Estevao, Gittens, Pedro
Find out how to watch Western Sydney Wanderers v Chelsea: TV and on-line streams
Western Sydney Wanderers versus Chelsea kicked off on Tuesday at 7.45pm native time in Sydney, which is 10.45am UK time.
The match isn’t being proven on UK tv however might be streamed worldwide through Chelsea’s personal CFC+ service. It’s also out there on Paramount+ in Australia, DAZN in Japan, VG+ in Norway and Claro Sports activities throughout Central and South America.
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- That is Chelsea’s first match in Australia in additional than a decade
- The fixture is the opening recreation of the 2026 Sydney Tremendous Cup, which additionally options Tottenham Hotspur, Sydney FC and Juventus’ ladies’s aspect amongst others
- Chelsea completed tenth within the Premier League final season beneath three completely different everlasting and caretaker managers
- Accor Stadium has a capability of 83,500, making it one of many largest venues within the Southern Hemisphere
