Mykhailo Mudryk made his first aggressive look in 20 months however couldn’t stop Chelsea slipping to a different defeat in what’s quickly turning right into a disappointing pre-season tour of Asia.
The Ukraine winger had not performed since November 2024 after testing optimistic for the banned substance meldonium however noticed his case resolved sooner than anticipated final week. He jetted out instantly to affix the Chelsea squad in Hong Kong and was thrust into the motion to a heat reception from the group with eight minutes to go.
It was probably not sufficient time for Mudryk to get entangled in a fractious encounter that noticed 4 gamers booked.
And whereas he’ll steal the headlines, it was Juventus who took the win due to Edon Zhegrova’s pretty curling effort halfway by the second half.
Mudryk makes Chelsea return, changing fellow sub Nicolas Jackson
Mudryk got here on for Nicolas Jackson, who himself had been launched at half-time for debutant Danny Welbeck.
The 25-year-old did create one second of promise with a pleasant run and cross that was effectively gathered by Juve goalkeeper Mattia Perin.
Chelsea by no means actually threatened an equaliser as soon as Zhegrova opened the scoring in what was one other disjointed show to observe on from a wild 6-4 win over the A-League’s worst staff, the Western Sydney Wanderers, and a 2-1 defeat to a Tottenham facet that performed with 10 males for nearly the whole thing of the second half.
It provides additional weight to the speculation that Alonso must do some severe trimming to a bloated squad with 21 gamers on the bench and the likes of Enzo Fernandez in addition to new signings, Valentin Barco, Maxence Lacroix, Jordan Henderson and Morgan Rogers nonetheless on their submit World Cup break.
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