Sarri Makes Winning Start As Chelsea Beat Perth Glory • Channels Television

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Chelsea’s Callum Hudson-Odoi (C) tries to run around Perth Glory’s Scott Neville (L) during their football friendly match at Optus stadium in Perth on July 23, 2018. Greg Wood / AFP

 

Maurizio Sarri made a winning start as the new manager of Chelsea by defeating Perth Glory 1-0 in a friendly on Monday.

The Italian, who replaced countryman Antonio Conte earlier this month, was without his team’s World Cup stars in front of a sell-out crowd of 60,000 at the new Perth Stadium.

The Blues were still far too good for the home side — themselves playing their first game under new manager Tony Popovic — just weeks out from their Premier League season opener on August 11 against Huddersfield.

The Blues asserted their dominance early when Pedro scored in the fifth minute, and totally dominated the match for the most part, likely leaving Sarri wondering how they did not find the back of the net many more times.

With both sides in different stages of their pre-season preparations,…



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