AC MILAN WON vs CHELSEA MATCH REPORT: CHELSEA 0 AC MILAN 1

Summary

Four players were given 90 minutes of action for the first time in the pre-season but chances proved hard to create against the Serie A side who won it with a second-half strike.

A crowd of 57,748, the second highest for a football match in this stadium in Miami, saw the Blues the better side early on but we did not improve on an early John Terry shot as the best attempt on the Milan goal.

From midway through the opening period it was an even contest which was decided when Chelsea were caught by a piece of swift counter-attacking play. Fitness is coming on but there is still work to do on the training pitch before the season begins
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 Raul Meireles was handed his first start of pre-season and played as the central midfielder behind Romelu Lukaku who began for the fourth match in row on this tour. The defense and two deeper midfielders were the first-choice selection at the end of the last campaign.

Eden Hazard played on the left with Ramires on the right.

Milan left Antonio Cassano on the bench and were without Robinho so started Kevin-Prince Boateng as centre-forward.
       last squad
 to night.

Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Petr Cech; Branislav Ivanovic (Sam Hutchinson 75), David Luiz, John Terry (c) (Gary Cahill 58) Ashley Cole (Paulo Ferreira 58); John Mikel Obi, Frank Lampard (Michael Essien 75); Ramires (Florent Malouda 75), Raul Meireles (Marko Marin h-t), Eden Hazard; Romelu Lukaku (Fernando Torres 58).

Unused subs Jamal Blackman, Nathaniel Chalobah, Lucas Piazon.

AC Milan (4-2-3-1): Marco Amelia; Luca Antonini (Ignazio Abate 60), Daniele Bonera, Mario Yepes (Francesco Acerbi 60),, Djamel Mesbah; Massimo Ambrosini (Antonio Nocerino 60), Mathieu Flamini (Riccardo Montolvio 60); Urby Emanuelson (Simone Andrea Ganz 86), Bakaye Traore (Kevin Constant 79), Stephen El Shaarawy, Kevin Prince-Boateng (Mattia Valoti 73).

Unused subs Mattia De Sciglio, Bryan Cristante, Edoardo Pazzagli, Philipp Prosenik, Antonio Cassano.

Goal Urby Emanuelson 68.

Referee Ricardo Salazar

Attendance 57,748.

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