Chelsea Club World Cup squad
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Chelsea begin their 2025 Club World Cup campaign against LAFC on Monday in Atlanta. After arriving at their Philadelphia base in the United States on Friday, which saw Chelsea name an initial 28-man squad for the competition, Enzo Maresca's side are preparing to target more silverware following their Conference League triumph last month.
Chelsea face LAFC in Atlanta on Monday night in both clubs’ opening match of the 2025 Club World Cup, with the Blues looking to build on a successful end to 2024/25.
The last side to book their place at the Club World Cup face off against one of the first to have stamped their passage to the United States on Sunday as Chelsea and Los Angeles FC meet at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Arena.
Here's how to watch the game: Sunday's game will be aired on TNT and can be steamed via DAZN. PSG vs. Atletico Madrid kicks off at 3 p.m. ET at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
The Club World Cup is fast approaching and the details of when Chelsea will fly out to the United States have been revealed.
Chelsea play a Pep Guardiola-influenced style: a possession-focused, positional game. The nominal starting formation is a standard 4-3-3 but one of Maresca’s full-backs will usually ‘ invert’, often into the base of midfield and sometimes into one of the attacking half-spaces.
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