Chelsea vs AC Milan preview, timing and predictions

Chelsea vs AC Milan playing in a friendly in 2012 which Milan won 1-0.

After an impressive display against Inter Milan, Chelsea will look to ride their confidence and secure another win against another giant of Serie-A, AC Milan as the two square off the Met-life stadium, New Jersey. On Thursday, the blues defeated Inter 2-0 courtesy of goals from Eden Hazard and Oscar. AC Milan on the other hand will also look for a win and will try to hand Jose Mourinho his first loss of the preseason.

 Chelsea are likely to regain André Schürrle and Kevin De Bruyne who missed the first game due to sickness and knee injury respectively. However, Frank Lampard will still be absent as he recovers from his Achilles injury that he got on the Asian tour.

Mario Balotelli has been superb for AC MILAN since his transfer from Man city

On the other hand, AC Milan were also very impressive against Valencia in their opening game. They have the likes of Stephan El Shaarawy (16 goals, Serie A) and Mario Balotelliwho can pose a major and a bigger threat to the Chelsea defense than what Inter did. The AC Milan manager Massimiliano Allegri’s will want to assemble a strong starting XI  against a talented Chelsea side.




Last year at the World Football Championship, AC Milan defeated Chelsea 1-0 with a second half goal by Urby Emanuelson, and the same can happen again as AC Milan comes into the game with a strong roster that also includes Giampaolo Pazzini (15 goals, Serie A), Nigel De Jong and Kevin Prince-Boateng.

Chelsea or AC Milan will face Real Madrid in the final who defeated Everton 2-1.

The winner of this game will face Real Madrid in the finals on August 7 which could also mean a possible re-union between Mourinho and Real Madrid. Meanwhile, the loser of this match will face Everton for third place finish prior to the final. Whatever the outcome and whichever team you support, we can expect an exciting contest.

PREDICTION: CHELSEA FC 1 - AC MILAN 0
TIME: 23:30 BST/6:30 p.m. EDT/3:30 p.m. PDT, 02:30 a.m (Monday) Pakistan Standard Time and 03:00 a.m (Monday) Indian Standard Time
TV/Broadcasting Channels: Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Soccer 2Go, ESPN Deportes (USA); Chelsea TV (UK)
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