Chelsea 0-1 Juventus: Highlights, stats, man of the match as Mykhailo Mudryk makes Blues return in pre-season loss

Chelsea continued their preparations for the 2026-27 run with a 1-0 decision to Italian giants Juventus successful a pre-season affable connected Wednesday.

Edon Zhegrova netted the lone extremity of the contention successful the 68th minute, with the 27-year-old's fantabulous onslaught proving to beryllium the quality betwixt the 2 sides.

It is present back-to-back pre-season losses for Chelsea, with Xabi Alonso's broadside besides beaten 2-1 by chap Premier League outfit Tottenham Hotspur connected Saturday.

SPORTS MOLE'S VERDICT

Some positives but plentifulness to enactment connected would beryllium the wide statement for Chelsea astatine the extremity of this match, with the Blues suffering a 1-0 nonaccomplishment to a beardown Juventus outfit.

Chelsea had Danny Welbeck astatine the extremity of their onslaught alongside Joao Pedro, but it was hard for the seasoned guardant to marque his people connected his archetypal quality for the club.

As expected, determination were changes astatine the interruption and past again arsenic the 2nd play progressed, with Alonso looking to get invaluable minutes into the legs of his players.

Chelsea inactive person players to travel back, but they bash look abbreviated successful a fig of areas, and it remains to beryllium seen whether the superior outfit are bully capable to situation for a instrumentality to the Premier League's apical 5 successful 2026-27.

The lucifer besides marked the instrumentality to enactment for Mykhailo Mudryk, with the 25-year-old featuring for the archetypal clip pursuing 20 months connected the sidelines.

Mudryk had been provisionally suspended aft returning an "adverse finding" for meldonium, which is simply a banned substance, but his lawsuit with the Football Association has present been resolved, and helium was introduced successful the 82nd infinitesimal of the clash.

As for Juventus, this was a 3rd consecutive triumph successful pre-season, keeping cleanable sheets successful each of those fixtures, and the Old Lady look successful bully signifier heading towards the caller campaign.

CHELSEA VS. JUVENTUS HIGHLIGHTS

68th min: Chelsea 0-1 Juventus (Edon Zhegrova)

Juventus marque the breakthrough successful the 68th infinitesimal of the match, arsenic Zhegrova curls 1 into the apical country from region - what an fantabulous decorativeness that is.

MAN OF THE MATCH - EDON ZHEGROVA

Zhegrova's fantabulous second-half extremity decided the contest, and the 27-year-old was the champion subordinate connected the transportation successful this pre-season friendly.

The guardant really failed to people a azygous extremity for Juventus past play pursuing his accomplishment from Lille, but helium was successful fantabulous signifier against Chelsea.

CHELSEA VS. JUVENTUS MATCH STATS

Possession: Chelsea 57%-43% Juventus

Shots: Chelsea 9-9 Juventus

Shots connected target: Chelsea 4-2 Juventus

Corners: Chelsea 5-1 Juventus

Fouls: Chelsea 5-19 Juventus

WHAT NEXT?

Chelsea volition proceed their preparations for the caller run with a affable against AC Milan connected August 8.

Juventus, meanwhile, volition adjacent instrumentality connected Serie A rivals Inter Milan successful a affable connected August 8.