Chelsea vs Flamengo LIVE: Live scores and updates as Blues aim to book last-16 spot – UK Times

29 mins: Chelsea counter and Malo Gusto strikes from range. It bounces a couple of yards out from Rossi, who spills it, but there’s no white shirt anywhere near him to get the rebound.

Pedro Neto holds the ball up well and nutmegs a defender; the ball falls into the path of Delap, but the move gets snuffed out. And the former Ipswich man and Pereira get in a tussle! The ref comes over to tell them to get a grip.

Break in play now for the players to grab a drink.

27 mins: Wesley sends a cross flying from the right flank but there’s no teammate anywhere in the box and James comes sprinting back to make the clearance.

Sanchez jumps to collect the resulting corner. He’s lucky to not concede another corner after holding onto the ball a fraction too long.

Wesley now cuts the ball back at the byline, getting the better of Cucurella, but Chalobah gets a toe to it before Plata can. The flag goes up for offside anyway.

24 mins: Flamengo are pressing again but not quite getting the final pass in. Right-back Wesley tries to find Plata but Cucurella steps in to make the block.

Pedro Neto wipes out de Arrascaeta on the right side of the box and the referee immediately brandishes a yellow.

Araujo takes a free-kick and it launches out for a corner – it looked to take a hefty deflection there. The resulting corner is dealt with easily.

21 mins: Ayrton Lucas pulls back Caicedo, who launches himself, predictably, onto the turf.

Rossi comes sprinting off his line to clear the ball ahead of an onrushing Delap, who gets the better of a Flamengo defender. There’s been some less than composed defending from the Brazilian side so far.

17 mins: There’s a good atmosphere so far, largely coming from the Flamengo fans glad in black and red, who haven’t lost any enthusiasm despite going behind. Hard to tell how busy the stadium is as the camera is sticking firmly to panning across the lowest tier of the stands.

Fernandez whacks his foot right across the chest of Gerson, for no apparent reason. The Flamengo player goes down a tad too lightly but there was no need for that.

13 mins: Oh dear, Flamengo are caught out as the ball bounces off Wesley near the centre of the pitch, right into the path of Pedro Neto.

He runs off immediately and gets one on one with Rossi, and slots firmly past him.

12 mins: Brazil defender Danilo defends well to get the better of the countering Pedro Neto. Quite a busy first ten minutes under the scorching Philadelphia sun.

Chelsea are caught out by a long ball to Gerson down the right flank, who feints and outwits Caicedo to lay it off for De Arrascaeta, who crosses in, but Sanchez is there.

Bit of argy-bargy now as Caicedo clatters into Jorginho, who hits the deck, and the players plead their case to the ref. Caicedo goes into the book and isn’t happy about it.

6 mins: Luis has a go now and Sanchez leaps to save – a straightforward save for the keeper, but Flamengo have been lively so far.

Now Chelsea break and Delap charges down the right, maybe taking one touch too many; his strike is saved by the keeper as he tips it over the bar.

Colwill gets his head to a corner but is surrounded and can’t do anything with it.

4 mins: Colwill stamps on Gerson’s foot and the Flamengo player launches himself onto the turf.

A scrappy start to this one.

Flamengo have a great opportunity as Sanchez plays out from the back and the Brazilian side latch onto it, but an attempt goalward just runs out of zip.

Chelsea fall asleep at the back again and de Arrascaeta gets his toe to the ball but launches the ball over the bar.