Chelsea’s latest summer signature harvesting failed to find an organized Crystal Palace team while London clubs played a draw for the season at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
Ebelechi Eze thought he had marked Palace in the first half with a free kick well affected in the first half, but the assistant video referee (Var) and referee Darren England judged that Marc Guéhi was too close to the Chelsea wall and, after a brief moment of confusion inside the ground, the goal was excluded.
None of the two parties came to score from there while two well -received defenses canceled.
Ebelechi Eze started for palace despite the speculation he is about to leave and, if there were doubts about what the supporters thought of the player whose goal earned them the FA Cup in May, they were dissipated when he was replaced at a standing ovation.
As expected, Nicolas Jackson was not in the Enzo Maresca team after being surplus to the requirements, Newcastle considering an offer, while João Pedro was preferred to the new number to his new Liam Delap signature.
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Chelsea played 35 days after their victory against Paris Saint-Germain in the final of the World Cup in clubs in the United States and showed signs of mental fatigue in a first half-time screen with low creativity.
Marc Cucurella had the first of their only two chances, his head close to the post in a loop towards the furthest corner where he was hosted his head by the jump of Ismaïla Sarr.
Eze seemed to have forced the writers in mind after 15 minutes with an unstoppable free kick which flew over Robert Sánchez and in, before a Var check showed that Guéhi had empipethe on the Chelsea wall.
A few moments later, Jean-Philippe Mateta broke into the box but pulled too close to Sánchez, who rebounded the security effort.
There was little worthy of the enthusiasm of fans at home in the attack in the first half, but they showed a noisy appreciation for a platform at full speed on Daniel Muñoz by Josh Acheampong, 19, making a third beginning of the Premier League, with Levi Colwill a long-term absent and Wesley Fofana not risky.
Maresca having been invited to seek internal solutions to his lack of defensive options, the graduate of the Academy expressed a convincing complaint for a regular playing time with a maturity demonstration and a complete grain which was warmly received by a differently moderate crowd.
The best chance of Chelsea of half-time fell to Trevoh Chalobah, who pulled at the top of eight yards after a good job from the beginner Jamie Gittens.
East was sent to the 53rd minute for a competitive start and, with his first action, succeeded in Guéhi in a running right before crossing brilliantly for Pedro Neto, who did not manage to contact.
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The Brazilian international, another 18, betrayed his inexperience a few minutes later when he struck wildly above the bar when he was unbalanced before being reserved for launching in Muñoz.
Eze was again almost the story when he pierced with the goal and brought a safeguard with two hands in Sanchez, then at the other end of the end, Delap drew straight on Dean Henderson.
AP information contributed to this report
