The question going into the night would be who would line up for the Red Bulls given most of the senior players were involved in a US Open Cup match just over 24 hours before.
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Chelsea started the match with Courtois in goal and Remy up front.
Tyler Adams #66 of the New York Red Bulls takes the ball as Oscar #8 of Chelsea defends during the worldwide Champions Cup at Red Bull Arena.
Sean Davis extended the hosts’ lead on 73 minutes but Eden Hazard responded immediately as he finished a well worked free-kick on 75 minutes.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho expressed his surprise at the team’s “fragilities” on Wednesday as the Premier League champions surrendered four second-half goals and were stunned 4-2 by an MLS club’s “B” team.
Begovic in the second half was not sharp in his reactions but it’s a effect of being exhausted from training.
Costa smacked the bar soon after but then a insane spell saw the Red Bulls storm 3-1 ahead. Moses was also involved. We play 10 times against Red Bulls and we win nine. Not quite as bad as Remy’s miss but close. The mismatch on paper was evident, but a scrappy New York side proved to be worthy opponents on the evening. Castellanos raced after Terry’s weak back pass to substitute keeper Asmir Begovic, who tried to clear the ball with a slide tackle, won the ball and scored into an open net. What a powerful man Costa is but he doesn’t get the luck he deserves on this occasion, firing over the rebound as well. Remy himself failed to double the lead on 41 minutes, somehow failing to turn in a cross barely a yard from goal. In the 70th minute, Tyler Adams put the team into the lead with a header off of a cross.
The Red Bulls struggled down their left. Oh my goodness, this is humiliating.
Instead, New York took over.
Davis, who has one assist in six games this season with the Red Bulls’ first team, wanted to trade jerseys with Matic after the game but lost his opportunity when he got pulled aside for a television interview.
The Blues face Arsenal in the Community Shield on 2 August before beginning their Premier League campaign against Swansea on 8 August. But Davis followed that with his second goal of the game in the 77th minute, again off a mistake in the box by Terry.
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The Bosnian, 28, came on as a half-time substitute in New York against a side made up of developmental players. Retired Red Bulls icon Thierry Henry watching from the absentee owner’s suite as they reeled off four second-half goals, all from academy products.
