Enzo Maresca, the technical director of the team, announced Chelsea English: The starting lineup for the friendly match against Inter Milan, scheduled to take place at five o’clock this evening, Sunday, at Stamford Bridge Stadium, as part of the two teams’ preparations for the matches of the new football season 2024-2025.
Chelsea’s lineup against Inter Milan is as follows:
Sanchez – Gusto – Fofana – Colwell – Lavia – Cucurella – Madueke – Hall – Enzo Fernandez – Modric – Joyo.
Chelsea
Inter Milan’s lineup included:
Sommer, Augusto, Acherbi, Besik, Dimarco, Mkhitaryan, Asllani, Barella, Darmian, Thuram, Correa.
Inter Milan formation
Chelsea vs Inter Milan
Chelsea will begin their journey in the English Premier League 2024-2025 season with a fiery summit against Manchester City on August 18, at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea ended their preparatory camp in the United States of America with a 1-2 loss to Real Madrid, at the Bank of America Arena.
Under the leadership of its new coach Enzo Maresca, Chelsea played 5 matches in the training camp in the United States of America, divided between one win, 3 losses and a draw in the fifth match.
The Blues started their overseas camp in America with a 2-2 draw against Wrexham, then a 4-1 loss to Scottish Celtic, after which they won 3-0 against Club America, and fell to Manchester City 4-2 and then Real Madrid 2-1.
On June 3, Chelsea signed Enzo Maresca as Leicester City coach, with a 5-year contract until June 2029, with the option to extend for an additional season, succeeding Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino.
Enzo Maresca led Leicester City to win the English Championship title last season 2023-2024 and qualify for the English Premier League.
Chelsea vs Inter Milan
As it begins Inter Milan Defending its title in the Italian League, against its counterpart, Genoa, on August 17, in the first round of the new season 2024-2025.
Inter Milan had won the title. Italian League Last season, after collecting 94 points, he regained the title that had been absent since the 2020-2021 season, and won it for the 20th time in its history, to take second place on the list of the most crowned clubs in the competition, which he shared with Milan.
Inter lost in the last friendly match before the Chelsea match, against the Saudi Al-Ittihad team, by two goals to none, in the friendly match that brought them together at the Brianteo Stadium, as part of the two teams’ preparations for the new season.
Inter Milan extended the contract of its coach Simone Inzaghi, earlier, for two years, to continue in his position with the team until 2026, to continue his journey with the Italian team.
Simone Inzaghi has been coaching Inter Milan since July 2021, and he succeeded in leading the team to win the Italian League title last season, in addition to two Italian Cup titles and 3 Italian Super Cup titles.
The 48-year-old Inzaghi led the Nerazzurri in 158 matches in various competitions, winning 104 matches, drawing 28 and losing 26 matches. The team scored 311 goals and conceded 131 goals.