Chelsea East Past Esperance, Into Last 16

Philadelphia: Liam Delap scored his first Chelsea goal on Tuesday with a 3-0 win against the Tunisian champion Esperance, which took Blues to the last 16 of the Club World Cup.

At the end of a fluffy hot day in Philadelphia, a game played under sweaty conditions was not really implemented and Tosin Adarabiooyo and then Delap was decided with two goals in the first half.

Tyrique George, Lincoln Financial Field in front of the 32,937 fans in front of the victory, Enzo Maresca’nın side of the defeat of 3-1 last Friday allowed to return.

For this reason, Chelsea took the second place behind the Brazilian giants in Group D while Esperance was eliminated.

Chelsea will now go to Charlotte in North Carolina to confront Benfica on Saturday, and the Portuguese club has previously beat Bayern Munich to C. Best C.

This will be the first meeting of the clubs since Chelsea defeated Benfica in the 2013 Europa League final, and the winner of this tie will play Palmeiras or Botafogo from Brazil at the last eight.

Chelsea only needed a lottery to move forward, and Maresca felt comfortable enough to make eight changes in the starting series following the defeat of Flamengo.

Delap, Enzo Fernandez and Malo Gusto, the only players holding their places, and Josh Achheampong were among the less seen faces.

19 -year -old right behind the 10th right back in all competitions this season, Esperance goalkeeper Bechir Ben, 36 minutes, he said.

Fernandez then enlarged the first half of the box without extreme uncomfortable until the third minute of the Tunisian defense time.

At that time, Fernandez made a free kick in the region and Adarabiooyo from behind scored a headline in the lower corner.

Esperance was needed to win the game, and his hopes were as good as Chelsea scored two minutes later.

In the past, Fernandez from Benfica was again a provider while feeding Delap, and the new signature from the Ipswich Town was checked with his back and made a low shot to the network to leave a mark in his new colors.

Temperatures still get closer to 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) in the late evening, while conditions for the two sides remained easy.

Both teams took the first Chelsea minutes since the defender Mamadou Sarr and Brazilian midfielder Andrey Santos, Strasbourg.

Chelsea thought that Santos was a 15 -minute penalty for the referee to the scene because Yasine Meriah brushed his hand – but the prize was overturned after a long check.

A third goal finally reached the injury time at the end of the game, because George, another substitute, found a shot that the goalkeeper had to hold outside.