Maurizio Sarri takes a winning start as Chelsea manager

New manager of Chelsea Maurizio Sarri poses with the club jersey after the press conference. (Source: Reuters)

Chelsea's new manager, Maurizio Sarri, got off to a good start with his first match at the head of the Premier League team that beat Perth Glory 1-0 in the quarter-finals. A friendly match in Australia

scored a goal of the fifth minute at six yards after being set up by 17-year-old Callum Hudson-Odoi. The match also saw new midfielder Jorginho, signed at £ 50m for Napoli, for his debut

. Cesc Fabregas and Marcos Alonso are on the verge of a deflected shot while Ross Barkley hit a post. David Luiz was selected for a challenge at the end of the first period.

Sarri succeeded Antonio Conte as Chelsea's manager for a three-year contract. He said after the match that Chelsea had a tough week. "We have lost the distance between defenders and midfielders, but we know we have to work," he said. "We have to go back to Cobham and work very hard, we know we have to improve very quickly."

"It's not easy right now because we do not have 12 players in the Cup It was a difficult week with a long flight, jetlag, but at the end of the week, I can say we worked well, and we played a good game for 60 minutes, "he added.

The Blues They will then travel to France where they will meet Inter Milan in Nice on Saturday, which will be followed by a match against Arsenal on August 1st. Both matches are part of the International Champions Cup.

Chelsea finished fifth in the Premier League in 2017-18.

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