Chelsea vs Club América LIVE: UK kick-off time, team news and how to follow as Blues look for first tour win and Fernandez returns

Chelsea will be hoping to secure their first win of their pre-season tour of the United States against Club America later this week.

Of course, results don't matter in the preseason, but not being able to win Wrexham and being beaten 4-1 by Celtic Not a great start for the Enzo Maresca was.

The Blues' preparations have been disrupted by the Enzo Fernandez racial scandal.

The Argentine midfielder filmed himself and his teammates singing a racist song after winning the Copa America, angering many in the Blues dressing room.

However, the player has already met up with the rest of the first team and has He apologized for his actions with the case closed.

Chelsea They will now hope to focus on the upcoming Premier League campaign.

Chelsea vs Club América: Date and how to follow

This pre-season friendly will take place on Wednesday, July 31.

Kick-off at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium is scheduled for 7.30pm, meaning it will kick off at 12.30am UK time on Thursday morning.

The match will be streamed on the Chelsea website and app, and is available to purchase for £4.99. More details here.

Chelsea vs Club America: Team news

As mentioned, Fernandez has now joined the rest of his teammates.

You will certainly have a few minutes here, while Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall He has overcome a blow, so he should participate in some way.

Maresca will also look to give him more playing time Christopher Nkunku and Reece James after injury-hit campaigns.

Moisés Caicedo has also joined his teammates, so Maresca could partner him with Fernández in midfield.

Chelsea's full squad for their tour of the United States can be found here here.

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Chelsea vs Club América: What has been said?

Despite it being a pre-season friendly, Maresca was not happy with what he saw against Celtic.

He said: “Away from the ball we need to improve things.

“Sometimes we can get confused when we have to play short and when we have to play a little longer, but that's part of the process.

“We kept a high line, but when the ball is not under pressure, you have to go down… we are still confusing some things with and without the ball. It is normal at this moment when we are trying to do something new.

“For us, we have to analyse the game as a whole. I think with the ball, the team was ten times better than in the game against Wrexham and that is important because we can see the amount of chances we created in the first and second half.

“The result is always important, but at the moment we have to judge and analyse different things. With the ball we created chances, without the ball we probably conceded too many and that is something we have to improve.”