Chelsea gear up for Benfica in Club World Cup round of 16

Updated: Jun 27, 2026, 02:20 pm

VIDEO SHOWS: CHELSEA TEAM TRAINING SESSION ON DAY BEFORE THEIR CLUB WORLD CUP ROUND OF 16 MATCH AGAINST BENFICA

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SHOWS: MIAMI SHORES, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (JUNE 27, 2025) (REUTERS – See restrictions before use)

1. CHELSEA SQUAD HUDDLED ON TRAINING PITCH

2. PLAYERS RUNNING THE GAUNTLET

3. HUDDLE BREAKING UP

4. SQUAD WARMING UP

5. MIDFIELDER, ENZO FERNANDEZ, WARMING UP ALONGSIDE DEFENDER, MARC CUCURELLA

6. DEFENDER, REECE JAMES; AND MIDFIELDER, KIERNAN DEWSBURY-HALL, WARMING UP AND HORSING AROUND / PLAYERS WARMING UP

7. VARIOUS OF FORWARD, LIAM DELAP, STRETCHING

8. JAMES STRETCHING, WINGER, PEDRO NETO, IN FOREGROUND

9. JAMES, NETO AND TEAMMATES STRETCHING

10. DEFENDER, TREVOH CHALOBAH, STRETCHING

11. SQUAD STRETCHING

12. VARIOUS OF MIDFIELDER, ANDREY SANTOS, STRETCHING

13. VARIOUS OF GOALKEEPERS TRAINING

14. CHELSEA COACH, ENZO MARESCA, AND STAFF

15. MARESCA WALKING ACROSS PITCH AND WATCHING TRAINING

16. SQUAD GATHERED ON PITCH

17. WINGER, COLE PALMER, IN A RONDO DRILL WITH JAMES AND OTHER TEAMMATES

18. MARESCA WATCHING ON AS PLAYERS, INCLUDING DEWSBURY-HALL, ARE IN RONDO DRILLS

19. FERNANDEZ IN A RONDO / PLAYERS RUNNING

20. TEAM TRAINING SESSION

21. CUCURELLA AT TRAINING

22. TEAM TRAINING SESSION

STORY: Chelsea hit the training pitch in Miami on Friday (June 27) the day before the London side are slated to face Benfica in the Club World Cup round of 16 in Charlotte.

On hand at training was Chelsea’s new striker Liam Delap who scored his first goal for the club in their 3-0 win over Esperance de Tunis on Tuesday (June 24) that helped secure their place in the knockout phase of the 32-team tournament.

Delap, a 30 million pounds ($40.84 million) signing from Ipswich Town earlier this month, has settled in well and his quick progress will please coach Enzo Maresca given Chelsea will be without striker Nicolas Jackson against Benfica following his red card against Flamengo.

The round of 16 match will kick off at Bank of America Stadium at 4 p.m. (2000GMT) on Saturday (June 28).

(Production: Kurt Michael Hall)