Chelsea ease past LAFC in front of sparse Atlanta crowd

Portuguese winger Pedro Neto opened the scoring in the 34th minute; with Argentine substitute Enzo Fernández sealing the win in the 79th.

Group D also features Tunisia’s Espérance Sportive de Tunis and Brazil’s Flamengo.

The match was played in front of just 22,000 spectators in a stadium that holds 71,000, with Chelsea dominating proceedings.

Commenting on the atmosphere, Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca said, “It was a bit of a strange feeling—the stadium was almost empty.”