Chelsea vs. Wrexham, Preseason Friendly: Live blog; highlights

Welcome to the first match of the summer, the first preseason game, the first chance to see Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea in action. Of course, the emphasis today is mostly on fitness and the like, but that’s never stopped anyone from reading too much into things. Or underplaying things.

Football, sort of, is back! “Time to ball, y’all!” Guess the starting formation?

Here we go!

Chelsea starting XI:Sánchez | James (c), Tosin, Badiashile, Colwill, Lavia, Chukwuemeka, Nkunku, Madueke, Guiu, George

Substitutes from: Beach, Bergström, W.Fofana, Veiga, Acheampong, Gusto, Chilwell, Santos, Ugochukwu, Sterling, Ângelo, Broja

Wrexham starting XI:Okonkwo | Cleworth, Brunt, O’Connor, Bolton, Jones, Dobson, Lee, Revan, Palmer, McClean (c)

Substitutes from: Howard, Burton, Boyle, Barnett, James, Forde, Evans, Ashfield, Cannon, Davies, Bickerstaff, Waters, Dalby, Marriott

Date / Time: Wednesday, July 24, 7pm PDT; 3am BST (next day); 7:30am IST (next day)Venue: Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, CA, USA

On TV: ESPN (USA); none (UK); elsewhereStreaming: ESPN+ (USA); Chelsea TV (int’l pay-per-view)

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