Chelsea vs Arsenal | Highlights | Women's Friendly 26-08-2024

of a WSL game it's going to feel much more Arsenal there'll be plenty of red and plenty of blue in the seats today you see Arsenal's coming out in the red and white Leo Williamson debut in this game tonight maybe off the subs bench some in a starting role including Rosa kavani let's take a look at the starting 11s for the two sides and we start with Arsenal considered the home side set for the kickoff from Audi field in Washington DC and Arsenal will play it back amano's pass looks for the return hanano has an overlap on the right off written kude and cleared by B Jones in the Box cutting shot from distance is stopped by Zinburger great move little bit of a high press there knocked away wo tackled away held up on the right side deflected ball into the box ritten karud two goals against Gotham cutting into the middle give and go canaro nice move there a little bit too heavy in the touch Lucy bronze high up field the keep Williamson spin by kabaji got it out wide dancing on the ball Ford that's blocked out Corner Arsenal Arsenal fans are going to be really excited that Rosa Kaji is now da runners in the Box for Arsenal the Chelsea breaks what a pass terrific on this right side Ted for Bieber Jones knocked away a great recovery run here by Steph catley she comes from a inside BR Canter's pass Beaver Jones wo makes a break Beaver Jones across onehanded kavachi on the break as Caitlyn Ford making a run slipping it through terrific ball Ford shot Caitlyn Ford a bit off Target but how about the ball played through to Ford the perfect timing here from kagi because she understands that the line is pretty high so she can slip it early in the right seam leads forward into Bas then for and others may have something to say about it too bronze slipping it through thean across looking at the back post and that's going to go out of play She's the greatest until someone takes it from off she's got she's the goat offside on this near sideline mccave high up as the left back Republic of Ireland International into the mixer there in the middle she was looking for Russo cour receives it German International try to go long knocked away catley will pick it on the left side kavagi well done sure everybody kind of shifts and kavagi can then find a seam in a Meg There She is again nice Cut there that stood up and the ball is cleared [Applause] away pushes it forward and that is hurtful to McCabe as she made that pass went down in a heap it's canar here who mcab slipping it through for battles held Kaji pops up with the ball it's blocked that's off bronze it's out for a corner this time they don't go short went near post knock into the middle comes out Co gets to it ritten kude into the middle hanano chipping it over the top loose ball is cleared away though by kept in by bronze will drive it back across two players Collide left side Vine reuer tackled out the sport angles for Arsenal that's Ford turned over short but successful now they go long with coone cross KN it down Russo tried to pounce on it brgh had to get it back to goal musich a mistake there it was spilled and then Ford musich recovered ball still in a dangerous spot Co try to slip it over musich made one mistake she bailed herself out yeah she did massive save comes out big spread Cool's been good on the far side ends up losing it there Lawrence the cross off the fingertips it comes back Britt Cano in Bieber Jones blocked Bieber Jones what a sweet move that was back to bronze Lucy Bron ball from Williamson it's always on when she has the ball Russo with a run made by Ford made it a cross but it's not close could he cross sburg B is switched up into the middle mccab lost it the pickup there from distance right to goal and was Bobble for a split second I mean realistically would have been five or six right but we'll take two yeah Zinburger came out almost a miscommunication right makes a run gets to the ball Goro won in front blocked by mccave it lays there now it's it felt like both teams had opportunities to capitalize in the attacking where she looked like she could be the Difference Maker in that space we've got a lot of homework to do okay we think we're all settled now thankfully Arsenal makes no changes so thanks to the Gunners sins bergger pressured up field clearance denied the pick up G Ron played it in here post picked up hamano it's loose in front and the game's first goal Baltimore Chelsea leads well that's a one way to start your scoring career with Chelsea first touch of the game here and it's great work here the back heel from Charles sets up right in into the channel and this is what hanano has done all game just outworked everybody else around her picks the ball off of an Arsenal Defender right here it's Kim little plays into a dangerous area and then off of a half [Applause] hanano there's those technical skills we've talked abouto there a little stopped start gains the halfway line finds Charles slipping it through and that's going to go out of back going all the way back to goal well out of goal is Hampton striking it Arsenal's been to make that run through or even Russo to get the ball in behind Amano tackled away at the last moment look at to fight to win it back though too much fight she gets called for the foul whether she agrees or not this is centrally as they shift defensively in this 442 those players in the Midfield who are fresh can back to goal towards the middle the pick up there Kim little still has it finds kabaji at the end line down the left sideline Arsenal have numbers this time they get and go kente cutting it back blocked by bu kin we see Watson enter the game as [Music] well captain and won forward Russo who has remained in goes wide maybe something here that ball was out last touch failed her what a good dribble got it Forward left side line Ramirez looks for it it's going to come back ARS get it out wide they've got runners in the Box in for Russo too high blocked by Charles almost handled it in a space the Run made but it's cleared by Zinburger for both of these teams actually off the subs bench bit of a hold there Zinburger is able to clear that one away that hold went undetected right in front of we McCabe high [Applause] up going inside play across Russo went forward it's loose cleaned up not quite take it away shot taken though was blocked fine rider was there and now it's C away with some fire there as Chelsea but I could go back and watch that pass he's a Colombian International in a space here picked up Russo save she had a better option I think manam was open and this is unfortunate because Russo is so good in these situations determining what the right option is here she opts to go for a shot yeah turned over though Russo and into the box took the shot that's over the [Applause] bar it's a really good pressure from Marshall look at all the numbers around it's left for mccab an inviting ball in the middle headed down straight down the middle shot taken was BL for