Chelsea are gearing up for their 2025 Club World Cup opener against LAFC and Enzo Maresca's side have one thing on their mind - to win the competition.

A Chelsea outcast who was 'banished' from the Club World Cup by Enzo Maresca has appeared at the tournament despite not being in their squad. Chelsea have arrived in the United States for the Club World Cup following a stellar 2024/25 campaign, which saw the Blues qualify for the Champions League and win the Conference League.

Chelsea hopes to pick up their second trophy of the year, and securing three points will be crucial ahead of a big match with Flamengo. LAFC needed a late comeback and extra time to qualify for this competition, and are hoping to extend a 10-match unbeaten run.

The Club World Cup is fast approaching and the details of when Chelsea will fly out to the United States have been revealed.

Chelsea face LAFC in Atlanta on Monday night in both clubs’ opening match of the 2025 Club World Cup, with the Blues looking to build on a successful end to 2024/25.

Chelsea play a Pep Guardiola-influenced style: a possession-focused, positional game. The nominal starting formation is a standard 4-3-3 but one of Maresca’s full-backs will usually ‘ invert’, often into the base of midfield and sometimes into one of the attacking half-spaces.

After Jesús Bueno's blast opened the scoring, Markus Anderson scored the last-second winner in his first MLS game in nearly a year. Cavan Sullivan set it up in an influential late-game cameo.

Here's how to watch the game: Sunday's game will be aired on TNT and can be steamed via DAZN. PSG vs. Atletico Madrid kicks off at 3 p.m. ET at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.