Luck was not with new Chelsea manager Antonio Conte today as the Blues manager endured a frustrating 2-0 defeat in his debut with the team for a summer friendly in Austria against Rapid Wien.
Despite fielding a solid starting XI that included the likes of Diego Costa, Willian, John Terry and Branislav Ivanovic, defensive errors marred the team early as they surrendered a goal to Joelinton at the 8th minute mark.
Rapid 1-0 #Chelsea #CFCTour pic.twitter.com/YJyuF84Lux
— Simply Willianholic (@micky_jnr45) July 16, 2016
In the second half, numerous changes to bring on Oscar, Loic Remy and Kenedy proved fruitless as Rapid Wien scored a second goal courtesy of Tomi Correa.
Chelsea proved unable to break through and the final score was 2-0.
The result is, of course, meaningless and wasn’t even the first time that a team consisting mainly of Chelsea backups lost to a seemingly inferior team.
Nonetheless, it was no doubt a frustrating debut for the new Chelsea manager.
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