No one in Chelsea was pleased with the debacle against Arsenal (4-0) at the end of last weekend, but Thomas Tuchel made sure that his players corrected the mistakes from the clash with the city rival, and made a successful prelude to the start of the season in the Premier League, which awaits them on August 6. For the premiere with Everton at Goodison Park, the players of the London team warmed up at the former Friuli, now Dacia Arena, where they beat Udinese relatively easy – 1-3.##EDITORS_CHOICE##The Blues spent 94.2 million euros this summer on Raheem Sterling and Kalidou Koulibaly, and both played notable roles in tonight’s match. Even when the transfer of the Senegalese from Napoli was agreed in the mid-July, it was clear that one of the best stoppers in Europe, and thus the world, was coming to the English elite. Koulibaly’s excellent release on the ‘Boot’ only gave a hint that Chelsea’s defense could be one of the stronger ones.As for Raheem Sterling, the former Manchester City striker scored his first goal for the Stamford Bridge club. The Englishman, albeit with a lot of luck, followed up on the leading goal directed by Ngolo Kante in the middle of the first half in the 37th minute. Gerard Deulofeu made the match more interesting shortly before the break and Koulibaly bears no blame as the ball magically eluded him after Pereira’s shot which he tried to block before the Spaniard raced onto the clearance and, somewhat clumsily, bundled it into the goal.However, in the second part, as in most of the first part, the fact that the Zebras cannot match a member of the big six of English football came to light. The defense of Blues with three stoppers in the composition of Azpilicueta – Koulibaly – Silva suffocated all the potential attempts of the hosts to get another goal by not allowing them a single shot in goal. The end of the duel, more precisely the 90th minute, showed an ideal cross from Calum Hudson-Odoi, which Mason Mount turned into a seal of victory.It seems that Chelsea are ready for Goodison Park, but Everton won’t be any less warmed up since tonight they managed to beat Dynamo Kyiv 3-0 with a goal from Dominic Calvert-Lewin, but also two goals of the expensively paid (25 million euros) Burnley newcomer Dwight McNeill.
