Chelsea vs Flamengo LIVE: Team news and line-ups before Club World Cup group match

Another football tournament arrives, and yet again it’s Lionel Messi grabbing headlines.

In the 54th minute of the match, with the scores at 1-1, Miami won a free-kick around 20 yards out, right on the edge of the ‘D’ in a central position.

The Major League Soccer outfit were back on level terms just two minutes into the second half when Venezuela midfielder Telasco Segovia fired home from Marcelo Weigandt’s cross.

Messi completed the turnaround in the 53rd minute when he curled a 20-yard free-kick into the top corner.

Enzo Maresca makes four changes from Chelsea’s opening win over LA FC.

Chalobah, Enzo, Gusto and Delap make the starting XI, with Tosin, Lavia, Madueke and Jackson dropping to the bench.

It’s a first start in Chelsea colours for Delap.

Flamengo XI: Rossi; Wesley, Danilo, Leo Pereira, Ayrton Lucas; Erick, Jorginho; Gerson, De Arrascaeta, Araujo; Plata

Substitutes: Cunha, Varela, Ortiz, Joao Victor, Sandro, E. Araujo, Allan, Matheus G, Yan, Cebolinha, Michael, Henrique, Pedro, Juninho

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, James, Chalobah, Colwill, Cucurella, Caicedo, Enzo, Palmer, Gusto, Neto, Delap

Substitutes: Jorgensen, Badiashile, Madueke, Essugo, Jackson, Santos, Nkunku, Sarr, Dewsbury-Hall, Anselmino, George, Acheampong, Guiu, Lavia, Tosin

For those who missed it in Chelsea’s first Club World Cup game, Cole Palmer will sport a new shirt number for Chelsea at the Club World Cup and in the 2025/26 season, the Blues have announced.

Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk faces a lengthy ban after being charged for doping by the FA.

A spokesperson for the FA said: “We can confirm that Mykhailo Mudryk has been charged with Anti-Doping Rule Violations alleging the presence and/or use of a prohibited substance, in terms of Regulations 3 and 4 of The FA’s Anti-Doping Regulations. As this is an ongoing case, we are not in a position to comment further at this time.”

Group B: Paris Saint-Germain 4-0 Atlético Madrid

Group A: Palmeiras 0-0 Porto

Group B: Botafogo 2-1 Seattle Sounders

Group D: Boca Juniors 2-2 Benfica

Group C: Flamengo 2-0 Espérance de Tunis

Group F: Fluminense 0-0 Borussia Dortmund

Group E River Plate 3-1 Urawa Red Diamonds

Group F: Ulsan HD 0-1 Mamelodi Sundowns

Group E: Monterrey 1-1 Inter Milan

Group H: Pachuca 1-2 FC Salzburg

Group G: Al Ain 0-5 Juventus

Group A: Palmeiras 2-0 Al Ahly

Group B: Seattle Sounders 1-3 Atletico Madrid

Group B: Paris Saint-Germain 0-1 Botafogo

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Chelsea, who are the designated away team for the game, face Flamengo at 2pm ET in Philadelphia on Wednesday, June 18. That is 7pm BST.

The match will take place at Lincoln Financial Field, which is the home of NFL outfit Philadelphia Eagles, and holds just shy of 68,000.