In a pre-season friendly, Nkunku opened the scoring for Chelsea, Bolton and Marriott scored two goals in a row to overturn the score, Ugochukwu came on as a substitute to equalize, and finally the newly promoted League One side Wrexham drew 2-2 with Chelsea. After the game, Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson spoke to the media.
Parkinson said: “You have to put it in context, they’ve spent a lot of money on this team, and we were in the National League (English 5th tier) two years ago. But in terms of this game, we went toe-to-toe with them, and could even have won it.”
This was Chelsea new head coach Enzo Maresca’s first game in charge, and he remained optimistic despite the underwhelming performance. He said: “Results are always important for us, but it’s more important to judge the performance. I was very pleased with the team’s performance, especially in the first half, but we conceded two goals in the second half.”
Since American owner Todd Boehly took over, Chelsea have spent a staggering $1.3 billion in the transfer market, and the club has spent $100 million on six new signings this summer.
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