Chelsea vs Johor Darul Ta'zim LIVE: Friendly match stream, latest score, goal updates
Chelsea vs Johor Darul Ta'zim LIVE
The Blues conclude their pre-season tour of Australia and Asia by facing a Malaysia Super League side in their home nation. The match comes just 24 hours after Chelsea comfortably beat AC Milan in Indonesia, so Xabi Alonso is expected to make sweeping changes to his starting line-up to give every player in his squad the chance to impress and build up fitness.
The means we are unlikely to see the likes of Cole Palmer or Joao Pedro - fresh from his two goals against AC Milan - line up today at the Sultan Ibrahim Stadium in Johor, but there should still be plenty of star names on show, such as Jamie Gittens and younger talents like Dastan Satpayev and Reggie Walsh.
This is the penultimate game of Chelsea’s pre-season, with a clash with Real Sociedad to come next weekend before the new Premier League season starts, as Alonso finalises his plans for the campaign. Follow the game LIVE below with our dedicated match blog, featuring expert insight and analysis.
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We await news of any half-time substitutions. No update yet on Sarr’s late withdrawal from the starting line-up.
So, that was oddly bad-tempered from JDT. No surprise that they are pumped up, and want to prove themselves, but some of the fouling was unnecessary.
Can’t imagine Alonso is too happy.
48min: Delap looks certain to put Chelsea ahead, after being found by Jackson, but shanks the shot wide with the keeper closing him down.
Best chance for Chelsea, that.
44min: Chelsea with a bit of momentum after leveling the scores.
Gittens skins Israfilov twice, and then just gets pushed over for his troubles. Very strange reaction!
And then even stranger is Delap, who rushes in and has a word with Israfilov and gets booked for his trouble. No need!
42min: Delap dusts himself off and slams home the spot kick. Super finish.
All square in Malaysia.
39min: JDT are pinging it to the flanks at every opportunity. This three-man defence is not working. Tosin is being run ragged and Subuloye is chasing shadows.
36min: I’m not sure Chelsea were quite expecting this game to be as competitive as it is.
Hey, it’s a good run out at least. Could do without injuries though.