Chelsea news: Blues reveal opponent for pre-season friendly in Japan
Chelsea have confirmed their opponents for their friendly in Japan later this year.The Blues will play J.League champions Kawasaki Frontale at the International Stadium in Yokohama on Friday, July 19.1The trip was originally announced in November and is the first fixture confirmed for their 2019 pre-season campaign.It will be the first time the Premier League club has visited Japan since the FIFA World Club Cup in 2012.Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck said: We are very pleased to be able to confirm the details of this first match we have announced in our pre-season schedule, with more dates to come in the forthcoming weeks.It is going to be an exciting summer for the club and we are looking forward to working closely with our value partners at The Yokohama Rubber Company to make this a visit to remember.

The Blues will return to Japan this summer to take on the J.League champions! — Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) March 20, 2019

We are delighted to be returning to Japan after almost seven years and we also thank the J.League for their cooperation in organising the game.We are sure Kawasaki Frontale will provide high-level opposition at a noisy and passionate International Stadium as we prepare for the season ahead.Chelseas last visit to Japan saw them finish runners-up in the FIFA Club World Cup after losing 1-0 to Brazilian side Corinthians in the final.The venue also hosted the 2002 World Cup final, in which Brazil beat Germany, and will also stage the 2019 Rugby Union World Cup final.

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The Norwegian freely admits the Red Devils have an all but impossible task on their hands, but United’s caretaker manager was quick to point to their European history and PSG’s soft underbelly on the eve of the second leg.It is just two years since the perennial Ligue 1 champions were on the wrong end of Champions League history when Barcelona recovered from a 4-0 loss in Paris to win the second leg of their round of 16 tie 6-1.“Of course, everyone knows that we can do it, we have done it – and the results in Champions League in the last few years,” Solskjaer said at the Parc des Princes. “I don’t want to call it strange, but last year Juventus lost 3-0 at home against Real Madrid and suddenly they were 3-0 up after 90 minutes against Madrid away.“The year before that, PSG against Barcelona. We all remember those results. So, there are so many examples of teams who can change results like this.2“Also, as a club, we’ve done it so many times. The players have been fantastic away from home, beaten Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, which has given us the belief we can do this as well.”That belief, along with United’s current club-record run of eight successive away wins, is why Solskjaer says this second leg was ‘never mission impossible’.If the players need further inspiration, they only need to look to the 1999 Treble hero or former manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who travelled with the squad but will not be making a speech in Paris.

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