Overview
- Juventus beat Chelsea 1-0 at Kai Tak Sports Park thanks to Edon Zhegrova’s curled second‑half strike on Wednesday, August 5, 2026.
- The win extended Juventus’s unbeaten pre‑season run after they kept clean sheets in their earlier warm‑up games under Luciano Spalletti.
- Mykhailo Mudryk made his first appearance for Chelsea since his anti‑doping case was resolved when he came off the bench in Hong Kong.
- Danny Welbeck started for Chelsea on his club debut and the Blues followed mixed pre‑season form that included a 6-4 win over Western Sydney and a 2-1 loss to Tottenham.
- The match was the headline fixture of the Hong Kong Football Festival, was shown mainly on Chelsea’s CFC+ streaming service, and leaves Alonso evaluating personnel and tactics ahead of further Asian friendlies and the Premier League opener.